Sonny Bill Williams signs on for All Black dream.

[lopaaione]

SBW is a gifted athlete but he's got to prove he's worth all the hipe. At the moment he's no where @ the level of present ABs . Carter, Richie,Kaino, Mealamu, Reed, Thorn, Nonu, Smith, Kahui , Weepu, and the rest have earned their worth. Until SBW does that he's just another player trying to play for the ABs.

[wolfman958]

goo thah all blacks

[bopbopanna]

Awesome SBW. Glad you made the switch and glad you're staying. I think he's a great asset to NZ rugby.

[ilovetroypolamalu45]

shame on all u haters! all blacks won 2011 world cup lol gooo sonnnny ur the best!

[GrungeMetalRocker]

he looks nervous wow

[MrSEEDBAG]

GO SBW and the allblacks

[drummrmcclure18]

SBW for president! he is so humble and non self centered! a true rugby player

[MrKiwi4life]

best of luck sonny:)

[Lanz22]

The 2007 rugby world cup had a cumulative television audience of 4.2 billion for the 48 matches. So the statistic is not based on individuals rather the amount of audience views.

[maoripride2themaX]

cmon sonny prove to the all blacks u can play union and ull be a star !!!

[maul6696]

who cares how many people watch soccer theyre all faggots

[seanrepo]

overated, overpayed, unproven, arrogant twit. Stick to the NRL Bro. If it was really your dream then why would you go to Toulon for two years and come to NZ 1 year out with a clause in your over-inflated contract stating that if you were not picked for the end of year tour 2010 you would go back to league. A waste of NZRFU money coz u aint good enuf and dont deserve to put more dedicated players aside just because of your overhyped profile.

[SpiritMan00]

He should play for Samoa... All goodz...

We'll be prepared next year...

Oh and another thing, the Rugby world Cup is the third biggest sporting event in the World.. Under Olympics and Soccer...

[UgaBugaWoga]

OMG!!! SBW is a fob. "dream come chuu, wayne smiff" lol

[mickser101]

Firstly only OZ and NZ call it second five the rest of the planet call 12 and 13 centre and the Allblacks win % is incredible and have more fans than any other Rugby team but im sure the Brazilian football team and Canadian Ice Hockey team are higher and There's no way in hell Rugby is the second biggest sport in the world thats nonsense

[maristsp]

@mickser101 yea well second five and centre are two very different positions in nz.

and in terms of playing numbers the irb say rugby is second only to soccer and the rwc is the 3rd biggest sporting event in terms of veiwers behind the olympics and the soccer world cup.

and you can look up the all blacks win record. the most succesful pro SPORTS team of all time.

[macknificent100]

@maristsp How many viewers watch RWC?

[maristsp]

@macknificent100 billions

[mollyfh]

he always seems sort of nervous in interviews...

[2SXC2H8]

Sunny Bull Wulliams

[UHtiger]

Got to feel sorry for Luke mcallister, now he's got another midfield back to contend with for an all blacks spot.

[hustleboy62]

@UHtiger McCalister will be a back up for Carter

[MrPesako]

NZ is the place were Sonny will realise his true rugby potential...good luck uso...Sonny bill vs Maa Nonu...shud be epic...

[StonedAssassinNZL]

FAggot to gay for rugby

[armbar]

"And when he mentioned the Allblacks being 'the biggest sporting brand' I'm sure he was referring to the Allblacks being the most dominant Rugby team in the world."

There is a massive difference between those 2 statements, he is merely brainwashed like all kiwis in to thinking the all blacks are unbeatable. As for most dominant team, theyve won 1 world cup, and choked the rest, they are on par with england and behind australia and SA. The world cup is the bench mark and they fail consistently

[MrPesako]

@armbarThe Allblacks are the bigeest sporting brand in world rugby, take last year 4 example when the ABeez played Italy at San Siro(which is a diehard soccer mad stadium).it was sold out with over 80,000 people in attendance.SouthAfrica(the world champs)played their the following week and only filled out half.....we are also the most dominant rugby team in the world.....

[armbar]

@MrPesako there is a massive difference between being the biggest sporting brand in world rugby and being the biggest sporting brand in the world.

