Ryder Williams. The young halfback from the Marist Saints Rugby League Club in Auckland signed a multi-year contract with the Titans in late 2021 which saw the young New Zealander initially contracted to the Titans until the end of the 2023 rugby league season. Ryder Williams then resigned with the Titans with Ryder Williams part of the Titans Top 30 NRL squad in 2025.
In great news for the Titans Ryder Williams resigned with the Titans in a three year deal that will see Ryder Williams join the Titans NRL squad on a full time basis for the 2025 season with Ryder Williams on a full time train and trial NRL contract until that time, including the 2024 season. Multiple other clubs were chasing Ryder Williams’s signature, principally the Dolphins but the Titans were able to get Ryder Williams to sign a contract extension.
Late October 2023 saw Ryder Williams named as one of the Titans six 2024 NRL Development Players.
In October 2023 Ryder Williams was named in the 2024 Tweed Heads Seagulls U19 Mal Meninga (MM) Cup side with Ryder Williams also MM Cup eligible in 2025 with the age group changes coming into effect.
Round One of the 2024 MM Cup competition saw Ryder Williams start at five eight for the Tweed Heads Seagulls against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls with Ryder Williams having an eventful match including scoring in the 29th minute when after backing up a Zane Harrison line break Ryder Williams received the ball from his right from his halfback with Ryder Williams then running ten metres to score under the posts.
Ryder Williams came close to setting up a Tweed Heads try in the 67th minute when after receiving the ball to the left of the play the ball fourteen metres from the try line Ryder Williams ran to within seven metres of the try line to draw one defender and it looked for all money that Ryder Williams was going to put Brock Lennox into a gaping hole and over to score but a Wynnum Manly defender got his hand to the ball to prevent a try.
Ryder Williams did well defensively in the 17th minute when defending in his defensive twenty metre area on the left side of the field and facing an overlap Ryder Williams rushed out of the Tweed Heads defensive line and as a result of Ryder Williams putting pressure on the Wynnum Manly five eight his pass missed its mark with Tweed Heads recovering the ball.
Ryder Williams also started at five eight in Round Two against the Brisbane Tigers with Ryder Williams recording the first of his two lien break assists in the 13th minute when after receiving the ball to the left of the play the ball thirty metres from the try line, Ryder Williams ran the ball at the defensive line and at the last moment threw a no look pass to his right to put fullback Mason Barber into a gap and after Mason Barber got to the fullback he looked to pass back to Ryder Williams who was backing up but Ryder Williams was tackled before receiving the ball with the Seagulls awarded a penalty.
Ryder Williams added a second line break assist in the 31st minute with this line break being eerily similar to his first. After receiving the ball to the left of the play the ball Ryder Williams once again ran at the defensive line from the halfway mark before throwing a good inside ball to his right to once again put Mason Barber away through the centre of the field.
The 5th minute saw Ryder Williams take the defensive line on from the left of the play the ball and after dummying to his left, Ryder Williams was able to get the ball from twenty four metres from his try line to thirty eight metres out.
Ryder Williams continued at five eight in Round Three against the Norths Devils with Ryder Williams making the third hit-up of the match to get the ball from twenty five metres from his own try line to thirty seven metres out after running onto the ball to the left of the dummy half.
In the 38th minute Ryder Williams ran the ball to the left of the play the ball down a short blindside from sixteen metres out and was able to get within a metre of scoring seven metres in from the left corner post. Then in the 39th minute from the left of the play the ball once again Ryder Williams ran himself from the halfway mark to thirty eight metres from the try line.
Ryder Williams also did well in the 3rd minute when whilst defending on the left side of the field and just four metres from his own try line Ryder Williams did well to react quickly and take a low hard flat Norths kick just to his left on the full.
Ryder Williams also started at five eight in Round Four against the Redcliffe Dolphins and in the 14th minute from two passes to the left of the play the ball Ryder Williams bumped off one would be defender with Ryder Williams then beating a second before getting a right arm off-load away to his left to put Brock Lennox into space.
Ryder Williams came close to setting up a Tweed Heads try in the 29th minute when after receiving the ball to the left of the dummy half and ten metres from the try line, Ryder Williams threw a cut-out pass to put his left winger over in the left corner but the referee ruled that a Seagulls dummy runner interfered with a Dolphins defender and awarded a penalty against the Seagulls.
Earlier in the 21st minute Ryder Williams forced a Redcliffe goal line drop-out with a right foot grubber kick from ten metres out and on the left side of the field with Ryder Williams weighting his kick into the in-goal area to force the Redcliffe fullback to ground the ball and concede the drop-out.
The 50th minute saw Ryder Williams run to his left out of dummy half and after breaking a tackle Ryder Williams cut back towards his right to gain seventeen metres before being tackled eleven metres from the try line.
Ryder Williams continued at five eight in the Round Seven local derby against the Burleigh Bears with Ryder Williams making a line break in the 15th minute when after backing up a Seagulls half break Ryder Williams charged towards the try line from thirty metres out only to be brought down from behind just eight metres from the try line.
Ryder Williams made more metres in the 44th minute with an effort to the left of the play the ball to carry the ball from his own eighteen metre mark to thirty two metres out.
The 5th minute saw Ryder Williams, from forty two metres out drive a right foot kick towards the left corner down a short left blindside with the ball going over the touchline three metres from the left corner post.
Ryder Williams also started at five eight in Round Eight against the Wide Bay Bulls with Ryder Williams scoring in the 4th minute when after backing up on the inside of a Mason Barber line break down the left touchline Ryder Williams received a pass from his fullback from his left with Ryder Williams then running thirty metres to put the ball down in his left hand ten metres in from the left corner post.
Ryder William recorded his first try assist in the 47th minute when after taking possession of the ball to the left of the play the ball and thirteen metres from the try line Ryder Williams brought his left centre underneath him and into a gap for his centre to score next to the left upright.
Ryder Williams recorded a second try assist in the 66th minute with a deft right foot grubber kick into the in-goal for Joshua Donovan-Skinner to dive on the ball in the in-goal after Ryder Willians had received the ball to the left of the play the ball and put in the grubber kick ten metres from the try line.
Ryder Williams then added a third try assist in the 69th minute when after running the ball to the left of the play the ball from twenty metres from his own try line to thirty metres out Ryder Williams threw a no look pass to his right to Waylon Coldwell away to score from seventy metres ten metres in from the left corner post.
Ryder Williams also recorded a line break assist in the 59th minute when after running the ball from eighteen metres from his own try line to thirty metres out to the left of the dummy half Ryder Williams drew the Wide Bay right winger to put his left centre away with Tweed Heads scoring later in the same play.
In the 36th minute after picking up a Wide Bay dropped ball three metres inside is own territory Ryder Williams carried the ball eight metres into Wide Bay territory before getting a right arm off-load away to his left centre to promote the ball further.
Ryder Williams continued at five eight in Round Ten against the Ipswich Jets with Ryder Williams scoring in the 11th minute when after backing up a line break by Jake Lateo Ryder Williams received the ball from his fullback from his right from ten metres out to score under the posts.
Ryder Williams also recorded a try assist in the 4th minute when after running the ball to the left of het play the ball from sixteen metres to within eight metres of the try line, Ryder Williams threw a hard, flat pass to his left to put his left centre of their direct opponent and subsequently over to score in the left corner.
Ryder Williams also recorded a line break assist in the 58th minute when after running the ball to the left of the play the ball from the halfway mark to forty metres from the try line Ryder Williams took the ball right to the defensive line before throwing a no look inside ball to his right for Jake Lateo to make a line break before putting Zane Harrison over to score under the posts.
Ryder Williams ran the ball well himself in the 31st minute with a run down a left blindside from forty metres from the try line to twenty two metres out.
Ryder Williams had an outstanding match defensively with evidence of that coming in the 48th minute when after the Jets front rower No. 8 ran straight and hard at the try line Ryder Williams drove his right shoulder into him to force a knock on two metres from the try line.
Ryder Williams was at it again in the 57th minute with a great chase after the Ipswich right winger made a line break down the touchline with Ryder Williams able to grab the wingers jersey from behind with his left arm and throw him over the touchline just fourteen metres from the try line.
Ryder Williams performance saw him named at five eight in the Round Ten Courier Mail MM Cup Team of the Week.
Ryder Williams also started at five eight in Roud Eleven against the Brisbane Tigers and came close to scoring in the 55th minute when after an eight metre run from the left of the play the ball that saw Ryder Williams step off his left foot Ryder Williams got over the try line but was held up ten metres in from the left corner post.
Ryder Williams recorded the first of his two try assists in the 35th minute with a bullet cut-out pass to his left from six metres out to put his left winger over to score in the corner.
Ryder Williams recorded his second try assist in the 47th minute with another bullet cut-out pass to his left with his left winger once again the recipient from twelve metres out.
In the 17th minute from the left of the play the ball Ryder Williams ran down a left blindside from ten metres to twenty metres from his try line. Additionally in the Ryder Williams ran the ball to the left of the dummy half from forty metres to twenty nine metres from the try line. Then in the 49th mintute after dummying to his left Ryder Williams from the left of the play the ball Ryder Willaims ran the ball from ten metres inside his half to three metres into the Tigers half.
Ryder Williams produced a smart piece of play in the 26th minute with a one on one strip on the halfway mark with Ryder Williams then returning the ball ten metres.
Ryder Williams continued at five eight in the Preliminary Final against the Ipswich Jets with Ryder Williams scoring in the 48th minute when after backing up a line break by Mason Barber Ryder Williams received an off-load from his right from his fullback and raced thirty two metres to score two metres to the right of the goal posts.
Ryder Williams also recorded a try assist in the 52nd minute with a sweeping long pass to his left from twelve metres from the try line to put his winger over to score in the left corner.
Ryder Williams was also heavily involved in Jack Schmidt’s 68th minute try when from ten metres from his own try line and to the left of a Tweed Heads centre field scrum win, Ryder Williams put in a right foot chip kick to the area directly behind the scrum with Mason Barber retrieving the kick on the first bounce and then off-loading to Jack Schmidt who charged away to score.
Ryder Williams also made a line break in the 36th minute when after the Seagulls let an Ipswich bomb bounce the ball bounced back towards the Jets chasers but also directing into Ryder Williams’s hands fourteen metres from the try line with Ryder Williams then turning and charging down the left touchline and got seven metres into the Jets half.
