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Shane Williams
Shane Mark Williams (born 26 February 1977 in Swansea) is a Welsh rugby union footballer who plays as a winger for the Ospreys club and Wales but who can also play scrum-half.or fly half.

Club career
Williams started his junior career as a scrum-half at Amman United RFC. After a move to Neath RFC he was moved out to the wing. He is most famous for his well-known "side-step". His stuttering running style is similar to that of Jason Robinson, yet he does not posses robinson's speed or strength and is generally regarded as an inferior player. He has forged a highly successful career despite his small stature and lack of physical strength; he is 1.70m (5' 7") tall and weighs 12st 8lbs (80 kg).

International career
He has earned 51 caps for Wales and has scored 35 tries (175 points).

He was part of the Grand Slam-winning Wales side in the 2005 Six Nations championship. He was then selected to the British and Irish Lions for their 2005 New Zealand tour. On 28 June, he equalled a single-game Lions record by scoring five tries in a tour match against Manawatu.

In the summer of 2007, Williams underwent elbow and shoulder surgery and missed the tour of Australia. However, he did return in time to play the last World Cup warm up game against France.

During the 2007 Rugby World Cup, Williams earned his 50th cap against Japan. He scored two tries in that match, temporarily putting him on top of the 2007 World Cup try-scoring table with a total of five tries. The tries also put him above Ieuan Evans on the all-time Wales try scoring list, trailing only Gareth Thomas.

Personal life
In August 2005, a holiday to Cyprus made the headlines when Shane Williams was erroneously held over an assault. The police lost his passport; his lawyer described the whole incident as a "total stitch-up"; and on his return to Wales, Williams suggested that he should have spent his holiday in Tenby instead.

On 23 December 2005, Shane married his childhood sweetheart Gail Lacey, whom he had met at Amman Valley school 14 years previously, at Twyn Church in Garnant.

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