Brendan Williams (born 21 May 1978 in

Urbenville Urbenville is a rural village in northern New South Wales, Australia. The village is located in the Tenterfield Shire local government area, north of the state capital, Sydney, and south west of Brisbane. At the , Urbenville had a population of ...

) is a retired

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n-born rugby union player. He played at

Fullback Fullback or Full back may refer to: Sports * A position in various kinds of football, including: ** Full-back (association football), in association football (soccer), a defender playing in a wide position ** Fullback (gridiron football), in Americ ...

. He first came to stardom as Australian Under 21s player in 1995. Signed to Randwick Rugby Club in 1998, a club he played for since 1995, he was awarded The Daily Telegraph Rookie of the Year award. He later moved to

New South Wales Waratahs The New South Wales Waratahs ( or ;), referred to as the Waratahs, are an Australian professional rugby union team representing the majority of New South Wales in the Super Rugby competition. The Riverina and other southern parts of the state, ...

. He was included in the Australian Commonwealth Games Rugby Sevens twice in consecutive games, becoming a bronze medalist with his teammates. He has also played as an international rugby player, notably playing for

Petrarca Rugby Petrarca Rugby is a rugby union club from Padua, Italy, currently competing in the top tier of the Italian rugby union, the Top10. Founded in 1947, the team is the rugby union branch of the Unione Sportiva Petrarca, an omnisport club that inclu ...

based in Padova, Italy and Benetton Treviso, Italy in the professional Italian rugby union as a wing (fullback). Brendan retired from professional rugby playing his last game on 2 May 2014, at home against Glasgow Warriors losing the match 16-38.

Honours

National Championship of Excellence The Top10, known as the Peroni Top10 for sponsorship reasons, and formerly Top 12, is Italy's top level professional men's rugby union competition. The Top 10 is run by Federazione Italiana Rugby (FIR) and is contested by 10 teams as of the 2019� ...

** Champions Benetton Treviso: 2002–2003, 2003–2004, 2005–2006, 2006–2007, 2008–2009 * Coppa Italia ** Champions Benetton Treviso: 2004–2005, 2009–2010 * Italian Super Cup ** Champions Benetton Treviso: 2006, 2009

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Brendon Australia international rugby sevens players Australian rugby union players Living people 1978 births Commonwealth Games medallists in rugby sevens Rugby sevens players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players for Australia Male rugby sevens players Rugby sevens players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Rugby union players from New South Wales Rugby union fullbacks Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games People from New England (New South Wales)