Sonny Bill Williams celebrates a relationship milestone with wife Alana
Sonny Bill Williams celebrates a milestone in her relationship with wife Alana Raffie… after Candice Warner’s telling memoir thrust their ‘toilet trip’ back into the headlines
Sonny Bill Williams and his wife Alana Williams (née Raffie) celebrated their tenth anniversary on Tuesday.
The retired All Blacks, Sydney Roosters and Canterbury Bulldogs star, 37, posted a happy photo of the lovebirds on Instagram alongside a heartwarming tribute.
Year 10 together Alhamdullilah [praise be to God]. The journey of a lifetime has begun,” the rugby player, who converted to Islam in 2009, wrote in the caption.
Williams’ early years with the Bulldogs saw him make headlines in 2007 after his infamous “bathroom trip” with a then-single Candice Warner.
He was celebrating a win with teammates when he was photographed in a compromising position in a men’s room with Warner at the Clovelly Hotel.
Rugby player Sonny Bill Williams and his wife Alana Williams (née Raffie) celebrated their tenth anniversary on Tuesday
While Warner faced heavy heat in the press, Williams quickly moved on from the scandal and became a Muslim two years later.
In 2013, he met and married wife Alana in a whirlwind of four weeks, within the tradition of his Islamic faith. They now share four children.
Williams previously revealed that his life spiraled out of control at the time of his “humiliating” encounter with Warner.
The retired All Blacks, Sydney Roosters and Canterbury Bulldogs star, 37, posted a happy photo of the lovebirds on Instagram alongside a heartwarming tribute
“There was an incident in a nightclub in 2007 when I messed around with a woman in a bathroom cubicle,” Williams wrote in his 2021 autobiography You Can’t Stop the Sun From Shining.
“Both she and I will have to live with that mistake for the rest of our lives. It made headlines in much of the world,” he added.
Warner next married cricketer David Warner with whom she shares daughters Ivy Mae, eight, Indi Rae, seven, and Isla Rose, three.
The retired Ironwoman has since revealed that she lost her job and that “no one respected her” after her “going to the toilet” was made public.
Williams’s early years with the Bulldogs (left in March 2006) saw him make headlines in 2007 after his infamous ‘toilet trip’ with then-single Candice Warner (right in March 2007)