Niall Guthrie

Niall Williams-Guthrie (née Williams; born 21 April 1988) is a New Zealand rugby league player. She has represented New Zealand in rugby sevens and touch rugby at an international level. She has won silver medals as part of New Zealand's touch football team in 2011, and in the 2016 Rio Olympics as a member of New Zealand's sevens team. She also won gold medals in sevens in the 2018 Commonwealth Games, and 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens.

Rugby career

Touch

In touch football she won gold at the 2005 Youth World Cup and silver at the 2011 Touch Football World Cup.

Rugby Sevens

Guthrie made her international debut for New Zealand in 2015. She was selected for their squad to the 2016 Summer Olympics, where New Zealand claimed the silver medal behind Australia.

Guthrie missed the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 due to a neck injury. She was named in the Black Ferns Sevens squad for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. She won a bronze medal at the event. She also won a silver medal at the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town.

Guthrie played in her final tournament for the Black Ferns Sevens at the 2023 France Women's Sevens in May 2023.

Super Rugby Aupiki

Guthrie signed with the Blues Women for the 2024 Super Rugby Aupiki season.

Rugby League

In 2023, Guthrie signed a two-year deal with the Gold Coast Titans in the NRLW. She is also part of the Samoa squad taking part in the 2023 Pacific Rugby League Championships.

Personal life

Of Samoan and European descent, Niall, also known as "Nizzle", is the younger sister of All Black Sonny Bill Williams. She has a twin sister and two daughters. She married her long-term partner, Tama Guthrie, in December 2022.

References

External links

• New Zealand Profile
• Niall Guthrie at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)