Darrell Williams (rugby league)
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Darrell Christopher Williams | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Fullback, Centre, Wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coaching information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Darrell Christopher Williams is a New Zealand
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (with whom he won the 1987 NSWRL Grand Final) and the Parramatta Eels.[1] He later coached the Samoan national team
.
Playing career
New Zealand
Williams started his playing career in the
, though Australia would win the game 32–12 and the series 3–0.Australia
Williams moved to Australia to play in the
St George in the opening round of the season. On 21 July 1987, Williams played fullback for NZ in their shock 13–6 win over Australia at Lang Park. It would be the only time he would be on the winning side in 9 tests against the Australians.[7] He would go on to play in Manly's Grand Final winning team that year, becoming the first Kiwi to play in an Australian grand final-winning team.[8] Following the grand final victory he travelled with Manly to England for the 1987 World Club Challenge against their champions, Wigan
.
During the
Addington Showgrounds and Williams played for the Kiwis at fullback
in their 12 – 10 defeat of Great Britain on Sunday, 17 July before a crowd of 8,525. The result of this match determined that New Zealand would contest the final of the 1985–1988 World Cup tournament's final to be played later in the year, but Williams did not play.
During the
1989 Trans-Tasman series against Australia in Auckland, Williams was on the receiving end of a famous hit from Australian captain; Wally Lewis. This tackle was later described by commentator Ray Warren as easily the biggest he's ever seen.[9]
During the
Australia at the Athletic Park stadium in Wellington, with the Australians winning the game 24–6.[10]
The 1994 NSWRL season was Williams last and was spent playing for the Parramatta Eels.
Later years
Following his retirement from playing at the end of the
2008 NRL grand final Williams, at the time the longest-serving member of the NRL Judiciary, threatened legal action against the Melbourne Storm for criticism levelled at the judiciary over their controversial suspension of Storm captain Cameron Smith.[14] This led to Storm coach Craig Bellamy and then-CEO Brian Waldron paying out $105,000 plus legal costs to Williams and the other judiciary panellists in late 2010.[15]
References
- ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Darrell Williams". NRL Stats. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
- ^ WILLIAMS, Darrell Christopher 1985 – 90 – Kiwi #586 Archived 24 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine nzleague.co.nz
- ^ NZPA (23 September 2008). "Former Sea Eagle backs Warriors". tvnz.co.uk. Television New Zealand Limited. Retrieved 30 May 2009.
- ^ 1985 Great Britain vs New Zealand
- ^ Australia vs New Zealand 1987 at Rugby League Project
- ^ Fagan, Sean (2002). "New Zealand Rugby League Players". New Zealanders in Premiership Grand Finals. rl1908.com. Retrieved 30 May 2009.
- ^ Webster, Andrew (April 2004). "A few Drinks with Ray Warren". Inside Sport. Archived from the original on 20 September 2009. Retrieved 3 July 2009.
- ^ 1990 New Zealand vs Australia
- ^ "Player Profile: Darrell Williams". Biography & Career Highlights. yesterdayshero.com.au. Retrieved 30 May 2009.
- ISBN 978-1-86969-331-2.
- ^ NZPA (30 April 2008). "League: Marshall out of Anzac test". nzherald.co.uk. APN Holdings NZ Limited. Retrieved 30 May 2009.
- ^ Santow, Simon (2 October 2008). "NRL grand final build-up dominated by legal talk". The World Today. Retrieved 30 May 2009.
- ^ "Melbourne Storm coach Craig Bellamy and former CEO Brian Waldron pay $105,000 over judiciary comments". The Daily Telegraph. Australia: Herald and Weekly Times. 18 October 2010. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
 Samoa national rugby league team coaches | |
|---|---|
|