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| Full name | Sam Williams | |||||
| Nickname | Sammy | |||||
| Born | 18 March 1991 Cooma, Australia |
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| Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | |||||
| Weight | 82 kg (13 st) | |||||
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| Position | Halfback
Junior Club = Cooma Colts |
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| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2011– | Canberra Raiders | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| As of 28 November 2011 | ||||||
| Source: [1] | ||||||
Sam Williams (born 18 March 1991 in Cooma, New South Wales, Australia) is a professional Australian rugby league footballer for the Canberra Raiders of the NRL who plays the position of halfback.[1]
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Sam Williams boarded at St Gregory's College for his secondary schooling and played for the Junior Kangaroo's in 2010. Sam debuted for the Canberra Raiders in the National Youth Competition in 2009 and was selected in the team of the year in 2010, When he is not playing first grade fixtures he is the current Canberra Raiders National Youth Competition Captain.
Sam has played 18 first grade matches for the raiders and has scored 2 tries. Sam made his NRL debut for the Canberra Raiders against the Cronulla Sharks in round 1 of the 2011 NRL season due to an injury sustained by then Canberra Raiders first choice halfback Matt Orford. Williams impressed on his debut with a strong all round performance that earned him the man of the match award. In round 6 of the season Orford was again ruled out through injury, giving Williams another opportunity in first grade, in this game against the North Queensland Cowboys Williams was sent to the sin bin for a professional foul. Later in the season Sam managed to cement his spot as the first choice number of seven.
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