Ryder Williams started at five eight for the Tweed Heads Seagulls in the 2024 MM Cup Grand Final against the Burleigh Bears with Ryder Williams recording a try assist in the 24th minute with a great cut out pass from twelve metres from the try line and two passes to the left of the play the ball to put his left winger over to score in the corner.
Ryder Williams then recorded a second try assist in the 55th minute with a great hard flat twenty metre cut-out pass from his left from nine metres out and to the left of the play the ball to put his winger over to score in the left corner.
Ryder Williams also forced a Burleigh goal line drop-out in the 64th minute by way of a right foot stab grubber kick from ten metres out and to the left of both the dummy half and the posts with the ball taken dead by the Burleigh right winger.
Ryder Williams also did well in the 34th minute when along with Billy Tonkin, he stopped the Burleigh right winger from getting to the ground after a run twelve metres from his try line and then from they dragged the winger five metres over the touchline.
Round One of the XXXX South East Queensland Chair’s Challenge saw Ryder Williams start at five eight for the Gold Coast Vikings against the Ipswich Diggers with Ryder Williams recording a try assist in the 46th minute with a hard flat cut-out pass to his left from eight metres out down a short left blindside to put his winger over to score in the left corner.
Ryder Williams came close to setting up a number of other tries for the Vikings including in the 45th minute when from twenty metres from the try line and to the left of the dummy half Ryder Williams ran the ball to within ten metres of the try line before putting Reico Ratana into a gap with a deft pass to his left only for his left second rower to be cut down just short of the try line. Three metres earlier in the 42nd minute Ryder Williams also put Reico Ratana into a gap from ten metres out with an off-load to his left but once again desperate Diggers defence brought Reico Ratana down just short. Then in the 65th minute from the left of the play the ball Ryder Williams brought Reico Ratana back underneath form eight metres out but yes again Reico Ratana was brought down desperately short of the try line.
Ryder Williams also started at five eight on Day Two of the XXXX South East Queensland Chair’s Challenge against Brisbane Poinsettias Red with Ryder Williams forced a goal line drop-out in the 25th minute with a right foot grubber kick into the in-goal from twelve metres out and to the left of the play the ball with the Brisbane Red fullback forced to ground the ball in-goal.
Ryder Williams made another impressive play in the 31st minute with a one on one strip in the centre of the field and thirty three metres of the try line with Ryder Williams then able to carry the ball three metres closer to the try line.
From the left of the play the ball Ryder Williams stepped off his left foot to wrong foot a number of defenders as he ran the ball from twenty to thirty two metres away from his try line.
The 56th minute saw Ryder Williams make a desperate last ditch try saving tackle to prevent the Brisbane Poinsettias Red left centre from scoring with Ryder Williams holding him up over the try line wide out.
Ryder Williams made his Gold Coast Rugby League First Grade debut in Round Six against the Currumbin Eagles with Ryder Williams starting at halfback for the Southport Tigers and operating on the left side of the field.
In the 8th minute from the left of a Southport scrum win Ryder Williams stepped his way from fourteen metres to within three metres of try line. Then from two passes to the left of the play the ball a Ryder Williams yardage carry saw him propel the ball from ten to twenty metres from his try line.
Ryder Williams did well to create space for his left centre in the 62nd minute when from thirty two metres from the try line and to the left of the dummy half Ryder Williams was able to exploit the space he was in to drew defenders before putting his centre on a run down the left channel.
Ryder Williams continued at five eight in Round Seven against the Burleigh Bears with Ryder Williams scoring in the 74th minute with a good run to the left of the play the ball from sixteen metres out with Ryder Williams breaking three tackles as he got over the try line to get the ball down ten metres in from the right corner post.
Ryder Williams had come close to scoring earlier in the match in the 25th minute when after picking up a desperate Tigers pass on the bounce from his right twenty metres from the try line on the right side of the field Ryder Williams set sail for the try line and stepped off his right foot to beat one defender and when twelve metres out Ryder Williams dummied to his left and simultaneously stepped off his left foot to beat a second defended only to be brought down desperately short of the try line and eight metres to the right of the goal posts.
Ryder Williams also recorded a try assist in the 40th minute when from three metres from the try line and to the left of the play the ball Ryder Williams spun a quick pass to his left that found his winger on the first bounce for him to dive over to score in the corner.
In the 37th minute after receiving the ball to the right of the play the ball on the halfway mark Ryder Williams stepped off his right foot as he made twelve metres downfield.
Ryder Williams highlighted his long kicking ability in the 3rd minute with a goal line drop-out to his left that sailed fifty three metres on the fly.
Ryder Williams also started at five eight in Round Eight against the Runaway Bay Seagulls with Ryder Williams scoring a double.
Ryder Williams scored his opening try in the 24th minute with a smart try when after players from both sides stopped thinking that there was a knock on, Ryder Williams however played the whistle and picked up the ball ten metres inside his own half and raced sixty metres to score ten metres in from the right corner post.
Ryder Williams completed his double in the 75th minute with a run from three passes to the right of the play the ball and after receiving the ball twenty two metres out Ryder Williams carried the ball to ten metres from the try line and after stepping off his right foot to beat the Runaway Bay left centre Ryder Williams crossed the try line and brought the ball around to score under the posts.
Ryder Williams also made a line break in the 5th minute when after taking possession of the ball three passes to the right of the play the ball and thirty seven metres from the try line Ryder Williams stepped off his right foot to beat the first defender with a second Ryder Williams right foot step beating another defender and then Ryder Williams broke a third tackle as he carried the ball to within five metres of the try line neat the right touchline.
The 33rd minute saw Ryder Williams carry the ball down the right channel from thirty five to within twenty two metres of the try line.
Ryder Williams moved to left centre in Round Nine against the Helensvale Hornets with Ryder Williams scoring in the 76th minute when after backing up a Tigers line break from deep inside Southport’s half Ryder Williams received the ball from his left forty five metres from the try line and after continuing to run to his right Ryder Williams stepped off hit right foot to turn the Hornets fullback inside out and then race away to put the ball down five metres to the right of the goal posts.
Ryder Williams recorded the first of his two try assists in the 36th minute when after running the ball to the left of the play the ball from twelve to eight metres from the try line Ryder Williams drew the Helensvale right winger and passed to his left to put his winger over to score in the left corner.
Ryder Williams recorded a second try assist in the 58th minute when from ten metres from the try line and ten metres from the try line Ryder Williams stepped off his right foot to cut back towards the left corner before passing to his left centre who as a result scored three metres in from the left corner post.
In the 8th minute after receiving the ball wide on the left side of the field Ryder Williams carried the ball from thirty two to eighteen metres from the try line and then in the 18th minute from the left of the play the ball Ryder Williams was able to run the ball from twenty to thirty two metres from his try line. Also in the 46th minute a Ryder Williams yardage carry from the left of a Tigers scrum win saw the ball moved from five to twenty five metres from the try line.
Ryder Williams then moved to right centre in Round Ten against the Tugun Seahawks and in the 44th minute after receiving the ball from an off-load from his right Ryder Williams ran the ball from twenty nine to forty metres from the try line.
Ryder Williams ran out of dummy half to his right in the 57th minute from thirty to forty five metres from the try line with approximately 70% of the metres being post contact. Then in the 64th minute from the left of the play the ball Ryder Williams carried the ball down a left blindside from twenty to thirty six metres from the try line and in the 66th minute Ruder Williams ran the ball through the centre of the field from seventeen to thirty metres from the try line. Also in the 71st minute from the left of the play the ball one again and through the centre of the field once again Ryder Williams made twelve metres from his own thirty.
Ryder Williams was back at five eight in Round Eleven against the Currumbin Eagles with Ryder Williams involved in a Tigers try in the 70th minute with a high bomb from thirty metres out and to the right of the play the ball with Ryder Williams bomb dropped by the Eagles left winger for the Southport right winger to take possession and score in the right corner.
In the 42nd minute from the right of the play the ball Ryder Williams used a right foot step to run from twenty two to within six metres of the try line. Also in the 52nd minute from the right of the play the ball and thirty eight metres from the try line Ryder Williams dummied twice to inside runners before stepping off his right foot to beat two defenders as he ran to twenty eight metres from the try line before off-loading to his left. Then in the 69th minute from the right of the play the ball Ryder Williams got from nineteen to thirty one metres from the try line.
Ryder Williams continued at five eight in Round Twelve against the Burleigh Bears with Ryder Williams recording a try assist in the 58th minute when after running the ball from ten to four metres from the try line two passes to the left of the play the ball Ryder Williams held up a great short pass to his left to put his left centre over to score four metres in from the left corner post.
Ryder Williams did well in the 4th minute to knock down a grubber kick to his left (knocked it backwards) and dive on the ball surrounded by Burleigh chasers three metres from his try line and ten metres in from the left touchline.
Ryder Williams did well defensively in the 6th minute with a try saving one on one ball and tall tackle moving to his right on the Bears left second rower (No. 12) four metres from the try line.
A Ryder Williams short goal line drop-out in the 75th minute to his left was retrieved by the Tigers and a minute it was rinse and repeat with the same thing happening.
Ryder Williams came off the bench to operate at five eight for the Southport Tigers in the 46th minute of the GCRL First Grade Week Two Final against the Currumbin Eagles with Ryder Williams recording a try assist in the 56th minute when after receiving the ball wide on the right side of the field Ryder Williams ran the ball from eighteen to four metres from the try line and whilst being held by two defenders Ryder Williams got his right arm free and got a “low arm” off-load away to his inside for his support player to score ten metres in from the left corner post.
Almost immediately after coming onto the field Ryder Williams ran the ball through the centre of the field from six metres inside his half to ten metres into the Eagles. Also in the 75th minute from the right of the play the ball Ryder Williams ran the ball from twenty to within seven metres of the try line. Then in the 77th minute from two passes to the right of the play the ball and forty metres from the try line Ryder Williams got the ball three metres inside the Eagles half.
The 74th minute saw Ryder Williams put in a short kick-off to his left with the ball retrieved by Southport just after crossing the ten metre plane.
