William Ryder

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name = William Ryder


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William Ryder (born 6 June 1982) is a Fijian rugby union footballer. Ryder is well known within the rugby sevens community, as he has produced some of the best performances for the Fiji national sevens side. He is well known for his try scoring capability and has been one of the top try scorers of the World Sevens Series. He has scored 752 points to-date of which he has scored 82 tries (410 points). He is best known for his cheeky goose step.

William Ryder is a very talented football player and had career aspirations in this sport too. However, it was when playing football that he was spotted by Fijian legend Waisale Serevi who, impressed by his speed and agility, then introduced him to the game of sevens.

He was a part of the team that won the bronze medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia for the Rugby Sevens event.

Ryder is also a committed Christian and upon scoring a try, points to the heavens and gives thanks. Recently, controversy has dogged Ryder's private life with rumors circulating that the fleet footed Fijian is bisexual. Several rugby players such as Isireli Naqelevuki have confirmed Ryder's bisexuality. Ryder has neither publicly confirmed nor denied the rumors. Also, in an interview with a Japanese radio station in 2008, Ryder said he was addicted to pornography.

Currently he is playing club rugby in Japan with Toyota Verblitz.

External links

* [http://www.teivovo.com/intl_sevens/news/2006/2005-06_top%20scorers.html IRB World 7s Series 2005-06]
* [http://www.rwcsevens.com/Tournament+Central/News/050320+md+final+round+up.htm Fiji kings of the world]
* [http://www.irbsevens.com/IRBWeb/TemplateFiles/IRB7s/IRB7sPlayerStatistics.aspx?NRMODE=Published&NRORIGINALURL=%2fEN%2fHome%2fStatistics%2fPlayer%2bstatistics%2fplayer%2bstats%2ehtm%3fSeasonId%3d2005%26TournCode%3dUSA%26MethodId%3dTries&NRNODEGUID=%7b5F08DD7B-327C-4BC2-B6FA-7875F08CB8A1%7d&NRCACHEHINT=Guest&SeasonId=0&TournCode=99&MethodId=Points Ryders Points]
* [http://www.rwcsevens.com/RWC7S/TemplateFiles/SquadDetails.aspx?NRMODE=Published&NRORIGINALURL=%2fTournament%2bCentral%2fSquad%2bList%2f&NRNODEGUID=%7bC869710C-AD90-40E9-9D16-8667770A1366%7d&NRCACHEHINT=Guest Fiji team list]