Bryan Williams (rugby union)
Bryan George Williams, CNZM, MBE ( born October 3, 1950 in Auckland, New Zealand ) is a Samoan - burly, former New Zealand rugby union player at the position of the outer three- quarter, Indoor Three Quarter, Final Manns, rugby coaches and rugby official.
Since 2011 he has been president of the New Zealand Rugby Union ( NZRU ). Previously, he served for two years as one of its vice-presidents. In addition, he was also president of the club Ponsonby RFC, in which he is a life member.
His sons Gavin Williams and Paul Williams are professional rugby union player.
Playing career
Williams went to Auckland to Mount Albert Grammar School to school, where until 1967 he ran aground in 1965 in their first rugby team, having previously played Rugby League. After leaving school he entered in 1968 the people of Auckland rugby club Ponsonby RFC in and completed in the same year games for the U -21 team in the Auckland RFU. In 1969, he debuted in the first team of the then Province Association.
The following year he was appointed to the Executive of the New Zealand national team ( All Blacks ) for the South Africa tour in 1970. There, he managed at the international level, the breakthrough, although he three of the four matches lost with the All Blacks against the South African national team ( Springboks ), because he was able to achieve 14 attempts in his 13 missions, each including one in the first and last international match against the Springboks. Also, were Williams and māori -born Buff Milner, Blair Furlong and Sid Going, the first Polynesians who were allowed to play for New Zealand in South Africa Rugby, after the South African apartheid government made them ( honorary whites) declare under pressure from the NZRU to so-called honorary whites. Previously tolerated, the New Zealand Rugby Union until 1966, the racist policies of South Africans, which prohibited non- white players from visiting teams to play in South Africa with great white rugby.
In 1971, he lost to the All Blacks, the international game series against the touring British and Irish Lions in New Zealand due to two defeats, a victory and a draw. Williams ran it in three of the four matches. After that he won in the same year with the Auckland Ranfurly Shield against Canterbury RFU. They successfully defended it once before losing it back to the North Auckland RFU.
1972, 1974 and 1978, he defended New Zealand Bledisloe Cup each successfully against the Australian national team ( Wallabies ). In addition, he won with Auckland in 1972 by the North Auckland Ranfurly Shield back, but this was lost again at Canterbury immediately after the first challenge game, and won it again in 1974 against the Wellington RFU. This time Auckland defended the Shield to 1976 a total of ten times successfully.
Williams toured with the All Blacks in 1976, again in South Africa, where they the countries game series against the Springboks again lost ( three defeats and one win ). For this he won with the national team in 1977, the international game series against the touring British and Irish Lions in New Zealand and was with her win a Grand Slam the following year for the first time in the history of the All Blacks on their European tour.
In 1979, an additional winning the Ranfurly Shields with Auckland against North Auckland. With his province, he defended this six times successfully until 1980. After he was not nominated for the national team since 1978, then he joined in 1981 from active rugby temporarily. However, he played in 1982 yet again for a season with Auckland in the National Provincial Championship ( NPC) and has been with the team since they won the NPC for the first time in its history of New Zealand rugby champions. In 1983 he finished his playing career finally.
Coaching career
After his playing career, he coached rugby in the years 1981 to 1984 as an assistant coach Maurice Trapp 1984-1985 Second Team of the Auckland RFU First Team of Ponsonby RFC and. Previously, Williams had already been 1975-1977 player and assistant coach from 1978 to 1979 co- coach of the Ponsonby RFC. From 1987 to 1991 he trained as Trapps assistant coach the first team in the Auckland RFU. They won with the province from 1987 to 1990 for four consecutive times, the New Zealand Rugby Championship and defended throughout the Ranfurly Shield.
As of 1991, Williams worked as a technical consultant for the Samoan rugby union and as an assistant coach for the national team, with which he 1991, 1992 and 1993, the Pacific Tri-Nations won. He also met with her before each to the quarterfinals of the Rugby Union World Cup 1991 Rugby Union World Cup in 1995. From 1996 to 1999 he was then coach of the Samoan national team. With it he won again in 1997, the Pacific Tri-Nations. He also qualified with the team for the Rugby Union World Cup 1999 in Samoa after it, among other things, the host team beat Wales in the group stage with 38:31, was able to move into the repechage. But through a 35:20 defeat against the Scottish national Samoans missed the quarter-finals.
After that he was under Graham Mourie 2000-2001 assistant coach at the New Zealand franchise Hurricanes, who plays in the international Super Rugby League. He was released after two seasons with Mourie. Since then, he is the sports director at his home club Ponsonby RFC. In addition, he was from 2001 to 2003 nor assistant coach Mark Anscombe at the second team of the Auckland RFU.