In late July 2023 Ryder Williams started at five eight for a Titans U19 side that travelled to Townsville to play a Cowboys U19 side in an NRL curtain-raiser with Ryder Williams scoring in the 9th minute when after chasing through a kick from Tanu Nona after the Titans hooker had made a line break from deep inside Titans territory, Ryder Williams dived on the loose ball eight metres from the try line. After playing the ball Ryder Williams stayed alert and after Blake Forder had made space near the play the ball, The Titans fullback got the ball to Ryder Williams who darted between two Cowboys defender on the try line to score eight metres to the right of the goal posts.
In the 53rd minute from the right of the play the ball and eighteen metres from the try line Ryder Williams cut back to his left and was able to beat a number of defenders before being brought to ground two metres out and to the left of the uprights.
In January 2023 Ryder Williams started at five eight for the Titans U17 side in their annual match at Coffs Harbour against the Newcastle Knights with Ryder Williams almost setting up a try in just the in the 4th minute when after Ryder Williams had generated an overlap down the left he passed to an unmarked Izayah Petrichvich who had the line open in front of him but the pass did not find the mark.
Ryder Williams also did well in the 47th minute when after running the ball down a wide left blindside from his own thirty one metre mark Ryder Williams drew in the “B” Knights defender and got a good short ball away to his left to a charging Taylan To’o who was able to make a further sixteen metres downfield.
Ryder Williams also started at five eight a week later for the Titans U17’s against the Brisbane Bronco’s U17’s on the Gold Coast with Ryder Williams operating on his usual left side of the field.
Ryder Williams was at his scheming best against the Bronco’s and also showcased his elite kicking game with a great right foot kick from just inside Brisbane territory with the Bronco’s right winger tackled less than a metre out from his own try line after retrieving Ryder Williams pin point kick into the left corner to pin the Bronco’s on their own try line.
In early December 2022 Ryder Williams took part in a joint training session between the Titans JTS contracted players and the Titans NRL off-season training squad.
In late September 2022 Ryder Williams was named in the 2023 Burleigh Bears MM Cup Squad and Ryder Williams is also MM Cup eligible in 2024.
Ryder Williams started at five eight in the Bears third and final 2023 MM Cup trial against the Brisbane Tigers. With Ryder Williams recording an outstanding try assist in the 10th minute. With the Bears on the attack the Tigers defence knocked down a Cooper Bai off-load with Ryder Williams swooping on the dropped ball twenty five metres out and in the centre of the field and burst away beating the fullback with a right foot step but when he was eight metres out from the try line but as he was going to ground Ryder Williams got away a superb right arm flick off-load to his right to a trailing Bailey McConnell who dived over to score next to the right upright.
Ryder Williams recorded a second try assist in the 16th minute when Ryder Williams threw a great long flat pass to his right from twelve metres out to put Sam Stephenson into space to score in the left corner.
Ryder Williams then recorded a line break assist in the 11th minute when from thirty two metres out from his own try line and to the left of the play the ball Ryder Williams threw another hard flat pass to his left to put Sam Stephenson on a twenty metre run down the left touchline.
Ryder Williams recorded a line break of his own in the 49th minute when after receiving an off-load from Oscar Laffranchi in the centre of the field and twenty five metres out Ryder Williams raced towards the try line only to be brought down two metres short of scoring.
Ryder Williams threw another outrageous right arm flick off-load in the 27th minute when after receiving the ball to the right of the play the ball around thirty five metres out, Ryder Williams stepped off his left foot twice to beat defenders before throwing the flick off-load to his right to Bailey McConnell.
Ryder Williams also did well in the 11th minute when after receiving an off-load from Waaka Hepi Ryder Williams beat two defenders with left and right foot steps before getting an off-load away to his right to a trailing Bailey McConnell.
Ryder Williams was named to start at five eight in Round One of the 2023 U18 Mal Meninga Cup competition for the Bears against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls with Ryder Williams recording a try assist in the 19th minute when after receiving the ball twelve metres out from the try line and to the left of the play the ball Ryder Williams ran parallel to the Seagulls defensive line and then at the last minute Ryder Williams put in a grubber kick with the outside of his right foot with Matari Donovan then racing through to get the ball down just before the dead ball line and mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the left side of the field.
Ryder Williams also recorded an earlier try assist in the 3rd minute when from eight metres out and on the left side of the field Ryder Williams ran to his left and threw a good short ball to Zyroam Taurawa-Herlihy who ran a straight crash line only to be held up ten metres in from the left corner post.
Ryder Williams recorded a line break in the 34th minute when after receiving the ball to the left of the play the ball from the dummy half Ryder Williams ran at the oncoming defensive line before stepping off his left to beat the initial defender with Ryder Williams then skipping out of another attempted tackle. After racing thirty five metres down the centre of the field Ryder Williams was able to draw the fullback and get a pass away to his right to Austin Marsters.
Ryder Williams recorded a line break assist in the 8th minute when from thirty five metres out from his own try line Ryder Williams ran the ball down a short left blindside and after running ten metres towards the Wynnum Manly defensive line Ryder Williams threw a great hard flat cut-out pass to put left winger Matari Donovan away down the left touch line.
Ryder Williams also started at five eight in for Round Two against the Souths Logan Magpies with Ryder Williams initial impact in the match coming after just twelve seconds (yes seconds) when from the second play of the match Ryder Williams received the ball to the left of the dummy half inside his own twenty metre area and then threw a cut-out pass to his left to put left centre Sam Stephenson on a twenty metre run down the left side of the field.
Ryder Williams then recorded a try assist in the 30th minute when from nine metres out and to the left of the uprights Ryder Williams threw a hard flat cut-out pass to his left to put Sam Stephenson on the outside of the last Magpies right sided defender with Sam Stephenson crossing the try line wide out on the right before bringing the ball around and putting it down ten metres to the left of the uprights.
Ryder Williams recorded a line break assist in the 41st minute when from on the halfway mark Ryder Williams threw a cut-out pass to his left to put Matari Donovan on a fifteen metre burst down the left touchline.
Ryder Williams ran the ball himself in the 56th minute from thirty five metres out from his own try line down a short left blindside with Ryder Williams stepping his way to within three metres of the try line.
Ryder Williams did well in the 11th minute when he chased through a Bears clearing kick and smashed the Magpies fullback with a heavy front on tackle as the fullback was returning the kick with Ryder Williams initial contact rocking the fullback back onto his heals.
Ryder Williams continued at five eight in Round Three against the Brisbane Tigers with Ryder Williams converting Wailer Whaiapu’s 65th minute try from thirteen metres in from the left corner post.
Ryder Williams recorded a line break assist in the 12th minute when whilst operating on the left side of the field down a wide blindside Ryder Williams took the ball deep into the defensive line before throwing a hard flat cut-out pass to Sam Stephenson to make a line break down the left touchline with Sam Stephenson getting an off-load away to his inside after drawing the fullback for Jac Finnigan to score.
Ryder Williams forced a Tigers goal line drop-out in the 8th minute when to the left of the play the ball and forty metres from the try line Ryder Williams put in a hard low driving right foot kick which pulled up two metres from the dead ball line with the ensuing Burleigh chase trapping the fullback in-goal.
Ryder Williams made a smart run in the 7th minute when to the left of the play the ball and thirty six metres from his own try line Ryder Williams initially looked to pass the ball to his left but after seeing the Tigers right sided defence coming up quickly Ryder Williams ran the ball himself, stepping off his left foot to get the ball withing to metres of the halfway mark.
Ryder Williams came close to setting up a try for Philip Hakaraia-Ngamotu in the 33rd minute when from twelve metres out and in front of the posts Ryder Williams put a right foot grubber kick into the in-goal but a horror bounce saw the ball bounce agonisingly away from Philip Hakaraia-Ngamotu’s grasp.
Ryder Williams highlighted his defensive intelligence in the 23rd minute when whilst defending ten metres out from his own try line Ryder Williams sensed that the Bears left sided defence were facing a two man overlap and came out of the defensive line and tackle the Tigers halfback just as he received the ball to immediately eliminate the attacking threat.
Ryder Williams then moved to halfback for Round Four against the Norths Devils with Ryder Williams recording a line break in the 38th minute when Ryder Williams backed up a line break by Gary Whare-Herlihy to get an off-load from the dummy half forty two metres out with Ryder Williams winding his way to twenty five metres out from the try line before he was brought down from behind.
Ryder Williams then anticipated a Norths attacking grubber kick in the 46th minute with Ryder Williams initially knocking the ball up in the air backwards with the ball just in the field of play and then Ryder Williams tracked the ball back to take possession in the in-goal area with Ryder Williams able to get the ball back into the field of play by three metres before Ryder Williams was brought to ground.
After Burleigh had a Round Five bye, Ryder Williams moved back to five eight for Round Six against the Redcliffe Dolphins with Ryder Williams setting up the Bears only try of the match in the 22nd minute when after receiving the ball to the left of the play the ball ten metres out, Ryder Williams ran the ball down a wide left blindside and after he had drawn a defender out of the defensive line Ryder Williams got a good ball away to his left to put Sam Stephenson over to score six metres in from the left touchline.
Ryder Williams came close to scoring himself in the 50th minute only to be held up over the try line five metres in from the left corner post after running out of dummy half to his left from two metres out.
Ryder Williams also forced a Dolphins goal line drop-out in the 11th minute when from the left of the play the ball and ten metres out Ryder Williams put in a right foot stab kick into the in-goal with the kick having to be taken dead by the Dolphins defenders.
Ryder Williams put up a high bomb from twenty five metres out and in the centre of the field towards the left corner with the ball knocked on by the Dolphins fullback and then picked up in an offside position by another Redcliffe player for Burleigh to be awarded a penalty.
Ryder Williams also started at five eight in the Round Seven local derby against the Tweed Heads Seagulls with Ryder Williams scoring an outstanding solo try in the 68th minute when after receiving the ball to the left of the play the ball Ryder Williams ran the ball two metres over the halfway mark before putting in a right foot chip kick over the defensive line for himself with Ryder Williams collecting the ball after its first bounce just in front of the oncoming Seagulls fullback. After rounding the fullback by veering to his right Ryder Williams raced towards the try line and after being caught by the fullback just short of the try line Ryder Williams was able to twist over the try line with the fullback beneath him and reach his right arm around to get the ball down five metres to the right of the uprights.
