Game changer
WHETHER it's on the rugby field or in the boxing ring, sparks always fly with Sonny Bill Williams. So why all the heat?
SONNY Bill Williams removes his shirt to reveal the body of an Adonis, 193cm tall and 107kg.
The freakish sporting talent carries barely any body fat and his muscles ripple and dance as he warms up, punching at shadows.
His nutritionist, who has worked with footballers, Olympians and other elite athletes, tells me that Sonny Bill is a cut above them all.
"He has pretty much the perfect body for an athlete - nothing is wasted, nothing is where it shouldn't be."
GALLERY: See more pictures from Magazine photographer Adam Knott's photoshoot with Williams
So why does he want to box, to risk damage to that body, that face?
Why too is he returning to the Sydney Roosters to play rugby league, a game played in a couple of provinces in New Zealand, Britain and Australia, when he could earn millions more on the international stage playing for one of the world's great sporting brands, the all-powerful All Blacks?
And why did he turn to Islam?
Read The Weekend Australian Magazine tomorrow for the full version of Greg Bearup's revealing profile of league superstar Sonny Bill Williams.
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