Gavin Williams (rugby union)

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Gavin Williams
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Birth nameGavin Williams
Date of birth (1979-10-25) 25 October 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Auckland, New Zealand
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight98 kg (15 st 6 lb)
School Mount Albert Grammar School
Notable relative(s) Bryan Williams (father)
Paul Williams (brother)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre, fullback
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Ponsonby ()
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2005–2007 Connacht 28 (15)
2007–2009 US Dax 51 (50)
2009–2013 Clermont Auvergne 39 (59)
2013 Stade Francais 4 (5)
2013–2015 Montluçon 31 (25)
Correct as of 26 April 2015
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2004 Southland 4 (0)
2005 Auckland 2 (0)
Correct as of 24 September 2005
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2007–2010 Samoa 16 (106)
2008 Pacific Islanders 2 (0)
Correct as of 24 November 2011

Gavin Williams (born 25 October 1979) is a former rugby union player from New Zealand, who played in the Top 14 and for Samoa internationally.

Williams previously played for Connacht, where he played from 2005 until the end of the 2006–07 season. After leaving Connacht, he went on to make his debut for Samoa in 2007 in a match against Fiji. Williams scored a try and conversion in Samoa's opening game in the 2007 World Cup.

After leaving Connacht, he played for US Dax before signing for Clermont.

Gavin Williams has a strong family connection in rugby with his father Bryan Williams, a strong winger who played for Auckland and New Zealand, and brother Paul Williams, who has represented the Crusaders, Highlanders and Blues in Super Rugby, and who also plays for Samoa internationally.

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