Niall Guthrie

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Niall Williams-Guthrie
Niall Williams 2017 (cropped).jpg
Williams in 2017
Birth nameNiall Williams
Date of birth (1988-04-21) 21 April 1988 (age 36)
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight74 kg (11 st 9 lb)
Notable relative(s) Sonny Bill Williams (brother)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre or Forward
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2024- Blues Women ()
National sevens team
YearsTeamComps
2015–23 New Zealand 164
Rugby league career
Playing information
Position Centre, Second-row
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2023 Gold Coast Titans 114
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2023 Samoa
Medal record
Women's rugby sevens
Representing Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team competition
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast Team competition
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Team competition
Rugby World Cup Sevens
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 San Francisco Team competition
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Cape Town Team competition

Niall Williams-Guthrie ( née Williams; born 21 April 1988) is a New Zealand rugby league player. She has represented New Zealand in rugby sevens and touch rugby at an international level. [1] She has won silver medals as part of New Zealand's touch football team in 2011, and in the 2016 Rio Olympics as a member of New Zealand's sevens team. She also won gold medals in sevens in the 2018 Commonwealth Games, and 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens.

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Rugby career

Touch

In touch football she won gold at the 2005 Youth World Cup and silver at the 2011 Touch Football World Cup. [2] [3] [4]

Rugby Sevens

Guthrie made her international debut for New Zealand in 2015. [5] [6] She was selected for their squad to the 2016 Summer Olympics, where New Zealand claimed the silver medal behind Australia. [7] [8]

Guthrie missed the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 due to a neck injury. [9] [10] She was named in the Black Ferns Sevens squad for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. [11] [12] She won a bronze medal at the event. [13] [14] She also won a silver medal at the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town. [15] [16] [17]

Guthrie played in her final tournament for the Black Ferns Sevens at the 2023 France Women's Sevens in May 2023. [18] [5]

Super Rugby Aupiki

Guthrie signed with the Blues Women for the 2024 Super Rugby Aupiki season. [19] [20]

Rugby League

In 2023, Guthrie signed a two-year deal with the Gold Coast Titans in the NRLW. [18] [5] She is also part of the Samoa squad taking part in the 2023 Pacific Rugby League Championships.

Personal life

Of Samoan and European descent, [21] Niall, also known as "Nizzle", [22] is the younger sister of All Black Sonny Bill Williams. [23] She has a twin sister [24] [1] and two daughters. [22] She married her long-term partner, Tama Guthrie, in December 2022. [25]

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