{"id":256344,"date":"2025-11-11T06:44:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T06:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/256344\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T06:44:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T06:44:08","slug":"all-blacks-legend-reveals-his-sons-want-to-play-for-their-biggest-rivals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/256344\/","title":{"rendered":"All Blacks legend reveals his sons want to play for their biggest rivals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand superstar Sonny Bill Williams has revealed his sons would prefer playing for the Springboks instead of All Blacks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel\/AbYd2l05pp1bM_Ix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Join RUCK\u2019s Instagram broadcast channel <\/a>and get the latest rugby news straight to your phone.<\/p>\n<p>The 38-year-old married South African model Alana Raffie\u00a0(whom he met at a shop) in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>The two got married in a secret ceremony held in August 2013 after dating for approximately six months. Alana and her husband managed to keep their relationship a secret until they announced it on social media in 2014. <\/p>\n<p>Their family and friends who attended the wedding ceremony that was held just before the 2013 NRL grand final swore not to tell anyone about the wedding and even Sonny\u2019s Roosters teammates, as well as his close buddy, Anthony Mundine, were left out. <\/p>\n<p>Since tying the knot, Alana and Sonny stayed away from social media and even rejected an opportunity to get paid six figures by selling their wedding to television and glossy magazines. <\/p>\n<p>The Williams\u2019 have four children, daughters Iman and Aisha, and sons Zaid and Essa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCape Town is my second home,\u201d Williams said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe one day my two boys might be playing in Green and Gold.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019ve told me that\u2019s what they\u2019d like.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey love the Springboks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>EDITOR\u2019S PICKS<\/p>\n<p>Wealthiest Rugby Couples:<\/p>\n<p>10. David Pocock &amp; Emma Palandri \u2013 \u00a31.5 million<\/p>\n<p>Former Australian rugby star\u00a0David Pocock\u00a0and his wife,\u00a0Emma Palandri, have diversified their wealth through post-rugby careers. Pocock is now an Australian senator, while Palandri co-founded social enterprise projects focusing on sustainable development.<\/p>\n<p>9. Nigel Owens &amp; Barrie Jones-Davies \u2013 \u00a32 million<\/p>\n<p>Nigel Owens, Welsh former rugby referee, is a motivational speaker, commentator, and farmer. Together with his partner,\u00a0Barrie Jones-Davies, they\u2019ve cultivated a modest fortune built on Owens\u2019 post-rugby ventures.<\/p>\n<p>8. Owen Farrell &amp; Georgie Farrell \u2013 \u00a33 million<\/p>\n<p>England captain\u00a0Owen Farrell\u00a0and his wife,\u00a0Georgie Farrell, an events manager, have accumulated a solid fortune through rugby salaries and personal business ventures.<\/p>\n<p>CONTINUES ON PAGE TWO<\/p>\n<p>Like this:<\/p>\n<p>Like Loading&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sd-link-color\"\/>\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New Zealand superstar Sonny Bill Williams has revealed his sons would prefer playing for the Springboks instead of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256345,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-256344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}