Ireland
After not being selected for the Wallabies in 2001, despite good performances for the Brumbies, Williams decided it was time to look elsewhere. When an offer came from Munster for a two year deal Williams accepted. On arriving in Ireland Williams anticipated that he would only be there for the term of the contract but it ended up being a stay of over six years. Not long after arriving at Munster Williams was appointed captain. His leadership role continued after his retirement in 2005 when he was appointed assistant coach. Williams represented Munster 30 times in Heineken Cup matches, scoring 15 points.
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Famous quotes containing the word ireland:
“They call them the haunted shores, these stretches of Devonshire and Cornwall and Ireland which rear up against the westward ocean. Mists gather here, and sea fog, and eerie stories. That’s not because there are more ghosts here than in other places, mind you. It’s just that people who live hereabouts are strangely aware of them.”
—Dodie Smith, and Lewis Allen. Roderick Fitzgerald (Ray Milland)
“There is no topic ... more soporific and generally boring than the topic of Ireland as Ireland, as a nation.”
—Ezra Pound (1885–1972)
“Out of Ireland have we come,
Great hatred, little room
Maimed us at the start.
I carry from my mother’s womb
A fanatic’s heart.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)