Ryder Williams also kicked a good short kick-off in the 66th minute with a high short kick-off to his left which just travelled the requisite ten metres and landed perfectly for Sam Stephenson to take the ball on the full and charge to within five metres of the try line.
Ryder Williams finished the 2023 MM Cup season recording four try assists.
Round One of the 2023 GCRL U18 Division One competition saw Ryder Williams start at halfback for the Southport Tigers against the Burleigh Bears with Ryder Williams scoring a try and setting up two more. Ryder Williams also kicked a perfect five from five conversions including an outstanding conversion of a try that he set up in the 10th minute from the left touchline. Ryder Williams then kicked a good conversion from six metres in from the right touchline in the 50th minute.
Ryder Williams scored in the 6th minute when two passes to the left of the play the ball Ryder Williams ran the ball at the defensive line and when he was ten metres out from the try line Ryder Williams put in a short right foot grubber which he regathered and dived over to score ten metres to the left of the uprights with Ryder Williams then converting his own try.
Ryder Williams came close to scoring in the 42nd minute when after running the ball from ten metres out down a left blindside Ryder Williams was held up over the try line by two defenders around six metres in from the left corner post.
Ryder Williams recorded the first of his two try assists in the 10th minute when from twenty two metres out Ryder Williams took possession of the ball down a short left blindside and put in a right foot chip kick over the defensive line with his left centre retrieving the ball and scoring wide out on the left.
Ryder Williams recorded his second try assist in the 18th minute when from the left of the play the ball when twenty five metres out from the try line, Ryder Williams put up another right foot chip kick towards the left corner with the Tigers left second rower charging through to take possession and score mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the left side of the field.
Ryder Williams also made a line break in the 18th minute when he ran onto a great short ball from his right from one of his front rowers with Ryder Williams taking the pass forty metres out from his own try line and getting to within thirty metres of the try line before he was brought to ground by the Bears fullback.
Ryder Williams also executed a smart kick-off after a Bears try in the 46th minute with Ryder Williams kicking off to his right to the ball going into touch ten metres out from the try line for the Tigers to gain possession and go immediately onto the attack with Southport scoring from the resultant set of six tackles.
Ryder Williams continued at halfback in Round Two against the Helensvale Hornets with Ryder Williams scoring twenty points from three tries and four conversions.
Ryder Williams scored the first of his three tries in the 6th minute and in fact Ryder Williams initiated the line break that led to him coring when from five metres inside his own territory Ryder Williams threw a cut-out pass to his left to put his left centre into a gap. Ryder Williams then backed up on the inside to get the ball back and cross the try line twelve metres to the left of the uprights with Ryder Williams then able to bring the ball around and put it down under the posts.
Ryder Williams scored his second try in the 32nd minute and once against Ryder Williams initiated the move that led to him scoring. From thirty five metres from the try line and to the left of the play the ball Ryder Williams threw a cut-out pass to put his left centre away with Ryder Williams then getting the ball back from the centre with a good catch above his head in his right hand with Ryder Williams then able to bring the ball around to put it down once again under the black dot.
Ryder Williams completed his hat trick in the 36th minute when after running the ball to his left thirty eight metres out, Ryder Williams brought his left second rower on an underneath route and after the second rower had broken through the defensive line he got a pass back to Ryder Williams who then dummied to his right to beat the Hornets fullback to score three metres to the left of the uprights.
Ryder Williams also recorded a try assist in the 27th minute when to the left of the play the ball and twenty five metres out, Ryder Williams took the ball to the defensive line and then threw a great ball to his left to put his left second rower into a big gap to subsequently score.
Ryder Williams made a strong run of the ball in the 13th minute when from the left of the play the ball and five metres inside his own territory Ryder Williams dummied to an inside runner before running the ball himself to get the ball around thirty three metres from the try line.
Round Eleven saw Ryder Williams start at halfback against the Burleigh Bears with Ryder Williams kicking two conversions in a tough day for the Tigers. Ryder Williams kicked his first conversion in the 35th minute from ten metres to the right of the uprights before kicking his second conversion from three metres to the right of the uprights in the 43rd minute.
Ryder Williams displayed his match awareness in the 13th minute when with the ball loose on the ground just fourteen metres from his try line and a number of Burleigh players hovering nearby, Ryder Williams did not hesitate and dived on the ball.
After receiving an off-load in the 47th minute and thirty metres from the try line, Ryder Williams ran the ball to within fifteen metres of the try line threatening to pass to his right on multiple occasions.
Ryder Williams started at halfback in the Week Two Qualifying Final against the Burleigh Bears with Ryder Williams kicking three conversions from as many attempts with Ryder Williams kicking his first conversion in the 23rd minute from directly in front. Ryder Williams then added a second conversion from three metres to the right of the goal posts in the 27th minute before converting Austin Marsters try under the posts in the 34th minute.
Inside the opening minute of the match Ryder Williams took possession of the ball to the right of the dummy half twenty metres out and ran the ball to within seven metres of the try line and five metres in from the right touchline.
Ryder Williams kicked an impressive 40/20 in the 14th minute with a low, hard. Driving right foot kick from an acute angle from thirty eight metres out from his own try line to the ball going over the right touchline twelve metres out from the Bears try line.
In the 11th minute Ryder Williams kicked a short goal line drop-out to his left with the Southport left winger jumping above the opposing Burleigh players to take the drop-out on the full just after it had gone the required ten metres. Then in the 33rd minute with Southport forced into another goal line drop-out, Ryder Williams dribbled a drop-out straight down the middle with Southport regaining possession once the ball had crossed the ten metre mark.
Ryder Williams put up a high, spiralling bomb in the 40th minute from thirty metres out and to the right of the play the ball back to the left with the Burleigh right winger knocking the ball on in the in-goal area to require a Bears goal line drop-out.
Ryder William made a try saving tackle in the 39th minute when he raced across to his right to put the Burleigh left winger over the try line and knock the ball loose before the ball was grounded to give Southport a seven tackle set. Then in the 54th minute Ryder Williams raced to his right once again and once again crunched the Bears left winger to bring him down centremetres short of the try line and four metres in from the right corner post.
Ryder Williams also did well defensively in the 42nd minute to grab hold of a Burleigh player five metres in from the right touchline with Ryder Williams able to keep him from getting to ground and then drag him over the touch line to force a change over.
In early March 2023 Ryder Williams was named at five eight for the South Coast School Boy Rugby League Open Representative side and starting there on Day One of the Championships against Capricornia with Ryder Williams kicking four conversions including a great effort from the left touchline in the 56th minute to convert Sam Stephenson’s try in the left corner.
Ryder Williams also recorded two try assists with the first coming in the 11th minute when from twenty metres out and just to the left of the uprights Ryder Williams put up a high bomb to the right with the ball coming down right on the try line and into the arms of Jett Bryce who got the ball down ten metres in from the right corner post.
Ryder Williams added a second try assist in the 28th minute when from twelve metres out and five metres to the left of the uprights Ryder Williams put up a high right foot bomb towards the left corner with Zyroam Taurawa-Herlihy racing through and taking the kick on the full in the in-goal and get the ball down before the dead ball line.
Ryder Williams also recorded a line break assist in the 14th minute when after running the ball down a short left blindside from thirty five metres out, Ryder Williams engaged the A defender before popping a good short pass to his left to put his left second rower through a gap.
Ryder Williams also started at five eight on Day Two against Met East with Ryder Williams scoring a try and kicking two conversions in a tough two point come from behind victory for South Coast with one of Ryder Williams conversions coming in the 26th minute from the left touchline.
Ryder Williams scored in the 56th minute when Ryder Williams followed through a hit-up from one of his forwards and after receiving the ball from his right twenty eight metres from the try line Ryder Williams burst into open space and raced to his right to round the fullback and score a critical try to get South Coast back into the match ten metres to the right of the uprights. Ryder Williams then converted his own try.
Ryder Williams also recorded a try assist in the 26th minute with a long cut-out pass to his left from twelve metres out to put Sam Stephenson outside his opposite number and over to score in the left corner.
Ryder Williams recorded a second try assist in the 59th minute to set up the match winning try for South Coast when to the left of the play the ball and ten metres out Ryder Williams threw a long cut-out pass to hi left to put the ball on the chest of Sam Stephenson who was able to score in the left corner under heavy pressure from two defenders to win the match for South Coast.
Ryder Williams was also heavily involved in South Coast’s opening try of the match in the 15th minute when from the right side of the field but to the left of the goal posts and around twenty metres out form the try line Ryder Williams put up a bomb to the right side of the field and after the ball was tapped back by South Coast the right winger was able to score in the right corner.
The 25th minute also saw Ryder Williams force a goal line drop-out when from the left of the play the ball ad around twelve metres out Ryder Williams put in a right foot grubber kick into the in-goal near the left corner with the Met East fullback trapped in-goal to force the goal line drop-out.
Ryder Williams had earlier showed his innate sense of anticipation and timing with his backing up skills in the 4th minute when with the play the ball twenty metres out from the South Coast try line Isaiah F@galilo ran to his left out of dummy half making eighteen metres before getting a good ball away to his left to Ryder Williams who was then able to carry the ball to the halfway mark before being brought to ground.
Ryder Williams continued at five eight on Day Three against Sunshine Coast with Ryder Williams kicking six conversions from as many attempts as South Coast remained undefeated.
Ryder Williams also recorded a line break assist in the 31st minute when after receiving the ball to the left of the play the ball down a short left blindside, Ryder Williams ran at the defensive line and after drawing one defender out of the try line Ryder Williams put Sam Stephenson into a gap ten metres from the halfway mark with ultimately Sunny Kama scoring after Sam Stephenson had drawn the fullback.
Ryder Williams showcased his all-out effort in the 22nd minute when from just inside his own forty metre mark and to the right of the play the ball Ryder Williams drove a right foot kick into the Sunshine Coast in-goal towards the right corner and then Ryder Williams along with Jake Lateo crunched the fullback and as a consequence he lost the ball ten metres out from the try line with South Coast scoring from the subsequent set of set tackles from the scrum.
