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Joe Williams
Personal information
Full name	Joe Williams
Born	4 September 1983 (age 41); Cowra, New South Wales, Australia
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	80 kg (12 st 8 lb)
Playing information
Position	Halfback, Five-eighth
Club
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Joe Williams (born 4 September 1983 in Cowra, New South Wales^[3]), an Indigenous Australian, is now a professional boxer following a brief career in rugby league.^[4] He was formerly a footballer with the Bulldogs, Penrith Panthers and South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League competition. He primarily played at halfback.

Playing career

A Cowra Magpies junior who moved to South Sydney Rabbitohs lower grades. While attending Marcellin College in 2001, Williams was selected to play for the Australian Schoolboys team.^[5]

During the 2007 season, Joe played in the 1st semi-final Souths had reached since 1989. They were defeated by Manly, 30 to 6.^[6] As he had played 9 games for Feeder club North Sydney Bears in the NSW Cup, he was eligible to play in the rest of the finals series. They made it through to the Grand Final, only to be narrowly defeated by Parramatta 20-15, after a late try was awarded after a dubious decision.

In September 2007, Williams signed a one-year contract to play with the Penrith Panthers for the 2008 season after initially agreeing to a contract with French side, Toulouse Olympique.^[7]

He was released from his Penrith Panthers contract on 14 May 2008 and joined the Bulldogs.^[8]^[9] After only two games with the Bulldogs, Williams retired from the game and turned to boxing. He was last known to be playing with Country Rugby League side Dubbo CYMS

Career stats

First Grade Debut: 2004 - Round 12, Souths v Cronulla Sharks at Toyota Park, 29 May, scoring three goals

North Sydney Bears 2007-2010 19 appearances 7 tries, 54 goals, 3 field goals, 133 points. ^[10]

Boxing career

On 18 October 2014 he successfully defended his World Boxing Federation (WBF) junior welterweight world title against Indonesian opponent Rusmin Kie Raha at Bolton Park Stadium. He also managed to obtain a World Boxing Association (WBA) Asian title with a unanimous points victory.^[11]

Personal

Joe Williams is the son of Wilfred Williams who played for a number of Sydney teams in the late eighties. Joe has spoken recently^[when?] about his battles with depression, especially during his time in Rugby League. In October^[when?] a short story called The Enemy Within was released. He currently runs a gym in the Wagga Wagga area, as well as conduct Motivational Speaking.

In October 2016 Williams visited the Standing Rock Indian Reservation during the Dakota Access Pipeline protests, carrying an Australian Aboriginal Flag to demonstrate solidarity between Aboriginal Australians and Native Americans.^[12]

Music

Williams appears on the Brothablack music video, Are You With Me Out There, along with Anthony (Mouth) Mundine.

Footnotes

^ Rugby League Project
^ NRL Stats
^ "Characters". South Sydney Story. Retrieved 3 May 2008.
^ Paul Kent (17 November 2008). "Ex-Bunny Joe Williams a real knockout in boxing debut". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2 February 2009. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League". Sporting Pulse. Retrieved 10 October 2008. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ 2007 NRL season results#Week One
^ "Williams joins Penrith" (fee required). AAP Sports News. 6 September 2007. Retrieved 2 January 2008. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Williams released". Penrith Panthers. 14 May 2008. Retrieved 14 May 2008.
^ "WILLIAMS JOINS BULLDOGS FOLLOWING PANTHERS RELEASE". RLeague.com. 14 May 2008. Retrieved 14 May 2008.
^ http://www.ssralmanac.com/mobile/pastplayers_bears.htm
^ http://www.dailyadvertiser.com.au/story/2634529/waggas-joe-williams-on-top-of-the-world/
^ "Joe Williams takes the Aboriginal flag to Standing Rock". NITV. 14 November 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2017.

External links

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[1] Rugby League Project

[2] NRL Stats

[3] "Characters". South Sydney Story. Retrieved 3 May 2008.

[boxing-4] Paul Kent (17 November 2008). "Ex-Bunny Joe Williams a real knockout in boxing debut". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2 February 2009. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[5] "Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League". Sporting Pulse. Retrieved 10 October 2008. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[6] 2007 NRL season results#Week One

[7] "Williams joins Penrith" (fee required). AAP Sports News. 6 September 2007. Retrieved 2 January 2008. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[Williams_released-8] "Williams released". Penrith Panthers. 14 May 2008. Retrieved 14 May 2008.

[WILLIAMS_JOINS_BULLDOGS_FOLLOWING_PANTHERS_RELEASE-9] "WILLIAMS JOINS BULLDOGS FOLLOWING PANTHERS RELEASE". RLeague.com. 14 May 2008. Retrieved 14 May 2008.

[10] ttp://www.ssralmanac.com/mobile/pastplayers_bears.htm

[11] ttp://www.dailyadvertiser.com.au/story/2634529/waggas-joe-williams-on-top-of-the-world/

[12] "Joe Williams takes the Aboriginal flag to Standing Rock". NITV. 14 November 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2017.

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+'''Joe Williams''' (born 4 September 1983 in [[Cowra, New South Wales]]<ref>{{cite web|publisher=South Sydney Story|title=Characters|url=http://www.southsydneystory.com/Characters.html|accessdate=2008-05-03|date=}}</ref>), an [[Indigenous Australians|Indigenous Australian]], is now a professional boxer following a brief career in rugby league.<ref name="boxing">{{cite news|author=Paul Kent|publisher=''The Daily Telegraph''|title=Ex-Bunny Joe Williams a real knockout in boxing debut|url=http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/sport/nrl/story/0,26799,24662015-5012663,00.html|accessdate=2 February 2009|date=17 November 2008}}</ref>  He was formerly a footballer with the [[Bulldogs Rugby League Football Club|Bulldogs]], [[Penrith Panthers]] and [[South Sydney Rabbitohs]] in the [[National Rugby League]] competition. He primarily played at [[Rugby League positions#Halfback|halfback]].
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