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Paul Kent rubbishes Sonny Bill Williams’ return to Canterbury rumours

Kent does not think Williams will be a Bulldog again.

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Ben Cotton

Fox Sports' Paul Kent has dismissed rumours that the All Blacks' Sonny Bill Williams will return to the Canterbury Bulldogs.

The 33-year old began his NRL career at Canterbury in 2004 before exiting the club to join the French rugby union.

A report by WWOS stated that Williams and the Bulldogs had began informal talks on a possible reunion, however, Kent can't see it happening.

“It got reported on nine.com.au but it’s totally false, I don’t know where that’s come from,” Kent told NRL360.

“If Sonny Bill — I’m not even going to make a stupid bloody suggestion — it’s impossible. I’d like to see him come back because then I could put my book back on the shelf and hopefully sell a few more. Other than that, it’s not going to happen.”

Williams returned to the NRL in 2013 and won a premiership win Sydney, but returned to union in 2015.

The Auckland Blues star was supposed to present Bulldogs players with their jersey's in the club's season opening game against the Warriors, but pulled out due the Christchurch terror attacks.

The Toronto Wolfpack have also thrown their hat in the ring for Williams' services, reportedly tabling a $5 million deal.

“We are working towards making Sonny Bill Williams a Wolfpack player for 2020. We would love to have him join the Wolfpack family and we will pay whatever it takes to make that happen,” Wolfpack owner David Argyle said last month.

“The excitement he would bring to the sport of rugby league in this country would be incredible."

Published by
Ben Cotton