The making of an All Black

And here is the young Sonny Bill taking part in the haka at North Harbour Stadium before playing the Kangaroos in a Tri-nations match in 2004.

Photo by Getty Images Oct 18, 2010

So long Sonny Bill Williams...

With Sonny Bill Williams set to make the switch to play rugby in Japan before a possible NRL return, we take a look at the man who made his mark for the New Zealand rugby in such a short space of time.

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Rugby

Results

2013 Super Rugby Tournament

Cheetahs 27 - 13 Reds
Bulls 35 - 18 Highlanders
Waratahs 28 - 22 Brumbies
Crusaders 23 - 3 Blues
Force 13 - 23 Sharks
Rebels 30 - 21 Stormers

Schedule

2013 Super Rugby Tournament

Chiefs vs Crusaders

7:35pm NZST Fri, 24th May

Rebels vs Waratahs

9:40pm NZST Fri, 24th May

Blues vs Brumbies

7:35pm NZST Sat, 25th May

Force vs Highlanders

9:40pm NZST Sat, 25th May

Kings vs Cheetahs

1:00am NZST Sun, 26th May

Stormers vs Reds

3:05am NZST Sun, 26th May

League

Results

2013 English Super League

Rhinos 22 - 30 Saints

2013 NRL Premiership Season

Storm 10 - 10 Sea Eagles

2013 NRL Holden Cup

Storm 30 - 10 Sea Eagles

2013 English Super League

Rovers 44 - 18 Wildcats

Schedule

2013 NRL Holden Cup

Bulldogs vs Broncos

7:20pm NZST Fri, 24th May

Tigers vs Cowboys

7:20pm NZST Fri, 24th May

2013 NRL Premiership Season

Bulldogs vs Broncos

9:35pm NZST Fri, 24th May

Tigers vs Cowboys

9:35pm NZST Fri, 24th May

Tennis

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2013 Internationaux de Strasbourg

Set 1
Live
Flavia Pennetta 2
Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor 2
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Set 3
Live
Chanelle Scheepers 2 6
Shelby Rogers 6 3
Full Scorecard
Set 1
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Anna Tatishvili 0
Monica Niculescu 5
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2013 Open de Nice Côte d’Azur

Set 1
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Sergiy Stakhovsky 2
Sam Querrey 2
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Set 2
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Albert Montanes 7 2
Victor Hanescu 5 1
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2013 Brussels Ladies Open

Set 2
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Jie Zheng 6 2
Mallory Burdette 2 4
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Set 2
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Coco Vandeweghe 1 3
Julia Goerges 6 4
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Set 1
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Jamie Hampton 0
Yanina Wickmayer 3
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Results

2013 Internationaux de Strasbourg

Camila Giorgi lost to Eugenie Bouchard

3-6 0-6

Lucie Hradecka def. Lauren Davis

6-2 6-2

Chanelle Scheepers def. Claire Feuerstein

7-5 6-4

Lucie Hradecka def. Garbine Muguruza

6-4 6-3

Olga Puchkova lost to Magda Linette

4-6 6-7(7)

2013 Power Horse Cup

Janko Tipsarevic vs Guido Pella

6-7(7) 1-4

Michael Russell lost to Viktor Troicki

6-3 3-6 4-6

Evgeny Korolev lost to Igor Sijsling

2-6 4-6

2013 Open de Nice Côte d’Azur

Edouard Roger-Vasselin def. Ricardas Berankis

2-6 6-4 6-2

Gael Monfils def. Santiago Giraldo

4-6 6-3 6-3

Paul-Henri Mathieu def. Ryan Harrison

6-4 6-4

Fabio Fognini def. Marco Cecchinato

1-6 6-1 6-2

2013 Brussels Ladies Open

Magdalena Rybarikova lost to Shuai Zhang

1-6 3-6

Sofia Arvidsson lost to Shuai Peng

3-6 0-6

Yulia Putintseva def. Alison Van Uytvanck

6-1 6-0

Kaia Kanepi def. Dominika Cibulkova

6-4 7(8)-6

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2013 Davis Cup 1st Rnd - KAZ v AUT

E. Korolev vs. A. Haider-Maure

2:00am NZDT Sun, 3rd February

2013 Davis Cup World Group I 1st Rnd - TPE v AUS

T. Chen vs. L. Hewitt

2:00am NZDT Sun, 3rd February

2013 Fed Cup 1st Rnd - CZE v AUS

L. Safarova vs. S. Stosur

2:00am NZDT Sat, 9th February

L. Safarova vs. J. Gajdosova

2:00am NZDT Sun, 10th February

2013 Fed Cup 1st Rnd - ITA v USA

R. Vinci vs. V. Lepchenko

2:00am NZDT Sat, 9th February

2013 Open 13

G. Simon(6) vs. J. del Potro(2)

2:00am NZDT Fri, 22nd February

T. Berdych(1) vs. J. Janowicz(7)

2:00am NZDT Fri, 22nd February

2013 Open de Nice Côte d’Azur

G. Rufin vs. G. Simon(2)

2:00am NZST Wed, 22nd May

F. Fognini(6) vs. G. Monfils

2:00am NZST Wed, 22nd May

C. Berlocq vs. P. Mathieu

2:00am NZST Wed, 22nd May

2013 Internationaux de Strasbourg

M. Doi vs. S. Hsieh(4)

2:00am NZST Wed, 22nd May

A. Cornet(3) vs. M. Linette

2:00am NZST Wed, 22nd May

2013 Power Horse Cup

I. Sijsling vs. P. Kohlschreibe(4)

2:00am NZST Wed, 22nd May

D. Brands vs. J. Hajek

2:00am NZST Wed, 22nd May

J. Nieminen(6) vs. R. Bautista-Agu

2:00am NZST Wed, 22nd May

2013 Brussels Ladies Open

R. Oprandi vs. M. Oudin

2:00am NZST Wed, 22nd May

Cricket

Results

2013 Indian Premier League

Indian Premier League Qualifier 1 (1st v 2nd) - CSK v MUM: Chennai Super Kings won by 48 runs

Indian Premier League Match 72 - SUN v KKR: Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 5 wickets

Indian Premier League Match 71 - PWS v DEL: Pune Warriors won by 38 runs

2013 Scotland v Pakistan [ODI]

Scotland v Pakistan 2nd ODI: Match abandoned without a ball bowled

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2013 Indian Premier League

Indian Premier League Eliminator (3rd v 4th) - RAJ v SUN

23 May 2:30am

2013 Ireland v Pakistan [ODI]

Ireland v Pakistan 1st ODI

23 May 9:45pm

2013 England v New Zealand

England v New Zealand 2nd Test

24 May 10:00pm

Football

Live

2013 AFC Champions League

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Kashiwa 3
Jeonbuk FC 2
Hitachi Kashiwa Football Stadium Live Scores

Results

2013 AFC Champions League

Al-Shabab 3 - 0 Al-Gharafa (FT)

Al-Ahli 2 - 0 El Jaish (FT)

Bunyodkor 0 - 0 Buriram (FT)

FC Seoul 3 - 1 Beijing Guoan (FT)

2012/13 Spanish La Liga

Mallorca 1 - 0 Real Betis (FT)

Barcelona 2 - 1 Valladolid (FT)

Schedule

2013 AFC Champions League

Guangzhou v Central Coast

23 May 12:00am

Lekhwiya v Al-Hilal

23 May 3:30am

Esteghlal v Al-Shabab

23 May 4:30am

2013 International Friendlies

Oman v Iran

23 May 1:00am

Venezuela v El Salvador

23 May 11:30am