NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Shane Williams

Shane Mark Williams (born 26 February 1977 in Swansea) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays as a wing for the Ospreys club and Wales but who can also play scrum-half or fly-half. is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... For other places with the same name, see Swansea (disambiguation). ... This article is about the country. ... For other uses, see Rugby (disambiguation). ... A normal Rugby union team formation illustrating each of the positions and their respective numbers. ... A normal Rugby union team formation illustrating each of the positions and their respective numbers. ... A cap is an appearance for a select team, such as a school, county or international team in sports. ... Official website www. ... The following is a list of international rugby union teams: // The British and Irish Lions are a separate case, being a combination of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. ... The 2005 Lions tour logo In 2005 the British and Irish Lions Rugby union team toured New Zealand for the first time since 1993, suffering a 3-0 whitewash at the hands of the New Zealand All Blacks. ... First international England 30 â€“ 0 Wales (19 February 1881) Largest win Japan 0 â€“ 98 Wales (26 November 2004) Worst defeat South Africa 96 â€“ 13 Wales (27 June 1998) World Cup Appearances 6/6 (First in 1987) Best result Third 1987 The Wales national rugby union team represent Wales in international... First match Otago 3 - 8 Great Britain (28 April 1888) Largest win Manawatu 6 - 109 British & Irish Lions (28 June 2005) Worst defeat New Zealand 38 - 6 Lions (16 July 1983) The British and Irish Lions (until 2001 known as the British Isles Rugby Union Team or more colloquially the... is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... For other places with the same name, see Swansea (disambiguation). ... This article is about the country. ... For other uses, see Rugby (disambiguation). ... A normal Rugby union team formation illustrating each of the positions and their respective numbers. ... Official website www. ... First international England 30 â€“ 0 Wales (19 February 1881) Largest win Japan 0 â€“ 98 Wales (26 November 2004) Worst defeat South Africa 96 â€“ 13 Wales (27 June 1998) World Cup Appearances 6/6 (First in 1987) Best result Third 1987 The Wales national rugby union team represent Wales in international... A normal Rugby union team formation illustrating each of the positions and their respective numbers. ... A normal Rugby union team formation illustrating each of the positions and their respective numbers. ...

Club career

Williams started his junior career as a scrum-half at Amman United RFC. After a move to Neath RFC he was moved out to the wing. He is most famous for his well-known "side-step". His acceleration and raw quickness off the mark are incomparable and he has been described^{[attribution needed]} as the most exciting player of the modern age. Official website www. ...

International career

Williams earned his first cap in 1999-2000 season, he was 21 and a little over 11 stones. He scored in his first full start for Wales with a try against Italy in the 2000 Six Nations and has since earned 56 caps for Wales and has scored 41 tries (205 points).

He was part of the Grand Slam-winning Wales side in the 2005 Six Nations championship, where he scored tries against Italy, Scotland, and most famously England, the try that helped them achieve a famous 11-9 victory that got their campaign underway. He was then selected to the British and Irish Lions for their 2005 New Zealand tour. On 28 June, he equalled a single-game Lions record by scoring five tries in a tour match against Manawatu. The Six Nations Championship (referred to as RBS 6 Nations for sponsorship reasons), (2000-) formerly known as the Five Nations Championship, is an annual international rugby union competition held between six European sides; England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. ... First match Otago 3 - 8 Great Britain (28 April 1888) Largest win Manawatu 6 - 109 British & Irish Lions (28 June 2005) Worst defeat New Zealand 38 - 6 Lions (16 July 1983) The British and Irish Lions (until 2001 known as the British Isles Rugby Union Team or more colloquially the... The 2005 Lions tour logo In 2005 the British and Irish Lions Rugby union team toured New Zealand for the first time since 1993, suffering a 3-0 whitewash at the hands of the New Zealand All Blacks. ... is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article refers to the use of the word Try in rugby football terminology. ... Manawatu Rugby Union (MRU) is the governing body of Rugby in the Manawatu rugby province. ...

In the summer of 2007, Williams underwent elbow and shoulder surgery and missed the tour of Australia. However, he did return in time to play the last World Cup warm up game against France.

During the 2007 Rugby World Cup, Williams earned his 50th cap against Japan. He scored two tries in that match, temporarily putting him on top of the 2007 World Cup try-scoring table with a total of five tries. The tries also put him above Ieuan Evans on the all-time Wales try scoring list, trailing only Gareth Thomas at that time. His try against France in their Six Nations decider on 15 March 2008 placed him joint eighth on the all-time Test try scoring list with Thomas, and surpassed Thomas on the all-time Wales try scoring list. The 2007 Rugby World Cup is the sixth Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union world championship inaugurated in 1987. ... A great winger for Wales in the 1990s, who marked his last days with a British Lions tour to South Africa in 1997. ... Gareth Alfie Thomas (born 25 July 1974 in Sarn nr. ... Rugby was played at Croke Park for the first time, seen here during the Irish-French match. ... is the 74th day of the year (75th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance to the Gregorian calendar. ... This is a list of the leading try scorers in Rugby union Test matches. ...

He was part of his second Grand Slam-winning Wales side in the 2008 Six Nations Championship, when he scored tries against Scotland (twice), Italy (twice), Ireland, and France, breaking the record on the all-time Wales try scoring list in the championship's final match against France, when he scored his 41st try for Wales. This try resulted in his father Mike Williams winning £25,000 from a £50 bet placed almost 10 years previously that he'd one day become Wales' leading try scorer Rugby was played at Croke Park for the first time, seen here during the Irish-French match. ...

Personal life

In August 2005, a holiday to Cyprus made the headlines when Shane Williams was erroneously held over an assault. The police lost his passport; his lawyer described the whole incident as a "total stitch-up"; and on his return to Wales, Williams suggested that he should have spent his holiday in Tenby instead. 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- â†’ Deaths in August August 31: Michael Sheard August 26: Lord Fitt August 24: Jack Slipper August 24: Maurice Cowling August 24: Dr. Tom Pashby August 23: Brock Peters August 22: Lord Lane August 21: Robert Moog August... Harbour of Tenby in Nov, 2001 Tenby (Welsh: Dinbych-y-Pysgod, little town of the fishes) is a walled seaside town in Pembrokeshire, West Wales, lying on Carmarthen Bay. ...

On 23 December 2005, Shane married his childhood sweetheart Gail Lacey, (who, coincidently has a professional rugby union player brother, Oliver Johnson, playing in the Super 14 leagues for the Canterbury Crusaders) whom he had met at Amman Valley school 14 years previously, at Twyn Church in Garnant. The couple's first child, Georgie, was born on 8 November 2006. is the 357th day of the year (358th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Garnant is a village in Carmarthenshire about five miles east of Ammanford on the A474. ... is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Points record

Up to date as of March 15, 2008, taken from the official sites of the Ospreys, the Welsh Rugby Union and the British & Irish LIons. is the 74th day of the year (75th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance to the Gregorian calendar. ...

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