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EXCLUSIVE: How Roosters heavyweights lured Sonny Bill Williams back to the NRL – Wide World of Sports
‘I hadn’t trained for a bit. I’d been on holiday mode’
Sonny Bill Williams says personal approaches from Roosters heavyweights Nick Politis and Trent Robinson sealed his NRL return.
The cross-code megastar will arrive in Australia on Thursday and complete a 14-day quarantine period, then play the rest of this season. He spoke exclusively with Nine NRL reporter Danny Weidler just before departing the UK.
“It’s no secret I’m pretty close with the lads at the Roosters, Nick and Trent,” Williams told Weidler.
“I stay in contact with them now and then…
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