Niall Williams-Guthrie ('' née'' Williams; born 21 April 1988) is a New Zealand

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player. She has represented New Zealand in rugby sevens and

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at an international level. She has won silver medals as part of New Zealand's touch football team in 2011, and in the

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as a member of New Zealand's sevens team. She also won gold medals in sevens in the 2018 Commonwealth Games, and 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens.

Rugby career

Touch

In touch football she won gold at the 2005 Youth World Cup and silver at the 2011 Touch Football World Cup.

Rugby Sevens

Guthrie made her international debut for

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in 2015. She was selected for their squad to the 2016 Summer Olympics, where New Zealand claimed the silver medal behind Australia. Guthrie missed the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 due to a neck injury. She was named in the Black Ferns Sevens squad for the

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. She won a bronze medal at the event. She also won a silver medal at the

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. Guthrie played in her final tournament for the Black Ferns Sevens at the 2023 France Women's Sevens in May 2023.

Super Rugby Aupiki

Guthrie signed with the Blues Women for the

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Rugby League

In 2023, Guthrie signed a two-year deal with the

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in the

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. She is also part of the

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squad taking part in the 2023 Pacific Rugby League Championships.

Personal life

Of Samoan and

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descent, Niall, also known as "Nizzle", is the younger sister of

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Sonny Bill Williams. She has a twin sisterEarly hints of Sonny Bill's charisma
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, dated 2 March 2013. and two daughters. She married her long-term partner, Tama Guthrie, in December 2022.

References

External links

New Zealand Profile
* 1988 births Living people Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players for New Zealand Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand Commonwealth Games medallists in rugby sevens Gold Coast Titans (NRLW) players Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games New Zealand sportspeople of Samoan descent New Zealand female rugby league players New Zealand female rugby union players New Zealand female rugby sevens players New Zealand twins New Zealand women's international rugby sevens players Olympic rugby sevens players for New Zealand Olympic silver medalists for New Zealand Olympic medalists in rugby sevens Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Rugby sevens players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Rugby sevens players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Samoa women's national rugby league team players {{NewZealand-rugbyleague-bio-stub