Williams eyes double delight

SHANE WILLIAMS has identified demanding twin targets in what is set to be his final year of Test rugby — the RBS 6 Nations title and a successful World Cup campaign.

Williams plans to retire from the international game in October, having graced it like few other players during rugby’s professional era. The 33-year-old’s intended Six Nations swansong begins against England at the Millennium Stadium tonight.

And he has kept that appointment after defying the medics by recovering from a dislocated shoulder three weeks ahead of schedule to face England three weeks before his 34th birthday.

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