Sonny Bill Williams has accepted a cross-code commentary role with the Nine Network and the Australian broadcaster’s streaming service

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The double code global, who affirmed his retirement this week, will give assessment and investigation during Australia’s National Rugby League (NRL) and Super Rugby AU rivalries alongside New Zealand’s Super Rugby Aotearoa competition.

Williams, whose father is Samoan, said he anticipated another test and wanted to rouse youthful Polynesian players by taking on the job.

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“I realize I address a ton of youthful Polynesian young men, Kiwi young men who address such a great amount on the field and with regards to off the field we’re not actually in this space,” he told Stan in a meeting.

“So having the option to bounce into that space and perceive how we go, is the thing that I’m anticipating the most.”

Williams’ arrangement comes a long time after previous Australia mentor Michael Cheika and Wallabies symbol David Campese joined the Nine and Stan analysis group.

Williams, who won two rugby association World Cups for New Zealand in 2011 and 2015, played his last round of expert rugby alliance for the Sydney Roosters in a year ago’s NRL semi-finals.

He is likewise quick to resuscitate his boxing profession subsequent to building a rec center in Sydney, having fiddled with the game a few years prior.

-RNZ
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