https:\/\/twitter.com\/SonnyBWilliams\/status\/1369833539974225921?s=20<\/a><\/p>\n Williams, 35, officially hung up the football boots this week after a unique and glittering career that netted two Rugby World Cup titles, two NRL premierships and countless headlines.<\/p>\n He will continue to pursue his goal of becoming a boxing world champion<\/a> while offering what he says will be a fresh perspective and insight on screen and behind the microphone. <\/p>\n But with a young family, loads of dough and human rights and social activism ambitions, the question is why?<\/p>\n "Before I decided to step into this space I just asked myself that simple question \u2013 is it going to be challenging?<\/p>\n READ MORE: <\/strong>SBW reveals world champion boxing pursuit<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n READ MORE: <\/strong>SBW to mentor Roosters prodigy Suaalii<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Gallen shoots down SBW fight plans<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n "And the answer was an overwhelming yes," Williams said.<\/p>\n "I'm a big believer in without any challenge, there's no growth.<\/p>\n "I'm just excited to speak about my view and how I see the game.<\/p>\n "Because I watch a lot of games, I hear the commentators and they're not far off but sometimes my views and how I see things don't really add up to what they're seeing.<\/p>\n "So it's just a different point of view and I think I need to do that."<\/p>\n Williams will also maintain an active involvement in the NRL as a well qualified mentor for Sydney Roosters teenage sensation Joseph Suaalii.<\/a><\/p>\n But the All Blacks great believed entering the media would take him out of his comfort zone and act as a beacon to the Pasifika community.<\/p>\n "I think I need to be in that space and giving that because it'll show a lot of my people that we can thrive in this space as well," Williams said.<\/p>\n "I think naturally I was always going to step into this type of space, this type of work but I needed the kick up the backside to do it.<\/p>\n "I could have just gone away and lived a comfortable, quiet life but like my sporting career, I've never been one just to sit back and let it go past.<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/rugbyworldcup\/status\/1369646383532306435?s=20<\/a><\/p>\n "So when this opportunity arose I knew I had to take it with both hands.<\/p>\n "Although it's a little bit daunting, it's exciting at the same time so I'm pretty keen to see how it all goes."<\/p>\n Williams' full interview with McArdle will air exclusively on Stan Sport's Rugby Heaven<\/em> on Tuesday at 8pm AEDT.<\/p>\n For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here!<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sporting icon Sonny Bill Williams was a trailblazer throughout his wildly successful, multi-faceted on-field career. And the rugby, league and now boxing star hopes his […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43678"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43678"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43680,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43678\/revisions\/43680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Sonny](\"https:\/\/vms-network-images-prod.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/2021\/03\/347228\/pickerImage.jpg\")
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