Question 1

True or false: Despite being a winger, Shane Williams won the IRB World Player of the Year award in 2008.

Accepted Answer

True. He won the award in 2008, becoming the first Welsh player to do so since the award's inception in 2001.

Question 2

True or false: Shane Williams played his entire professional club career with the Ospreys.

Accepted Answer

False. He played for Neath before the Ospreys formed, and later had a stint with Mitsubishi Dynaboars in Japan after leaving the Ospreys.

Question 3

True or false: Shane Williams is the second-highest try scorer in international rugby union history.

Accepted Answer

False. He is the second-highest for Wales, but globally he ranks behind players like David Campese and Daisuke Ohata.

Question 4

True or false: Shane Williams scored over 60 tries for Wales in international rugby union.

Accepted Answer

True. He scored 58 tries for Wales, a record at the time, plus one for the British & Irish Lions, totaling 60 international tries.

Question 5

True or false: Shane Williams once played a full test match with a broken hand.

Accepted Answer

True. In 2004 against South Africa, he played with a broken scaphoid bone, scoring a try despite the injury.

Question 6

True or false: Shane Williams was originally a scrum-half before switching to the wing.

Accepted Answer

True. He played scrum-half in his youth and early professional career, but his speed and agility made him a world-class winger.

Question 7

True or false: Shane Williams is the only Welsh player to have scored a try in every match of a Six Nations tournament.

Accepted Answer

False. No Welsh player has ever achieved this; Shane Williams never scored in every match of a single Six Nations campaign.

Question 8

True or false: Shane Williams retired from international rugby immediately after the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

Accepted Answer

False. He retired from international rugby in 2011, but his last match was actually a November test against Australia, not at the World Cup.

Shane Williams Trivia Questions