Stirling Mortlock hit on Sonny Bill Williams - Thats the way the big boys do it

We’ve had a number of requests for this bone-jarring hit from the Barbarians match against the Wallabies in Sydney a few weeks back.

As always, Sonny Bill Williams making an appearance in a big rugby union match was surrounded by hype and speculation. Many people questioned his ability, and he no doubt was a prized target for the opposition players.

Stirling Mortlock chopped the League superstar down to size early on with this great tackle.

At the end of the match Sonny Bill apparently

thanked

Mortlock for the sore ribs, to which the Wallaby captain replied “That’s the way the big boys do it. “

“He seems like a good bloke and a very funny character,” Williams said later. “But I’d love to come back here in a few years’ time and show him how I do it.”

“I know I am going to have my critics and they are going to come out and bag me but I know that there is definitely a lot of improvement in my game and hopefully in another 10 months you will see a different player.”

“I knew there was a lot of pressure on me and I knew that a lot of people wanted to see me get pumped but that’s cool,” he said.

Williams did show a few touches of class, even getting the better of Mortlock on a couple of occasions, but it was the Aussie center who came out on top overall.

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