{"id":20850,"date":"2015-11-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/sonny-bill-williams-wins-fan-for-life\/"},"modified":"2015-11-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-11-02T00:00:00","slug":"sonny-bill-williams-wins-fan-for-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/sonny-bill-williams-wins-fan-for-life\/","title":{"rendered":"SBW wins a fan for life"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>In the moments after the All Blacks defeated the Wallabies in the Rugby World Cup, a young fan rushed onto the field and was crash tackled by security in front of NZ\u2019s Sonny Bill Williams.<\/h3>\n<h3>Sonny takes the kid under his arm and reassures the security guard everything is ok.<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sonny Bill Williams | FIVEAA\" title=\"Sonny Bill Williams | FIVEAA\" height=\"400\" width=\"493\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/sbw-tackle-combo.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>But it didn\u2019t end there. SBW then does something ~extraordinary~ and gives (repeat gives) the kid is world cup medal.<\/h3>\n<h3>WATCH here:<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>On Monday SBW was given a new World Cup winners medal to replace the one he gave away.<\/h3>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/one-problem-andrew-fagan-wants-every-year\">THE PROBLEM CROWS CEO ANDREW FAGAN WANTS EVERY YEAR<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/videos\/standup-wheelie-goes-wrong-at-more-than-160-km-h\">STANDUP WHEELIE GOES HORRIBLY WRONG AT MORE THAN 160KM\/H<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the moments after the All Blacks defeated the Wallabies in the Rugby World Cup, a young fan rushed onto the field and was crash tackled by security in front of NZ\u2019s Sonny Bill Williams. Sonny takes the kid under his arm and reassures the security guard everything is ok. But it didn\u2019t end there. 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