All blacks are the biggest in world rugby? Sure, but they are small fry compared to Manchester United, Liverpool, Real Madrid, AC Milan etc. In Terms of national teams, Brazil are miles ahead of them.

As for dominance, as i said before they have choked too many times in World cups for me to accept that.

[MrPesako]

@armbar yea ok...but atleast we won a world cup along with 3 other countries.We are the number 1 ranked team in the world.we have the highest winning % out of all rugby unions worldwide.well ahead of evry1 else.Thats pretty dominant to me..

[MrPesako]

@armbar

You Northern Hemisphere fans of rugby hate everything about us becoz were jus too good 4 uz....We DOMINATE u year in year out....U guys have the WORST record at world cups.lol.what does that say about uz??...in the southern hemisphere ALL BLACKS are the biggest brand in my opinion.We dont care too much 4 soccer.bunch of over dramatic pansies....

[armbar]

@MrPesako blah blah blah. Im English, England have won as many world cups as the 'mighty' all blacks, big deal. You can tell everybody you are the best and use winning percentages etc etc, but really when it counts you can't hack it.

Heres to NZ goig out in the semi's (again)

[MrPesako]

@armbar i knew you were a pommy.England rugby sucks ass.when was the last time england beat the ABeez?ur rugby sux soo bad yal depend on kiwis to fill ur ranks(riki flutey,shontayne hape,lesly vainikolo)LMAO....

Stick 2 soccer bunch of hooligans.lol.(you wanna talk about chokers,how bout the world famous chokers the England soccer team.LMAO

[maristsp]

@armbar your wrong. .

the all blacks have the highest win record (84%) of any proffessional sports team in any sport.

your probably right about not being as big as man u but they do have a massive following around the world pretty much wherever they go.

as rugby gets bigger (its now the second most popular sport in the world,) the all blacks get bigger.

[fatfat1321]

With all honesty its good to see sonny trying to achieve his dream, he will make that world cup squad but only for cover as the midfield is full of talent and experience thats hard to get by in Nonu and Smith, be good to try and train him at blindside thou, i think he's the answer to Jerry collins hardness that the ABs are lacking in the forward pack esp against S.Africa and England.

[mickser101]

4 Billion people watch the world cup? wrong, very wrong, more like 1 Billion and thats a stretch and "Allblacks the biggest sporting brand in the world" are you fucking serious, he's obviously never heard of Man Utd, Real Madrid, FC Barcelona , New York Yankees, Dallas Cowboys, Brazilian football team, Ferrari F1 and L.A Lakers. He's delusional if he thinks he can make the AB'S for the world cup at Centre. Nonu Smith Kahui McAlister say otherwise

[blUdz18]

@mickser101 "The 2007 tournament had a cumulative world television audience of 4.2 billion" - RWC 2003: “The Best Ever”". rwc2003.irb.com

SBW wasn't wrong, you are. And when he mentioned the Allblacks being 'the biggest sporting brand' I'm sure he was referring to the Allblacks being the most dominant Rugby team in the world. And chances are he will definitely make the team because the NZRU would not want to turn their backs on someone as skilled as Sonny.

[maristsp]

@mickser101 hes not playing centre hes playing second five. and he could easily be the back up to maa nonu as we dont have much depth there.

[NZallblackscaptain]

@mickser101 Oi Bro The 2003 World Cup 3.9 Billion Watched It, 2007 Hit 4 Billion, I Agree on you that nz is not the worlds biggest sporting club, But If You go to japan, australia, New zealand, china, india and korea they all know the all blacks, besides the 2010 world cup, soccer city Brazil played not a sellout for a semi, New Zealand Play This Weekend Against the springboks(South Africa) Its already a sellout dumbfuck

[mickser101]

@NZallblackscaptain Rugby Union is a minority sport whether you think so or not. It's not big in China, not big in India, not big in Korea. There is no way in hell 4 Billion people watches the Rugby World cup that's crazy if that's your logic then 20 Billion watches the Football World cup. There is no easy way to calculate it and no way to be accurate on viewing numbers and Brazil did not make the semi's of the World Cup, the Semi's and Final were all sell-outs also you dumbfuck

[bombertheelephant]

@mickser101 you're twat and an envious one at that. We don't give a toss about soccer or Grid Iron there's only two codes we care about and that's League and Union the games you talk about are left to lady boys and the women folk hahahaha.. fuck off! BTW Sonny is right. LMFAO

[TheSingingIrishman]

@mickser101 im sorry but i think your deluded. Sonny Bill Williams has taken rugby union by storm and walked onto the AB's! have you seen his last 2 performances! unbelievable talent! In my opinion a future great right here and he will be in the all black side for the world cup!