The match also saw Ryder Williams record two one on one steals, with the first coming in the 41st minute with Ryder Williams stealing the ball on the halfway mark and return the ball ten metres. Then in the 56th minute Ryder Williams executed his second one on one steal of the match just fifteen metres out from his own try line to totally change the momentum of the match.
Ryder Williams also started at five eight in the Day Four 2023 QSSRL School Boy Open Grand Final against Capricornia with Ryder Williams scoring a try. Ryder Williams also kicked four conversions from as many attempts including a 32nd minute conversion from the right touchline, then in the final minute of the first half Ryder Williams kicked a penalty goal from twenty one metres out and five metres to the right of the uprights.
Ryder Williams scored in the 54th minute when Ryder Williams charged onto a good short ball from his left from Bailey McConnell who had created space out of dummy half with Ryder Williams receiving the ball four metres out with Ryder Williams diving between two defenders to get the ball down six metres to the left of the uprights. Ryder Williams then stepped up to convert his own try.
The 5th minute also saw Ryder Williams force a Capricornia goal line drop-out when to the right of the play the ball and ten metres out Ryder Williams put in a right foot grubber kick into the in-goal with the Capricornia fullback trapped in-goal by Zyroam Taurawa-Herlighy and Jake Lateo who had chased through Ryder Williams well weighted and placed grubber kick.
Ryder Williams also did well in the 46th minute to change the entire momentum of the match even though South Coast led 8 – 6 but with Capricornia having all of the momentum, Ryder Williams executed a one on one steal of the ball five metres inside Capricornia territory.
Ryder Williams also did well defensively in the 59th minute when he came out of the South Coast defensive line when defending on the right to force a mistake from the Capricornia five eight twenty metres out from the try line. Then after Sam Stephenson had picked up the dropped ball Ryder Williams backed up his left centre and when five metres inside Capricornia Ryder Williams got the ball back from Sam Stephenson with Ryder Williams getting to within eighteen metres of the try line with Ryder Williams then being awarded a penalty for being held down too long in the tackle.
Ryder Williams finished the 2023 QSSRL Open School Boy Rugby League Queensland Championships as the Championships leading points scorer with forty two points.
Round One of the 2023 School Boy Rugby League Langer Cup competition saw Ryder Williams named at halfback for Keebra Park SHS against Ipswich SHS with Ryder Williams kicking five conversions from six attempts in a 34 – 18 Keebra Park SHS victory with Ryder Williams kicking a great conversion from three metres in from the right touchline in the 34th minute and then in the 58th minute Ryder Williams kicked a conversion from the left touchline.
Ryder Williams also recorded a line break in the 58th minute when after the Ipswich SHS right centre lost the ball in a tackle twenty metres out from the Keebra Park SHS try line, Ryder Williams collected the ball whilst it was rolling on the ground at full speed with Ryder Williams racing thirty metres downfield to then off-load to his left as he was being tackled from before with Keebra Park SHS scoring in the left corner after a subsequent pass.
The 32nd minute saw Ryder Williams put in a right foot bomb from the left side of the field towards the right corner with the Ipswich SHS left winger knocking the ball on ten metres out from the try line for Keebra Park SHS to regain the ball with another set of six tackles and go on the attack immediately.
Ryder Williams put another smart kick in the 52nd minute when from twenty five metres out from the try line down a short left blindside Ryder Williams took the ball to the defensive line before putting in a chip kick over the defensive line and into the in-goal with the Ipswich SHS fullback forced to take the ball over the dead ball line with a goal line drop-out required by Ipswich SHS to restart the match.
Ryder Williams made a good run in the 47th minute when after picking up a dropped Ipswich SHS pass thirty five metres out with Ryder Williams then running twenty metres down the left touchline.
Ryder Williams was also named at halfback for Round Two against Marsden SHS with the match played at Cbus Stadium as a curtain-raiser to the Titans Round Fifteen NRL match against the Wests Tigers with Ryder Williams kicking two conversions from as many attempts to convert both of Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki’s tries. Ryder Williams also kicked a 50th minute penalty goal from thirty metres out and directly in front of the goal posts.
Ryder Williams made a good run of the ball in the 29th minute when after receiving an off-load from his right five metres from the halfway mark, Ryder Williams raced forward and after getting ten metres inside Marsden SHS territory Ryder Williams got an off-load away to his left whilst being tackled from behind.
Ryder Williams kicking game was on song in the 7th minute when from near the centre of the field Ryder Williams put up a high bomb towards the right wing which could not be handled by the Marsden SHS left winger with Keebra Park SHS getting the ball back by way of a scrum ten metres out from the try line.
Ryder Williams kicking game was highlighted again in the 18th minute when from twenty metres out and in the centre of the field Ryder Williams put in a right foot chip towards the left corner with the Marsden SHS defence forced to ground the ball dead in-goal and restart the match by way of a goal line drop-out.
Ryder Williams did well defensively in the 13th minute with a good covering tackle on the Marsden SHS right winger with Ryder Williams initial contact forcing the winger to knock the ball on.
Ryder Williams continued at halfback in Round Three against Redcliffe SHS with Ryder Williams finishing the match with an individual points haul of sixteen points from a try and six conversions from seven attempts including an outstanding conversion from the left touch line in the 42nd minute. Ryder Williams that kicked another good conversion in the 53rd minute from eight metres in from the right touchline.
Ryder Williams scored in the 67th minute when Ryder Williams backed up a half break by Jett Bryce to take the pass from his left three metres from the try line with Ryder Williams bringing the ball around to put it down under the posts to make his own conversion that much easier. In fact it was a Ryder Williams pass that enabled Jett Bryce to make the half break.
Ryder Williams also made a line break in the 21st minute from seven metres inside his own territory with Ryder Williams weaving his way to within twenty seven metres of the try line before getting an off-loa away to his left second rower.
Ryder Williams then made a second line break in the 40th minute when after receiving an off-load on the halfway mark from Jett Bryce, who Ryder Williams had in fact passed the ball to, Ryder Williams raced twenty eight downfield weaving his way through traffic with Ryder Williams then able to get an off-load away to Mason Barber who had loomed up on Ryder Williams’s right.
Ryder Williams recorded a line break assist in the 16th minute when from inside his own twenty metre area and to the left of the play the ball, Ryder Williams executed an old fashioned run around with Jett Bryce and after getting the ball back from the second rower Ryder Williams was able to make ten metres downfield before a smart pass between multiple defenders saw Zyroam Taurawa-Herlihy make a fifty metre line break down the left touchline.
After three rounds of the 2023 School Boy Langer Cup competition Ryder Williams was the competition’s leading points’ scorer with thirty two points.
Ryder Williams also started at halfback in Round Four against Caloundra SHS with Ryder Williams putting on a clinic in a big Keebra Park SHS victory including scoring a double and kicking six conversions from as many attempts including conversions from the left touchline in the 32nd and the 37th minutes to convert spectacular Zyroam Taurawa-Herlihy’s tries. Ryder Williams also converted his own 57th minute try from ten metres in from the right touchline.
Ryder Williams scored in the 13th minute under the posts after backing up good work out of dummy half from Isaiah F@galilo and a subsequent off-load from Taylor Whittington.
Ryder Williams scored his second try in the 57th minute when from deep inside Keebra Park SHS territory Ryder Williams ran the ball to the left of the play the ball from twenty metres out down a left blindside and after running ten metres Ryder Williams passed inside to Zyroam Taurawa-Herlihy who exploded through a gap and when he got to the halfway mark, Zyroam Taurawa-Herlihy drew the Caloundra SHS fullback and passed to his right to Ryder Williams who ran to his left whilst being chased by a defender to score ten metres in from the right corner post.
Ryder Williams recorded a try assist in the 37th minute when from the left of the play the ball and ten metres from the try line Ryder Williams threw a spectacular twenty five metre cut-out pass to his left straight onto the chest of Zyroam Taurawa-Herlihy who then had a ten metre run down the left touchline before a spectacular dive saw him score in the left corner.
Ryder Williams also threw the final pass for Mason Barber’s 50th minute try.
Ryder Williams also recorded a line break assist in the 17th minute when from the left of a Keebra Park SHS scrum win, Ryder Williams threw a long cut-out pass to his left from eight metres out from his own try line to put Zyroam Taurawa-Herlihy outside of his opposing winger and on a thirty four metres run down the left touchline.
Ryder Williams recorded a second line break assist in the 47th minute when from the left of the play the ball and five metres inside his own territory Ryder Williams put a good short ball to his left onto the chest of Joseph Tupuse who made a thirty metre line break down the left channel.
The 42nd minute saw Ryder Williams make a good run down a short left blindside from twenty eight metres out with Ryder Williams getting to within ten metres of the try line before being tackled near the left touchline.
After four Rounds of the 2023 School Boy Langer Cup competition, Ryder Williams was the competition’s leading points scorer with fifty two points.
After missing Round Five, Ryder Williams returned to the Keebra Park SHS side in the Round Six Gold Coast derby against PBC SHS with Ryder Williams kicking an outstanding goal line drop-out that travelled over the halfway mark on the full and was only collected by the PBC SHS halfback after it had travelled a total of seventy metres in the 6th minute.
Ryder Williams also put up a high bomb in the 33rd minute from the halfway mark towards the right corner with the ball knocked on by PBC SHS just six metres out from the try line.
After six rounds of the 2023 School Boy Rugby League Langer Cup competition Ryder Williams was second on the points scoring list with fifty two points scored.
Ryder Williams also started at halfback in Round Seven against Mabel Park SHS with Ryder Williams recording a try assist in the 9th minute when after receiving the ball to the right of the play the ball ten metres out, Ryder Williams continued to run to his right and after drawing the Mabel Park SHS left winger, Ryder Williams passed to his right to an unmarked Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki who scored untouched four metres in from the right corner post.
Ryder Williams also made a line break in the 26th minute when after picking up a lost ball by Mabel Park SHS ten metres out from his own try line and on the left side of the field, Ryder Williams went on a winding run to his right that included three left foot steps to carry the ball out to the thirty four metre mark.
Ryder Williams also recorded a line break assist in the 49th minute when from the left of the play the ball and thirty metres out from his own try line Ryder Williams put his five eight into a gap to make a long line break down the left channel.
