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Roosters address Sonny Bill return rumours
By Dejan Kalinic
Sydney Roosters chairman Nick Politis has addressed rumours that Sonny Bill Williams was set to return to the NRL club in 2018.
Williams, 32, featured for the Roosters in 2013 and 2014, but is currently playing for the Blues in Super Rugby.
The 46-time All Black has been linked with a return to the Roosters this season, with reports he could join the club at the end of the Blues' campaign.
However, Politis dismissed those suggestions, saying he was unaware where the rumours came from.
"It's news to me," Politis told Fox Sports.
"As far as I'm aware he's contracted to play rugby union in New Zealand. We love Sonny and we'll always love Sonny.
"But I'm not sure where this has come from."
Williams also played down reports he could leave the Blues, having played in his team's 41-34 loss to the Highlanders on Friday.
"I love being apart of the @BluesRugbyTeam & @AllBlacks," he wrote on Twitter.
"God willing I'm apart of another successful World Cup campaign next year in 2019."
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It sounds like Andrew is trying to convince himself or has just lost all perspective. The team did look jaded for the last couple of games of the six nations but a few things were wrong there. Italy tackled their hearts out and made Ireland work hard for every try. Outsmarted by Scotland? Huh? Ireland got held up over the line about 4 times. Scotland did nothing on attack the whole game other than one breakaway near the end. A recharge and reset is needed which they hopefully will have had before the SA your.
Go to commentsIncluding SA and Argie teams was great for the quality of rugby, but middle of the night games and player travel/ jet lag make that unworkable. I think that SA in Europe and Argie building an American league with USA, Canada etc would be better long term. If Oz can't sustain Rebels then next cab off the rank should be a Japanese team. Keep regional comps to time zones, both club and test rugby. Then existing test windows for test tours plus RWC.
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