Sonny Bill Williams (SBW) is a once in a hundred-year athlete with immense
sporting talent in Rugby League, Rugby Union and Boxing. Sonny Bill has built an
incredible career and sporting reputation across the globe. His athleticism has
taken him from inner-city Auckland, where he grew up, to the highest sporting
moments in Twickenham, Eden Park and Sydney's Olympic Stadium. But there is so
much more to Sonny Bill Williams' life and journey than his on-field and
in-the-ring triumphs.
Sonny Bill's love of family, his faith, his skill and performance throughout
his unparalleled sporting career, his ability to unite a team under pressure,
his grace in owning his mistakes, the challenges of leaving home as a young man
and dealing with a negative culture and the temptations that followed, and his
courage in speaking out for the vulnerable and calling out injustice are all
aspects of an inspiring life story.
Sonny Bill Williams was the first Muslim to play for the All Blacks. Driven
by a fierce moral compass, Sonny Bill Williams thoughtfully and authentically
uses his standing and platform as both a UNICEF Ambassador and an elite
sportsperson to speak out on political issues that confront the world today and
to benefit those struggling in life. He is a dedicated family man, devoted to
his faith, committed to his teammates, respectful of his fans and aware that the
path he has taken can inspire and empower others. Working with Alan Duff,
award-winning author of Once Were Warriors, this will be the must-read
autobiography of the year.