Earlier in the match in the 8th minute from the left of a Keebra Park SHS scrum win twenty metres out from the try line and in the centre of the field Ryder Williams cut back to his right and got to less than a metre away from the try line before being tackled mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the right side of the field.
Ryder Williams also got a result from a short goal line drop-out to his left in the 38th minute with Ryder Williams high drop-out recovered on the full by Keebra Park SHS.
Ryder Williams finished the 2023 School Boy Rugby League Langer Cup competition’s regular season as the competitions second leading points scorer with fifty two points.
After Keebra Park SHS finished fifth on the 2023 School Boy Rugby League Langer Cup table after the completion of the regular season, Ryder Williams started at halfback for Keebra Park SHS in their Quarter Final clash against PBC SHS with Ryder Williams kicking two conversions from as many attempts to convert both of Isaiah F@galilo’s tries in a tough Keebra Park SHS loss to end their 2023 season.
Ryder Williams kicked his initial conversion in the 4th minute from mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the left side of the field with Ryder Williams then kicking his second conversion in the 28th minute from four metres to the right of the uprights.
At the conclusion of the Langer Cup Ryder Williams received a special mention by the Courier Mail in the 2023 Langer Cup School Boy Rugby League Team of the Year discussions.
In early June 2023 Ryder Williams was named in the New Zealand Māori U17 side after representing Lotahitanga Wairua at the 2023 New Zealand Māori Championships.
In early May 2022 Ryder Williams made his first appearance in a Titans jersey when he started at five eight for the Titans JTS U16 squad that took on a Northern Rivers Titans U17 squad at Cbus Stadium as a curtain-raiser to the Titans NRL Round Fourteen against the Souths Sydney Rabbitohs with Ryder Williams scoring in the second half when after initially shaping to kick Ryder Williams before throwing a dummy to break through the line and score.
In late September 2022 Ryder Williams started at five eight for the Titans U16’s in their annual Anthony Laffranchi Cup match against the Balmain Tigers with Ryder Williams scoring in the 42nd minute with a stepping run through the Tigers defensive line.
Ryder Williams also recorded a try assist in the 14th minute when on the left side of the field Ryder Williams passed the ball to his left to put Sam Stephenson over to score five metres in from the left corner post.
2022 also saw Ryder Williams move to Keebra Park SHS making his first ‘official’ appearance for Keebra Park State High School in Round One of the 2022 School Boy Walters Cup competition when he started at halfback against Ipswich State High School.
Ryder Williams certainly made an impressive first impression including kicking five conversions from as many attempts including a great conversion from the right touchline in the 44th minute.
In fact Ryder Williams recorded a try assist for the try he converted from the right touchline when from on the halfway mark down a short right blindside Ryder Williams put in a hard low right foot kick with his right winger racing through to collect the ball just short of the try line and dive over to score in the right corner with the Ipswich SHS cover defence trailing by a fair distance.
Ryder Williams also started Round Three of the 2022 Walters Cup School Boy Rugby League competition at halfback against Marsden SHS with Ryder Williams scoring two tries and kicking six conversions including a great effort from the left touchline in the 48th minute of a big Keebra Park SHS victory.
Ryder Williams opening try came in just the 5th minute when after receiving a great short ball from his left from his hooker who had darted out of dummy half, Ryder Williams scored from three metres out with Ryder Williams getting the ball down five metres in from the left corner. Ryder Williams then stepped up and nailed the conversion.
Ryder Williams completed his double in the 35th minute with an easy try on the right side of the field. Keebra Park SHS made a big line break down the left touchline and from the play the ball less than a metre from the try line the ball was spun wide to the right with Ryder Williams getting the ball in acres of space around fourteen metres out and jogged across the try line and was still able to bring the ball around closer to the posts to make it easier for him to convert his own try which he subsequently did from five metres to the left of the uprights.
Ryder Williams also recorded a 16th minute try assist when from five metres out Ryder William took the ball down a short left blindside and threw a hard flat pass to his left winger on the outside of his opposite number to dive over in the left corner.
Ryder Williams showcased his attacking kicking skills in the 45th minute with a bomb from twenty five metres out and from down a short right blindside with the ball coming down just in the field of play giving the Marsden SHS fullback no chance after he was forced back into the in-goal as soon as he took the kick on the full.
Ryder Williams then started at halfback in Round Four against Wavell Park State High School with Ryder Williams kicking three conversions in a strong Keebra Park SHS victory.
The first of Ryder Williams conversions came in the 9th minute from directly in front of the posts. Ryder Williams added a second conversion in the 17th minute from the left touchline with Ryder Williams third and final conversion in the match coming in the 37th minute of the match.
In addition to his three conversions, Ryder Williams also forced two line dropouts, the first of which came in the 12th minute when Ryder Williams put up a high bomb from thirty five metres which came down a metre from the try line and just to the right of the uprights. Ryder Williams bomb was just too much for the Wavell SHS defenders with the ball being dropped backwards and then taken dead in-goal by Wavell SHS to force the goal line drop-out.
Ryder Williams forced a second line drop-out just a minute later in the 13th minute when after receiving the ball two passes to the right of the play the ball and fifteen metres out, Ryder Williams put in a right foot grubber kick into the in-goal and once again the Wavell SHS defence was forced to take the ball dead in-goal and subsequently restart the match by way of a goal line drop-out.
In addition Ryder Williams also threw the final pass for a Keebra Park SHS try in the 17th minute with a pass to his right down a short blindside from ten metres out for his right centre to score three metres in from the left corner. This try was one of three tries that Ryder Williams converted in Keebra Park SHS’s victory.
Ryder Williams continued at halfback in Round Five against Redcliffe SHS with Ryder Williams kicking one conversion in a big Keebra Park SHS victory.
Ryder Williams also scored in the 7th minute when he chased through a grubber kick from his five eight with Ryder Williams diving on the ball in the in-goal mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the right side of the field.
Ryder Williams scored a second try in the 44th minute when after receiving a right arm flick off-load from his right second rower thirty metres out from the try line Ryder Williams was able to hold off one defender with his left arm to score three metres in from the left corner post
Ryder Williams added a try assist in the 32nd minute when Ryder Williams ran the ball down a wide right blindside from ten metres out with Ryder Williams taking the ball right to the line before throwing a short ball to his right to put his right centre over to score ten metres in from the right corner post.
Ryder Williams also recorded a line break in the 9th minute when after receiving an off-load thirty five metres out from his own try line, Ryder Williams raced twenty eight metres through the centre of the field but unfortunately Ryder Williams’s inside pass was ruled forward.
Ryder Williams put in a good grubber kick in the 24th minute when from twenty metres out to the right of the uprights, Ryder Williams put in a hard grubber kick towards the left upright with the Redcliffe SHS fullback knocking the ball one a metre out from the try line with Keebra Park SHS being awarded the scrum feed.
Ryder Williams also on two occasions put in short goal line dropouts from which Keebra Park SHS got the ball back. The first occasion occurred in the 15th minute Ryder Williams put in a short drop-out to the right which was taken on the full by Keebra Park SHS then in the 22nd another short goal line drop out to the right was knocked on by Redcliffe SHS just after the ball had gone ten metres with Keebra Park SHS being awarded the subsequent scrum feed.
Ryder Williams continued at half in Round Six against PBC SHS with Ryder Williams scoring a try and kicking four conversions in a strong Keebra Park SHS victory.
Ryder Williams scored in the 13th minute when he backed up a line break by his five eight who after he drew the PBC SHS fullback passed to his inside to Ryder Williams who ran ten metres to put the ball down under the posts.
Ryder Williams also had a strong match defensively including a great try saving tackle in the 7th minute when he brought down the PBC SHS hooker who had run the ball down a left blindside from the back of a PBC SHS scrum win ten metres out from the try line. Earlier in the 4th minute Ryder Williams smashed the PBC SHS lock, rocking him backwards just out from the Keebra Park SHS try line.
Ryder Williams continued at halfback in Round Seven against Mabel Park SHS with Ryder Williams doing well in the 21st minute when after taking on the defensive line on the right side of the field, Ryder Williams when ten metres out produced a great right arm flick off-load whilst falling to ground to his right second rower who got within a metre of the try line.
Ryder Williams also started at halfback for Keebra Park SHS in the 2022 Walters Cup School Boy Semi-final against Mabel Park SHS with Ryder Williams kicking a conversion in Keebra Park SHS’s 18 – 12 victory which put them into the Grand Final.
Ryder Williams recorded a try assist in the 8th minute from a Keebra Park SHS scrum win twenty five metres out from the try line and to the right of the uprights. After feeding the scrum Ryder Williams in a set move ran to his left two passes off the back of the scrum and after receiving the ball ran at the back peddling defensive line and as the Mabel Park SHS right winger turned his right shoulder to the inside Ryder Williams got a pass away to his left winger Toni Fomai who was able to score in the left corner.
Ryder Williams recorded a second try assist in the 38th minute after receiving the ball to the left of the play the ball Ryder Williams from ten metres out, threw a long cut out pass to his left to put the Keebra Park SHS left winger Toni Fomai over in the left corner.
In the 12th minute from the left of the play the ball and forty two metres out Ryder Williams put in a right foot kick into the corner with the Mabel Park SHS fullback barely able get back into the field of play before the Keebra Park SHS chasers got to him.
In the 8th minute Ryder Williams executed a great hit on the Mabel Park SHS five eight who had ran straight at Ryder Williams from a Mabel Park SHS scrum deep inside their own twenty metre area.
The 2022 School Boy Walters Cup Grand Final saw Ryder Williams start at halfback for Keebra Park SHS against Marsden SHS with Ryder Williams outstanding in a strong Keebra Park SHS victory.
Ryder Williams in addition to kicking four conversions from five attempts scored one try and set up another.
Ryder Williams scored in the 34th minute when he backed up a line break from his five eight with Ryder Williams receiving the ball from his left and running forty five metres to score under the posts. IT was in fact Ryder Williams that passed the ball for his five eight to make the line break from thirty five metres out from the Keebra Park SHS try line. Ryder Williams then stepped up to convert his own try.
Ryder Williams recorded his try assist in the 31st minute when after chasing through a Keebra Park SHS chip kick from inside their own territory, Ryder Williams got to the ball just before the Marsden SHS fullback and then got the ball away to his right to his support who crossed to score. Ryder Williams then stepped up to convert the try that he had set up.
