Sonny Bill Williams of the Panasonic Wild Knights in action during the Rugby Top League match between Panasonic Wild Knights and NTT Communications Shining Arcs. Photo / Getty Images.
Former All Blacks centre Sonny Bill Williams showed some of his worth by scoring his first try in three games after his high-priced move to Japanese rugby.
He also threw in a handful of his trademark offload passes, although his Panasonic Wild Knights went down 32-22 to Toshiba Brave Lupus
in Tokyo today, in the fourth round of the 2012-2013 Top League season.
Williams, who sat out the season opener and assisted a try in his Japan debut in the second round, drew a huge roar from the biggest crowd of the season when he grounded the ball for his try in the 24th minute, cutting Panasonic's deficit to 8-10, with a conversion putting the game level.
"It's always disappointing when you lose," the 27-year-old New Zealand superstar said after the game before 12,300 spectators at the Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground.
"It was good to get across the try line but I was really disappointed and frustrated at the end.
