 As a result, he missed the whole of the 2007 Tri Nations Series.But despite having his jaw wired and being forced to subsist on soup for several weeks, he made a return to rugby for his club side, Ponsonby, at the end of July, scoring two tries, and started for Auckland in their Air New Zealand Cup match against Bay of Plenty on 3 August, scoring a try in the fourth minute of the game.Coincidentally, this was the first time that Williams and his younger brother, Jay, had played together as locks in first-class rugby.