The Grand Final was not just about attack for Ryder Williams as in the 38th minute Ryder Williams smashed one of the Marsden SHS front rowers (No. 10) who was taking a hit-up from a Marsden SHS penalty tap restart twelve metres out from the Keebra Park SHS try line.
At the completion of the 2022 School Boy Walters Cup competition Ryder Williams was named at halfback in the 2022 Courier Mail Walters Cup School Boy Rugby League Team of the Season.
Ryder Williams also started at halfback for Keebra Park SHS in the inaugural Queensland School Boy Rugby League Year Ten School Boy Rugby League Championship against Kirwan SHS with Ryder Williams putting on a clinic in a big 28 – 4 Keebra Park SHS Championship victory.
In to scoring a try and kicking four conversions from five attempts Ryder Williams recorded two line break assists and also forced a goal line drop-out.
Ryder Williams scored in the 17th minute from a Keebra Park SHS scrum move. With the scrum twenty metres out and ten metres in from the left touchline Ryder Williams fed the scrum before looping around to his right to receive the ball on the right side of the field. Ryder Williams initially ran towards the right corner before stopping and cutting back to his right to dive over between two defenders to get the ball down mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the right side of the field.
The first of Ryder Williams line break assists came in the 3rd minute when from thirty five metres out from his own try line Ryder Williams ran the ball to his right down the blindside to put his right centre on a twenty run over the halfway mark.
Ryder Williams recorded his second line break assist in the 38th minute when after taking possession forty metres out and to the left of the play the ball, Ryder Williams ran the ball to the line and popped a good short ball to his left to one of his front rowers to charge through a gap.
In the 11th minute Ryder Williams received the ball from the dummy half ten metres out and near the right touchline and after running to his left Ryder Williams put in a grubber kick with the outside of his right foot into the in-goal to force a Kirwan SHS goal line drop-out.
Impressively Ryder Williams was named on the Keebra Park SHS extended bench for their Langer Cup Semi-final against PBC SHS and whilst Ryder Williams did not make the final seventeen his selection highlighted the faith that the Keebra Park SHS has in Ryder Williams.
At the 2022 Keebra Park SHS Rugby League Specialisation Awards, Ryder Williams was named the 2022 Walters Cup School Boy Most Valuable Player and Ryder Williams was also named at halfback in the 2022 Keebra Park SHS School Boy Rugby League Team of the Year.
Ryder Williams had a strong 2022 GCRL U16 Division One season with the Southport Tigers including a good Preliminary Final appearance including a late second half try assist with a smart cut out pass to put his left winger over to score in the corner down a short blindside from five metres out but unfortunately for Ryder Williams and his team mates, the Tigers went down 16-12 to the Helensvale Hornets.
The week prior in the Tigers 42-10 victory over Burleigh Maroon Ryder Williams had a strong match including scoring in the 22nd minute when he backed up a line break down the right touchline to get the off-load and run eighteen metres to put the ball down next to the right upright.
September 2022 saw Ryder Williams named in the Queensland Samoa Southern Sharks U16 representative side. Ryder Williams was then named in the Queensland Samoa U16 representative side to play in the 2022 QPICC Carnival after the completion of the 2022 Queensland Samoa Championships with Ryder Williams starting Round One of the QPICC Carnival at halfback against the Cook Islands with Ryder Williams kicking two conversions as Queensland Samoa got off to a winning start on the back of a 26 – 16 victory.
In addition to his two conversions, Ryder Williams also made a line break in the 13th minute when after executing an old fashioned run around on the left side of the field around fifty five metres out, Ryder Williams burst away after getting the ball back and when around twenty metres out passed to hie left but bizarrely the pass to his unmarked left winger was ruled forward, much to everyone’s shock.
Ryder Williams also produced a smart piece of play in the 34th minute when after receiving the ball to the right of the play the ball, Ryder Williams saw space behind the Cook Islands defensive line and put in a deft right foot chip kick which sat up perfectly for Nayte Saaga to race through and retrieve on the bounce.
Ryder Williams also started at halfback in Round Two against Māori and was outstanding on the way to scoring two tries and kicking three conversions. Ryder Williams added three conversions from as many attempts in Round Three against PNG and kicked four from four in Samoa’s semi-final victory against Māori.
Ryder Williams then started at half back in the Grand Final against PNG kicking a conversion in Samoa’s strong 26 – 0 victory.
Ryder Williams finished as the 2022 QPICC Carnival’s U16 top points scorer with thirty four points.
Ryder Williams started at halfback and captain for Tamaki Ki Te Raki (North) in Round Two of the 2022 U16 Shaun Johnson Shield against Northland after Tamaki Te Raki had a Round One bye. Whilst Ryder Williams started the match at halfback he spent the opening minutes of the second half playing in the dummy half role before transitioning back to halfback.
Against Northlands was heavily involved for Tamaki Ki Te Raki (North) as they won 88 – 0 with Ryder Williams kicking seven conversions including a great kick from the left touchline in the 41st minute. Ryder Williams could have had an additional conversion but his 13th minute effort from the right touchline hit the post.
Ryder Williams also threw the final pass to one of Tamaki Ki Te Raki North’s tries in just the 3rd minute when on the left side of the field he took the ball into the Northlands right sided defensive line and threw a good ball to his left to his winger who crashed over out wide.
Then again in the 50th Ryder William threw the final pass for a try when operating on the left Ryder William took the ball to the line and threw a good short ball to his left for his front rower to crash over.
Ryder Williams threw a third final pass for a try in the 55th minute. The move started on the halfway mark with Ryder Williams throwing a cut-out pass to his left to put his right centre away down the left touchline and then Ryder Williams backed up on the inside, getting the ball back, dummying past one defender before off-loading to his left to an unmarked team mate who ran away to score under the posts.
Ryder Williams also put in a good tactical kick from forty metres out in the 44th minute when his right foot kick stopped in the in-goal, being knocked out over the dead ball line by the Northlands fullback, forcing a goal line drop out.
Ryder Williams also started at halfback in Round Three against Tamaki Ki Te Raki (East) with Ryder Williams kicking two conversions as his side qualified for the Grand Final on the back of a 16 – 10 victory.
The 2022 U16 Shaun Johnson Cup saw Ryder Williams kick two conversions from as many attempts in a 20 – 12 loss.
In April 2022 Shaun Williams played in the 2022 New Zealand Nine’s Championships, and at the competition of the Championships was named in the New Zealand U16 Nines Merit Side after representing Marist Gold in the Championships.
In late April 2022 Ryder Williams received an honourable mention in terms of selection in the 2022 Auckland U16 side due to his unavailability.
In early June 2022 Ryder Williams was named at halfback in the New Zealand Māori Tama U17 All-Tournament Team after playing for Katahitanga in the Tournament.
In 2021 Ryder Williams played for the Marist Saints in the Auckland Rugby League U15 Open competition with the Marist Saints remaining undefeated through their twelve 2021 matches and recording a for and against of in excess of + 300.
Ryder Williams also attended Mt Albert Grammar School in Auckland and also represented Kotahitanga at the 2021 U15 New Zealand Tournament including starting the Tournament Final at five eight.
In attack, Ryder Williams generally plays an understated role, focussing more on the distribution and game management aspects of his role as a half. A key attribute to how Ryder Williams plays is his ability to organise and direct his team around the field as well as adjusting his game to the specific situations encountered within a game. Ryder Williams’s 2022 performances are a testament to those attributes.
Ryder Williams will though take the line on when the opportunity arises however, but as noted his best attribute is that of a game manager with the ability to draw defenders out of the line and put his runners into the subsequent hole that is generated. Ryder Williams has above average speed off the mark and quick twitch feet in confined space but does not have explosive acceleration or high top end speed, but Ryder Williams’s top speed in space can certainly be considered in the above average range.
When Ryder Williams does take on the line, he just has this amazing ability to slice through a defensive line. It is hard to put into words exactly what I mean but Ryder Williams takes the ball and immediately commences to run parallel to the defensive line with the ball out in front of his body in two hands and then he is just able to slide/slice between two defenders with a subtle step normally off his left foot and then Ryder Williams accelerates through into space.
What is described above looks deceptively simply but I can assure people that it is not, it is just that Ryder Williams makes it look so simple and it is a credit to him that Ryder Williams has sliced through defences like this his entire career regardless of the quality of the opposition.
From a kicking perspective Ryder Williams has a more than solid kicking game, with above average distance and accuracy on all types of kicks, from kicking for field position or from an attacking perspective as well as tactically for field position. I am sure that moving forward focussing on his kicking skills will be a key focus area both from a distance and accuracy perspective and there is no doubt that Ryder Williams has the ability to be a team’s primary tactical kicking option now and into the future.
Like his tactical kicking Ryder Williams is also an outstanding right foot goal kicker with range and accuracy including from wide out. Like his tactical kicking, and for that matter the way that he slides through defences, Ryder Williams makes it look easy due to his calm and relaxed demeanour on the field including when the game is on the line.
In defence, due to his size Ryder Williams is obviously not going to come up with the big hit but reads the play well and can more than hold his own when defending much bigger players through sheer force of will. Ryder Williams is also very vocal (in a very positive way) on the field always talking and encouraging his side both in attack and defence.
2025 is a pivotal season for Ryder Williams as he is in the Titans Top 30 and while he is still U19 eligible the Titans will be looking for Ryder Williams to start the 2025 season in the Ipswich Jets Queensland Cup side.
In his time in the junior leagues and junior representative sides in New Zealand Ryder Williams has, outside a limited amount of time at hooker, played exclusively at either five eight or halfback and with his ball skills those positions are where Ryder Williams appears likely to continue for the foreseeable future. I do note however that in 2024 Ryder Williams played a number of matches at left centre for the Southport Tigers in the GCRL First Grade competition and has been spending time training in the dummy half in the Titans NRL pre-season.
I am going back a few years but a player with a similar playing style and skill attributes to Ryder Williams for me is former Penrith great, New Zealand Warrior, New South Wales State of Origin and Australian International Greg Alexander.
Both Alexander and Ryder Williams make the task of managing the game plan and directing their team around the field from the half back (or five eight) position look easy and natural and both seemingly have as much time as they need to accomplish the required task expertly.
