William Ryder (rugby union)

For other people named William Ryder, see William Ryder (disambiguation).
William James Ryder
William Ryder playing for Stade Montois
Date of birth (1982-06-06) 6 June 1982
Place of birth Fiji
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Weight 77 kg (12 st 2 lb)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position wing, fullback. fly-half, scrum-half
Amateur clubs
Years Club / team
Lancaster Royal Grammar School
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2004-present Toyota Verblitz 33 (222)
Sevens national teams
Years Club / team Comps
2005 - present Fiji 7s 987 (105 Tries)
correct as of 18 March 2010.

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 was a part of the team that won the bronze medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia for the Rugby Sevens event. He played club rugby in Japan with Toyota Verblitz but he left and joined the Fiji sevens team for the 2009–10 IRB Sevens World Series. On 17 May 2011 it was announced that he had signed for Stade Montois.


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