SBW will miss rest of Rio and Rugby Championship

Sonny Bill Williams will miss the All Blacks’ entire Rugby Championship and Bledisloe Cup series after being ruled out for up to nine months with an Achilles injury.

“He has a partial rupture of his Achilles tendon, which means he will be out of rugby for six to nine months,” confirmed New Zealand Rugby Union chief executive, Steve Tew.

The centre Williams was taken to hospital in an ambulance after being taken from the field in New Zealand’s opening Olympic rugby sevens loss to Japan in Rio.