Sonny Bill Williams - Midfield Maestro

Sonny Bill Williams will be remembered as one of the most creative and destructive midfielders to ever play for the All Blacks. He had amazing hands and an eye for the gap. Unfortunately he had to battle with Ma'a Nonu for the All Blacks' no. 12 jersey. If it wasn't for Nonu's brilliance, Williams would have dominated the position.
Enjoy and thanks for watching!

[@divinejusticefeelsgood]

Met him today. Prayed together. Awesome man

[@gregorm93]

Unbelievable firepower back then. Carter, conrad, nonu, SBW ... no wonder no team could best them

[@seansmith9435]

More like nonu conrad smith and carter Sonny bill came to union later but all blacks was already too good

[@Nyasalands_Finest]

Met this man at OR Tambo airport. He's a unit. Left me speechless. He was bigger than all of the forwards except Luaki.. Only other guy who had the same effect on me was Stirling Mortlock..

[@diogeneslantern18]

Stirling was pure professionalism. A wonderful Wallaby indeed!

[@nickamelck6435]

Ddf .bd

[@Dragon-Slay3r]

Yeah it's jaw dropping performance no wonder they helping the wall All going to plan I see

[@artetaDagoat]

I hated Stirling Mortlock....but that was only because he was so frigging good. Always played good against the ABs

[@diogeneslantern18]

An awesome player and an awesome person. One of my favourite All Blacks.

[@jandreneethling5664]

I tend not to remember his tries.. What remains vivid in my mind from his skills was his ability to pinpoint a dwarf in the misty mountains somewhere which always led to a try.. That ability of his is what really pissed me off as an opposition supporter.. Most of his tries came on a plate but his offloading antics and finding ghosts to score tries was frustrating.. Nuff respect!!

[@MeanAzz_13]

Great vid of the Great Man! Should've added his Gold Medal to that kid, that's the true mark of the brutha. *All the best Uso!* 💪🏾🇳🇿

[@toiletsmithy3630]

What's up Uso! The Man, The Myth, The Legend.. CooL Azz!

[@michaeljoseph9510]

He did that for show he's all about being in the limelight....he loved looking at himself on the big screen....narcissist!!!!!!!

[@michaeljoseph9510]

Done for publicisty

[@patrickchilds2987]

Fabulous player, I loved watching him play.

[@yvesjuhe389]

One of the best of all time!!!

[@incognitobrown7782]

SBW was a legend. Probably was not shown enough respect by many AB fans because he dared to dream beyond the AB’s in a beautiful country but where AB’s is the end all and it is a sin to dream beyond the AB’s. In time, he might be recognised as NZ’s greatest SPORTSMAN.

[@michaeljoseph9510]

You have to earn respect......most ab fans know he was used and didn't deserve to be an ab!!!!!!plus the guys a narcissist always looking at himself on the big screen!!!!!

[@AshboNZ86]

@@michaeljoseph9510 You sound like the narcissist. Tall poppy syndrome at its finest. SBW was great, he made a huge impact when we played. He's a great athlete. People that pull out the narcissist tag are usually the ones who are the narcissists themselves. 🤫

[@michaelkonelio7452]

@@michaeljoseph9510 he was good enough to walk into any other national side at his peak…you’re delusional if you think he wasn’t good enough. Not only that but unfortunately for him, he was competing for a spot against the greatest AB centre pairing in Nonu and Smith who are still yet to be replaced

[@michaeljoseph9510]

He was a cash cow he should never have been an all black!!!!

[@AshboNZ86]

@@michaeljoseph9510 I bet everyone that played with him in the All Blacks would disagree.

[@peterschuetz8802]

Extremely dangerous and skilled. One wonders why he wasn’t used more often by the ABs.

[@Tom_McMurtry]

Because Ma'a Nonu and Conrad Smith - two of the best ever in their positions - played at the same time and were also even better together than apart.

[@tedm6894]

Because he wasn't that good.

