William Patrick James Sandford (Born 27th January 1989) is a rugby union player with Aviva Premiership side London Irish. Born in Richill, County Armagh Northern Ireland Sandford attended The Royal School Armagh. Having Captained the Ulster Schools and Irish schools in his second year in these squads he was named Northern Bank Schools player of the year and subsequently joined the Ulster Academy.
In 2009 he was awarded National Young Player of the Year by The Irish Examiner. On leaving school he represented Ulster U20's Captaining the side and Irish U20's where he was involved in two 6Nation campaigns and one JRWC.
In 2010 Sandford left Ulster to join English Championship side Rotherham Titans. After a season under Andre Besters men he made the move to his current club London Irish on a one year deal to end 2012/13.