Grant Williams has family bragging rights at stake against All Blacks
Springbok scrumhalf Grant Williams will have some extra motivation when South Africa play the first of four Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry Tests against the All Blacks on Saturday, with many in his community and even his immediate family supporting New Zealand.
Williams’ household divided Support for the All Blacks blossomed in South Africa during apartheid, when coloured people were segregated in the worst stands at some stadiums, often behind the poles, and started supporting the opposition.” Williams backed the All Blacks to come out “guns blazing” after their last match against the Springboks – where South Africa beat New Zealand 43-10 in Wellington in last year’s Rugby Championship, inflicting their heaviest defeat in rugby.
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