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William James Ryder
William Ryder playing for Stade Montois
Date of birth (1982-06-06) 6 June 1982 (age 42)
Place of birthFiji
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in)
Weight77 kg (12 st 2 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) wing, fullback. fly-half, scrum-half
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Lancaster Royal Grammar School ()
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2004–present Toyota Verblitz 33 (222)
Correct as of 18 March 2010

Medal record
Men's rugby sevens
Representing  Fiji
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Melbourne Team competition

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.

Ryder 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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