[@1clintin]

Because nz was lucky and had some awesome players

[@paulywalnutz5855]

because he also had a magnificent rugby league career

[@ngabushallday6642]

For a guy who kept switching codes, he played over 50 tests for the ABs & won a World cup. If anything, he was picked ahead of better players.

[@petergreen5337]

Beautiful and artful player

[@skeptacleone]

LEGEND HES A GOAT....

[@JohnNZ01]

We all can only imagine what he would've been at full health. ❤

[@greylynnjr]

Sucks to see this all black generation finish. Good video

[@greylynnjr]

If its a while before you see a player who consistently does set plays as strong as him youll know sbw was in fact a decent player. But to me anyway he was a really good player to watch and the best at set plays in rugby in his generation

[@vinnymitchell6508]

Sbw My fave all rounder for a million reasons

[@acea2941]

The man 😎

[@floydkingi4364]

Great athlete

[@respectallfearnone9589]

i miss watching this guy play

[@Popunkwillneverdie]

My uncle used to play for france his brothers play for other teams as well but i was raised an all blacks fan back when richie was still captain ughhh the good days crazy enough i think richie knew my uncle paea

[@lpulotu]

They put in a lot of hard work to get to that level of athleticism

[@lionelpardobutina4455]

What a alien player...It' s funny to see that the 2 best midfielders in the history of that sport has been at the same time and under the same colours: Sonny and Nonu

[@fijianz1]

Absoltely a game breaker

[@toiletsmithy3630]

Hey Real Rugby, Terry Wright Highlight Video any time soon? One of my Favourite All Black Wingers, To go along With Lomu, Kirwan, Cullen;

[@carlhenry4623]

yeah bro mr wheels

[@ChayseJordan]

SBW'S 13 test try was definitely his best test try

[@kurosakiichigo9545]

cant believe he played along mounga, alb & goodhue in rwc19. he deserved better inside & outside partner for himself.

[@justinchetham-strode5234]

This phenomenal player seems to have been underrated outside New Zealand - I can't think why, he could do everything, and read the game well. I'm an enormous fan of Ma'a Nonu, but I can't separate the two in terms of quality; Nonu perhaps slightly the more dangerous running at the opposition, Williams slightly better at offloading the ball. Two superstars who played in one of the best XVs ever.

[@javo4031]

The thing is about Nono And SBW is that Nonu started off as a crash ball centre, then later on in his career he developed his all around skills to become arguably the greatest inside centre the all blacks ever had.

[@oooooosh_2753]

Any chance to upload your Habana vid again? best I've seen

[@RealRugby]

I'm making a brand new one from scratch, it's in the pipeline

[@oooooosh_2753]

@@RealRugby you had this footage of Habana and mvovo I think in a footrace that I've never seen before. 🙏🙏🙏

[@RealRugby]

@@oooooosh_2753 I unearthed even more footage. Just stay tuned!

[@Nyasalands_Finest]

@@RealRugby We are still waiting😂😂😂😂

[@uinisefoochong5917]

I missed this game ..... my uncle was playing for france not sure if he's in this game

[@doty2290]

The boxing world is waiting for you to fight Gallen.

[@kenwardkgarg]

Chiefs! Chiefs! Chiefs! Chiefs! Chiefs! Chiefs! Chiefs!

[@Popunkwillneverdie]

When richie retired i cried so hard 😂😂😂

[@Popunkwillneverdie]

Man i want to buy a jersey so bad but the shipping is shit i need to buy when i fly over to NZ

[@8weapons]

So much more rounded as a player when he moved to union.

[@TheMarathonomahos]

A lot of people didn't rate him, but what those same people would give for him now.

[@lasindu99]

🤟

[@shaheendaniels6775]

They forgot to show how when he played against the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein, they shut him down and lost in the Crusaders jersey & I think in the Chiefs jersey.

