Steve Williams

Steve Williams (born 5 October 1982) is an Australian-born German international rugby union player, having played for the SC Neuenheim and the German national rugby union team. He has also played club rugby at highest level in Scotland, the Netherlands and Portugal.

Biography Williams has been playing rugby since 1988, and hails from Alstonville, New South Wales. Williams qualified to play for Germany through his German mother and, after backpacking through Europe and watching Australia play in the 2007 Rugby World Cup, he had a trial for Germany, which he passed. He impressed Germany's director of rugby, Peter Ianusevici, enough to field him in Germany's next game.

He made his debut for Germany on 24 November 2007, three days after his trial, a 34–5 victory against Moldova in Heidelberg. He neither speaks German nor was he able to sing the German national anthem, but he indicated his willingness to learn both for the upcoming spring tests in early 2008. and securing promotion to the 2008-2010 European Nations Cup First Division.

After his stint in Europe and playing for Germany, he now again plays in Australia, for Mosman Rugby Club.

Honours National team European Nations Cup – Division 2 Champions: 2008

Stats Steve Williams's personal statistics in club and international rugby:

National team Year Team Competition Games Points Place 2006–2008 Germany European Nations Cup Second Division 3 0 Champions As of 5 March 2010