Sonny Bill Williams made an instant impact as New Zealand opened their World Cup defence with victory against Argentina in front of 90,000 at Wembley, but says there is plenty of work to do.

To Sonny Bill Williams, the All Blacks' stunning loss to France in the quarterfinals of the 2007 Rugby World Cup is ancient history. 'I didn't even watch the game, I was playing rugby league,' Williams said.

It is scenes like this that sum up the magical quality of sport. Moments after making history with New Zealand by retaining the World Cup, Sonny Bill Williams gave his medal to a young supporter.

After wowing the world of sport with his incredible gesture to a young fan, New Zealand's Sonny Bill Williams has been rewarded by World Rugby with a new medal.

The lucky fan who was handed a medal by All Black ace Sonny Bill Williams after running onto the field has been reunited with the centre ahead of the squad's return to New Zealand. 

Sonny Bill Williams' debut for the New Zealand Sevens began in dream fashion on Saturday. He was the only newcomer to their side named to play in the Wellington round of the World Sevens series.

It was a case of deja vu, as Joe Webber scored the winning try after the hooter, having also struck in extra time to give New Zealand a win over South Africa in pool play.

Gold medal favourites New Zealand suffered a shock defeat to Japan in their opening rugby sevens match of this summer's Olympics.

Ihaia West scored the decisive try late in the second half as he collected a stunning Sonny Bill Williams offload to storm through and touch down, with the Lions unable to answer.

New Zealand proved jut how frightening they can be with a crushing victory over Samoa in preparation for facing the British and Irish Lions. Relive the action from the All Blacks' tune-up fixture.

The floodgates opened early in the first half, with Reiko Ioane and Ryan Crotty both going over twice with little opposition from the Wallabies' defence.

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New Zealand will gamble an unbeaten record in 25 tests against Argentina on the ability of a second-string side to substantially improve when the teams meet in Buenos Aires on Saturday.

RORY KEANE AT MURRAYFIELD: Darkness descended on Murrayfield just before kick-off, but this was no blackout In a pulsating contest that ebbed and flowed.

Jamie Roberts is in line for a shock recall to the Wales team as Warren Gatland looks to combat the threat of Sonny Bill Williams. If selected he would defend at inside centre.

The unlikely reunion comes as the South African and Australian teams are embroiled in a stoush over degrading comments made towards Warner about his wife's fling with SBW.

Candice Warner has apologised to former NRL star Sonny Bill Williams and his family after their 2007 'toilet tryst' was dredged up in the media earlier this year

Candice Warner, the model wife of Australian cricket star David Warner, received a lot of flak from cricket supporters after the cheating scandal.

All Blacks centre Sonny Bill Williams revealed on Friday that the surgery he undertook for a knee injury that ruled him out of this month's test series against France had been successful.

Candice Warner, the wife of former Australian cricket David Warner, has finally broken her silence after he husband was banished from the national team earlier this year.

New Zealand took a break from preparations for Saturday's Test match with England to try their hand at an F1 pit stop. They visited McLaren's headquarters and changed the tyres on an F1 car.

Sonny Bill Williams' wretched year went from bad to worse on Saturday as the New Zealand centre appears likely to have finished an injury-plagued campaign with a shoulder issue.

Williams suffered a shoulder injury during the match at Twickenham and was ruled out of the clash in Dublin, which will see the world Nos 1 and 2 go head-to-head in the autumn international.

Stu Laundy is about to face-off against Sonny Bill Williams in the boxing ring.

All Blacks centre Sonny Bill Williams has indicated that this year could be his last at the Auckland Blues. Williams, a two-times Rugby World Cup winner, is out of contract following the global showpiece.

Sonny Bill Williams joined thousands of fellow Muslims and New Zealanders for Friday prayers in Christchurch as the country remembered the victims of last week's shooting.

Sonny Bill Williams has expressed his disappointment at a picture of himself and fellow Muslim Ofa Tuungafasi praying before a World Cup match being taken down from Instagram.  

Toronto have confirmed they are in fresh talks with All Black Sonny Bill Williams. Wolfpack head coach Brian McDermott revealed that the dual-code international had expressed an interest.

Toronto Wolfpack are eyeing a move for England star Manu Tuilagi in a cross-code deal. The ambitious Super League side are already closing in on a deal for Sonny Bill Williams.

DANIEL MATTHEWS AT THE EMIRATES: Sonny Bill Williams has revealed he began plotting his record move to Toronto Wolfpack the day after the All Blacks' defeat by England.

Former AFL star Hall, 42, will take on NRL great Gallen, 38, in Melbourne's Margaret Court Arena. Former All Blacks star Williams, 34, will be watching closely.

Paul Gallen and Barry Hall have sensationally fought to a draw as the two legends of their respective sports faced off in their much anticipated 'Code War' bout.

Hogg said he would be 'very annoyed' if one of his Scotland team-mates was so quick to move on from their own exit at this year's showpiece in Japan.

Sonny Bill Williams flaunted his ripped physique as he took time out from his rigorous training regime to spend some family time at the beach. 

Manchester United defender Harry Maguire, former world champion Andre Ward and New Zealand rugby league star Sonny Bill Williams were among the sport stars to hail Anthony Joshua.

Warner and de Kock delivered one of the ugliest moments of a bitter Test series in 2018 when they squared off on a staircase after play in Durban.

Actor Joel McIlroy, 46, allegedly repeatedly punched a 29-year-old policewoman during a scuffle in the inner-city of Sydney, putting the senior constable in hospital.

Home and Away star Sam Frost has opened up about struggling to find a balance between work and life.

Trevor Allan Dale, 60, was sentenced to a minimum of five years and eight months behind bars in the NSW District Court on Friday for raping ex-soap actor Bryan Wiseman in 1980.

She recently jetted back into Sydney after debuting her romance with millionaire Hollywood agent, Patrick Whitesell. 

Life's a beach for Pia Miller.

They've been dating for over two months. 

Actors from the iconic Australian soap have shared harrowing images on Instagram, which were taken during filming at Palm Beach, on Sydney's Northern Beaches, on Tuesday.

Pia Miller, 36, has been busy soaking up the summer sun in a string of different bikinis earlier this week. 

Kate Ritchie is preparing to make her debut on Play School this week, after husband Stuart Webb agreed in court to a year-long AVO banning him from going near her after drinking. 

She has had a rough couple of months after the police took out an AVO against her husband-of-nine-years, former NRL star Stuart Webb.

She has had a tough few months after police took out an AVO against her husband-of-nine-years, former NRL star Stuart Webb.

Home and Away is set to deliver its most devastating season finale yet.   

Actress Mia Morrissey is one of the newest additions to Channel Seven's long-running drama Home and Away.

Channel Seven have announced they'll be airing a series of Home and Away specials over the silly season.