[@rickster5120]

Like Andy Farrel never converted his league standards to Union

[@4evaavfc]

Ngane Laumape should have gone to the 2019 RWC.

[@ponce1741]

as a offensive player no center could match him......his size and power .......

[@martinvg6070]

Love SBW, but I can think of one bok player years ago... Danie Gerber

[@stevensmith8876]

He was excellent, but never really reached the heights he should have got to.

[@michaeljoseph9510]

That's because his skills weren't up to scratch.....actually he wasn't as fit as you'd think seemed to always be puffing

[@stevensmith8876]

@@michaeljoseph9510 yeah I think you're right.

[@greylynnjr]

Cruden and sbw should have been used more

[@johnfrawley5706]

i cant believe the amount of haters SBW was one of craziest atheletes could knock u out with his shoulder or fist great offloads

[@markbrown-sb2zm]

Brilliant distributor but Damian de Allende trampled him and dragged him 10/15 metres each time.

[@plc2866]

Yip Sonny did a wonderful job of shoulder charging Watson and getting sent off and costing us the lions series. Muppet.

[@miroslavdaniel3413]

Špílmachr

[@horsebattery9243]

His sister can play a bit too...kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqTYi6xoa9OFj80

[@frankvendetta9230]

I'm very sorry but SBW was as far as I'm concerned he was never international std but only for NZ.

[@etzelkaplan9677]

I like he is a muslim revert

[@michaeljoseph9510]

That the faith that allows pedophiles to marry children??????

[@patrickchilds2987]

@@michaeljoseph9510 Eritrea allows child marriage and it’s a Christian country. You must getting it confused with the other major religion with all the peadophile priests

[@bresoo]

really not that impressive

[@craigme3014]

third try. well in front of the kicker.

[@ejsmith9194]

Wrong, not well infront of the kicker.. both his legs are actually slightly behind where Kahui makes contact with the ball which is onside. You can be in line with the kicker but not have your feet/legs infront of the where the kick is contacted which Sonny wasn't. He timed that to perfection.

[@James-mx5ms]

“Midfield maestro” yet half of his highlights are him scoring the rugby equivalent of a tap-in goal in football. High overrated and was a much better league than union player. Never deserved to be an All Black realistically

[@graemesmall5143]

He won't be remembered as one of the great All Blacks, not even close to the best, just got more publicity, which he craved.

[@DavidT97]

Fully agree. Overrated at best, offered absolutely nothing. Players were offloading way before him, the slowest back to ever play international rugby. So big yet never ever dented the line and always got ran around on defense. Belongs in same class of abs as cane,offa, karl.

[@incognitobrown7782]

SBW is not amongst the greatest AB’s but he was an AB nonetheless - Let’s not take that away from him! He is arguably NZ’s greatest ever Sportsman - He has a very strong case!! I think people never got over his young days when he made a few mistakes especially with his league contract etc. He matured into a humble, determined man who won a Rugby WC, Grand Final in NRL and also a Heavyweight Boxer too. Wow!!😮

[@michaeljoseph9510]

Spot on the narcissist loved looking at himself on the big screen

[@BatmanMCMXCIV]

LOL Which he craved? There's so many insecure and jealous fools like you who read hateful news articles and form sheep opinions based on lies. SBW is such a humble and hardworking athlete and has accomplished what you and your bloodline could only dream of. His success, wealth and health makes you feel so small that you try to bring him down to your pitiful pathetic level. Imagine if you won awards for being an insecure and jealous hater... Maybe you'd have as many as SBW lol

[@revanomichael]

Nothing special here. Most boring highlight reel I've ever seen

[@RealRugby]

But you still watched... thanks!

[@khakimful]

​@@RealRugbyhaha nice one. Haters brought views as well

[@Keranofkri]

Midfield maestro is reserved for Danie Gerber I'm afraid.

[@michaeljoseph9510]

I'd have Mike gibson

[@MeanAzz_13]

@@michaeljoseph9510 Mike who?? 😂😂😂😂😂