All Blacks centre Sonny Bill Williams has delayed a decision on his sporting future
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Writing in the Herald on Sunday, Gregor Paul ponders the career choices faced by All Blacks centre Sonny Bill Williams.
"He has one year left to serve on a five-year NRL ban and Williams, should he decide against spending another year in New Zealand, may be left to focus exclusively on his boxing career for at least six months.
"Maybe that will suit him just fine. He's never specifically said it but there has always been a sense that, one day in the not too distant future, he would drift back to league.
"Rugby has always felt like a flirtation, a box to tick. The game is not in his blood and while he's had sensational bursts and could become something extraordinary if he sticks around, it is apparently not his style to dig in when things aren't going his way.
"League is the game that comes most naturally to him. He needn't stray out of his comfort zone in the 13-man game.
"He may have to sit out the 2012 season but, with the league salary cap set to almost double, he'd happily serve his penance, picking up some bumper pay days with a few fights before returning in 2013."
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