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Poor old Ali Williams. The former All Black gets caught buying cocaine in Paris and then must face the ignominy not only of losing his career in France, but also the story being reported in New Zealand.
The media outlet Stuff, in its rush to get the story out (it’s sometimes known as Stuff-up), made a classic blooper. In recalling Williams’ rugby career it noted he had played 77 testes for the All Blacks. The Hound always suspected skulduggery in the scrums and the Stuff story adds weight to this hunch. Maybe it was just a hangover from the days when the farming boys brought along a plate of mountain oysters to go with the beer at the after-match leer-up.
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