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- He scored in his first full start for Wales with a try against Italy in the same Six Nations tournament and went on to score a total of 60 international tries (58 for Wales, 2 for the British & Irish Lions).
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He scored in his first full start for Wales with a try against Italy in the same Six Nations tournament and went on to score a total of 60 international tries (58 for Wales, 2 for the British & Irish Lions).
Shane Williams is a Welsh rugby union player who appeared 87 times for the Wales national team from 2000 to 2011. [1] Playing exclusively as a wing for Wales, [1] Williams scored 58 tries, the most for any Wales international and 13 more than second-placed George North.
TryOpposing TeamVenueCompetition60Millennium Stadium, Cardiff59Eden Park, Auckland58Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington57Waikato Stadium, HamiltonShane Williams broke Wales’ all-time try-scoring record of 40 tries on March 15th 2008 with a score against France in the 2008 Six Nations – a crucial score which virtually secured the Grand Slam of the same season for Wales.
However, despite his prolific domestic career, Shane Williams is best known for his performances on the international stage. Between 2000 and 2011, he was capped 87 times by Wales and scored an impressive 58 tries. In doing so, he became the record try scorer for Wales.
Dec 2, 2021 · There was also no fall-off in his game, with Williams scoring two tries in his final match Ospreys, one arriving late to help beat Leinster in the 2012 PRO12 grand final.
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Shane Williams became Wales's all-time leading try scorer in the Grand Slam winning 2008 RBS 6 Nations campaign, after breaking Gareth Thomas's record with his 41st Test try in just 56 appearances.
Mar 5, 2020 · Williams went on to score 60 Test tries, the fourth-highest tally behind David Campese, Bryan Habana and Daisuke Ohata. Williams’s origins as a scrawny working-class kid from the Amman Valley, so shy that on his Wales debut he pretended not to hear when he was summoned from the bench, make his rise all the more romantic.