[Mamawaldi07]

@mickser101 I'll agree with you on Man Utd, Real Madrid and FC Barc being internationally recognised teams sporting brands on par with the All Blacks. I'd even throw in an Arsenal and Chelsea side as well. I think you are wrong with the American codes because they don't compete internationally as far as club competitions go. As for being in the ABs for the next world cup, well you fail again. He is a shoe-in to make it now.

[Erkinomi]

@mickser101 4 billion watch the world cup, but Obviously not at the same time.

In total the Rugby World Cup is the 3:rd largest sporting event in the world based on the amount of people watching it.

[sdfdsize]

@mickser101 Stop being so pedantic about his wording...he will play in the world cup (which is the third largest sporting event in the world...including the Olympics therefore arguably the second most popular SPORT in the world). All Blacks are the biggest sporting brand in HIS world and in Australasia. Are you dumb btw?

[zing9753]

@mickser101 Mate have you seen how hes playing now

[jackalan88]

@mickser101 4 billion viewers(through the course of the competition) is actually correct, although the final itself usually attracts about 2 billion viewers. All Blacks are definitely a huge sporting brand, but agree they aren't the biggest.

[HARR150N10]

@mickser101 just pissed all over you didn't he, 2 games 2 trys 5 assists!

[Jude2Mahoney]

@mickser101 The RWC is the 3rd largest sporting event on Earth, and SBW seems to be playing centre for the AB's, eh?

[nukm4]

@mickser101 I like just how wrong you are.

[GrungeMetalRocker]

@mickser101

Exactly !

[narries4lyf]

@mickser101 Mcalister didn't even make the squad mate.Get your facts right

[Blakey1234567890]

@mickser101 and who played centre and wing for the AB's at world cup 2011 ohh yh SBW!!

[dunutman33]

all you muppets have only seen the good plays on sonny bill, what about the others that havent been seen on tv. Sbw is nothing if the forwards are going backwards, Id love sbw to play with the ABs, but if he gets big headed, ill txt carter to throw him a hospital pass, knock him back to earth. only his additude will get him in the ABs

[nickojb7]

he's not replacing Nonu, There's room for both in the midfield.

[07Logga]

bro sonny will smash nonu in all aspects of the game u muppet

[Toulon4ever]

Good luck Sonny ! Really all the best from Toulon fans.

We'll miss you so much. Hope to see you back after the World Cup.

Keep on going you're on the right road.

[Poutamaas]

He means the world cup, its watched by a lot of people but 4 billion is pushing it though. He's gonna have his work cut out for him to replace Nonu. The french comp has got nothing on S14

I don't know if he's quicker than Nonu. I'm yet to see SBW do what Nomu has in rugby.

I really hope he can play well enough to make the ABs though

[SirRacer007]

Just watch out. Hes got the right athletic ability and hes sure got the right attitude. SBW isnt the story people hear about.....

[maxpalamo]

@pwrqz I think the AB's will do really well with sbw, the centres now are ok but they need someone like sbw to take them back to the days of old where other countries feared playing the AB's. He is going to change how the AB's play.

Finally nz will have a midfielder who is a midfielder.

[Kn0cked0wt]

haard out bro !

[pwrigz]

So is he looking to knock of Nonu...or Conrad? I don't think so. Even Rene Ranger and Robbie Fruean would school him. The AB's don't need him

[hustleboy62]

@pwrigz

nonu? you've got to be joking. sonny bill is a natural athlete. hes more powerful than nonu, quicker than nonu, and unlike nonu, he's actually intelligent. he doesn't constantly knock on the ball like nonu does when the pressure is on. Ranger, Fruean and Conrad all play different positions to Sonny Bill.