In great news for the Titans Ryder Williams resigned with the Titans in a three year deal that will see Ryder Williams join the Titans NRL squad on a full time basis for the 2025 season with Ryder Williams on a full time train and trial NRL contract until that time, including the 2024 season. Multiple other clubs were chasing Ryder Williams’s signature, principally the Dolphins but the Titans were able to get Ryder Williams to sign a contract extension.
Late October 2023 saw Ryder Williams named as one of the Titans six 2024 NRL Development Players.
In October 2023 Ryder Williams was named in the 2024 Tweed Heads Seagulls U19 Mal Meninga (MM) Cup side with Ryder Williams also MM Cup eligible in 2025 with the age group changes coming into effect.
Round One of the 2024 MM Cup competition saw Ryder Williams start at five eight for the Tweed Heads Seagulls against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls with Ryder Williams having an eventful match including scoring in the 29th minute when after backing up a Zane Harrison line break Ryder Williams received the ball from his right from his halfback with Ryder Williams then running ten metres to score under the posts.
Ryder Williams came close to setting up a Tweed Heads try in the 67th minute when after receiving the ball to the left of the play the ball fourteen metres from the try line Ryder Williams ran to within seven metres of the try line to draw one defender and it looked for all money that Ryder Williams was going to put Brock Lennox into a gaping hole and over to score but a Wynnum Manly defender got his hand to the ball to prevent a try.
Ryder Williams did well defensively in the 17th minute when defending in his defensive twenty metre area on the left side of the field and facing an overlap Ryder Williams rushed out of the Tweed Heads defensive line and as a result of Ryder Williams putting pressure on the Wynnum Manly five eight his pass missed its mark with Tweed Heads recovering the ball.
Ryder Williams also started at five eight in Round Two against the Brisbane Tigers with Ryder Williams recording the first of his two lien break assists in the 13th minute when after receiving the ball to the left of the play the ball thirty metres from the try line, Ryder Williams ran the ball at the defensive line and at the last moment threw a no look pass to his right to put fullback Mason Barber into a gap and after Mason Barber got to the fullback he looked to pass back to Ryder Williams who was backing up but Ryder Williams was tackled before receiving the ball with the Seagulls awarded a penalty.
Ryder Williams added a second line break assist in the 31st minute with this line break being eerily similar to his first. After receiving the ball to the left of the play the ball Ryder Williams once again ran at the defensive line from the halfway mark before throwing a good inside ball to his right to once again put Mason Barber away through the centre of the field.
The 5th minute saw Ryder Williams take the defensive line on from the left of the play the ball and after dummying to his left, Ryder Williams was able to get the ball from twenty four metres from his try line to thirty eight metres out.
Ryder Williams continued at five eight in Round Three against the Norths Devils with Ryder Williams making the third hit-up of the match to get the ball from twenty five metres from his own try line to thirty seven metres out after running onto the ball to the left of the dummy half.
In the 38th minute Ryder Williams ran the ball to the left of the play the ball down a short blindside from sixteen metres out and was able to get within a metre of scoring seven metres in from the left corner post. Then in the 39th minute from the left of the play the ball once again Ryder Williams ran himself from the halfway mark to thirty eight metres from the try line.
Ryder Williams also did well in the 3rd minute when whilst defending on the left side of the field and just four metres from his own try line Ryder Williams did well to react quickly and take a low hard flat Norths kick just to his left on the full.
Ryder Williams also started at five eight in Round Four against the Redcliffe Dolphins and in the 14th minute from two passes to the left of the play the ball Ryder Williams bumped off one would be defender with Ryder Williams then beating a second before getting a right arm off-load away to his left to put Brock Lennox into space.
Ryder Williams came close to setting up a Tweed Heads try in the 29th minute when after receiving the ball to the left of the dummy half and ten metres from the try line, Ryder Williams threw a cut-out pass to put his left winger over in the left corner but the referee ruled that a Seagulls dummy runner interfered with a Dolphins defender and awarded a penalty against the Seagulls.
Earlier in the 21st minute Ryder Williams forced a Redcliffe goal line drop-out with a right foot grubber kick from ten metres out and on the left side of the field with Ryder Williams weighting his kick into the in-goal area to force the Redcliffe fullback to ground the ball and concede the drop-out.
The 50th minute saw Ryder Williams run to his left out of dummy half and after breaking a tackle Ryder Williams cut back towards his right to gain seventeen metres before being tackled eleven metres from the try line.
Ryder Williams continued at five eight in the Round Seven local derby against the Burleigh Bears with Ryder Williams making a line break in the 15th minute when after backing up a Seagulls half break Ryder Williams charged towards the try line from thirty metres out only to be brought down from behind just eight metres from the try line.
Ryder Williams made more metres in the 44th minute with an effort to the left of the play the ball to carry the ball from his own eighteen metre mark to thirty two metres out.
The 5th minute saw Ryder Williams, from forty two metres out drive a right foot kick towards the left corner down a short left blindside with the ball going over the touchline three metres from the left corner post.
Ryder Williams also started at five eight in Round Eight against the Wide Bay Bulls with Ryder Williams scoring in the 4th minute when after backing up on the inside of a Mason Barber line break down the left touchline Ryder Williams received a pass from his fullback from his left with Ryder Williams then running thirty metres to put the ball down in his left hand ten metres in from the left corner post.
Ryder William recorded his first try assist in the 47th minute when after taking possession of the ball to the left of the play the ball and thirteen metres from the try line Ryder Williams brought his left centre underneath him and into a gap for his centre to score next to the left upright.
Ryder Williams recorded a second try assist in the 66th minute with a deft right foot grubber kick into the in-goal for Joshua Donovan-Skinner to dive on the ball in the in-goal after Ryder Willians had received the ball to the left of the play the ball and put in the grubber kick ten metres from the try line.
Ryder Williams then added a third try assist in the 69th minute when after running the ball to the left of the play the ball from twenty metres from his own try line to thirty metres out Ryder Williams threw a no look pass to his right to Waylon Coldwell away to score from seventy metres ten metres in from the left corner post.
Ryder Williams also recorded a line break assist in the 59th minute when after running the ball from eighteen metres from his own try line to thirty metres out to the left of the dummy half Ryder Williams drew the Wide Bay right winger to put his left centre away with Tweed Heads scoring later in the same play.
In the 36th minute after picking up a Wide Bay dropped ball three metres inside is own territory Ryder Williams carried the ball eight metres into Wide Bay territory before getting a right arm off-load away to his left centre to promote the ball further.
Ryder Williams continued at five eight in Round Ten against the Ipswich Jets with Ryder Williams scoring in the 11th minute when after backing up a line break by Jake Lateo Ryder Williams received the ball from his fullback from his right from ten metres out to score under the posts.
Ryder Williams also recorded a try assist in the 4th minute when after running the ball to the left of het play the ball from sixteen metres to within eight metres of the try line, Ryder Williams threw a hard, flat pass to his left to put his left centre of their direct opponent and subsequently over to score in the left corner.
Ryder Williams also recorded a line break assist in the 58th minute when after running the ball to the left of the play the ball from the halfway mark to forty metres from the try line Ryder Williams took the ball right to the defensive line before throwing a no look inside ball to his right for Jake Lateo to make a line break before putting Zane Harrison over to score under the posts.
Ryder Williams ran the ball well himself in the 31st minute with a run down a left blindside from forty metres from the try line to twenty two metres out.
Ryder Williams had an outstanding match defensively with evidence of that coming in the 48th minute when after the Jets front rower No. 8 ran straight and hard at the try line Ryder Williams drove his right shoulder into him to force a knock on two metres from the try line.
Ryder Williams was at it again in the 57th minute with a great chase after the Ipswich right winger made a line break down the touchline with Ryder Williams able to grab the wingers jersey from behind with his left arm and throw him over the touchline just fourteen metres from the try line.
Ryder Williams performance saw him named at five eight in the Round Ten Courier Mail MM Cup Team of the Week.
Ryder Williams also started at five eight in Roud Eleven against the Brisbane Tigers and came close to scoring in the 55th minute when after an eight metre run from the left of the play the ball that saw Ryder Williams step off his left foot Ryder Williams got over the try line but was held up ten metres in from the left corner post.
Ryder Williams recorded the first of his two try assists in the 35th minute with a bullet cut-out pass to his left from six metres out to put his left winger over to score in the corner.
Ryder Williams recorded his second try assist in the 47th minute with another bullet cut-out pass to his left with his left winger once again the recipient from twelve metres out.
In the 17th minute from the left of the play the ball Ryder Williams ran down a left blindside from ten metres to twenty metres from his try line. Additionally in the Ryder Williams ran the ball to the left of the dummy half from forty metres to twenty nine metres from the try line. Then in the 49th mintute after dummying to his left Ryder Williams from the left of the play the ball Ryder Willaims ran the ball from ten metres inside his half to three metres into the Tigers half.
Ryder Williams produced a smart piece of play in the 26th minute with a one on one strip on the halfway mark with Ryder Williams then returning the ball ten metres.
Ryder Williams continued at five eight in the Preliminary Final against the Ipswich Jets with Ryder Williams scoring in the 48th minute when after backing up a line break by Mason Barber Ryder Williams received an off-load from his right from his fullback and raced thirty two metres to score two metres to the right of the goal posts.
Ryder Williams also recorded a try assist in the 52nd minute with a sweeping long pass to his left from twelve metres from the try line to put his winger over to score in the left corner.
Ryder Williams was also heavily involved in Jack Schmidt’s 68th minute try when from ten metres from his own try line and to the left of a Tweed Heads centre field scrum win, Ryder Williams put in a right foot chip kick to the area directly behind the scrum with Mason Barber retrieving the kick on the first bounce and then off-loading to Jack Schmidt who charged away to score.
Ryder Williams also made a line break in the 36th minute when after the Seagulls let an Ipswich bomb bounce the ball bounced back towards the Jets chasers but also directing into Ryder Williams’s hands fourteen metres from the try line with Ryder Williams then turning and charging down the left touchline and got seven metres into the Jets half.
Ryder Williams started at five eight for the Tweed Heads Seagulls in the 2024 MM Cup Grand Final against the Burleigh Bears with Ryder Williams recording a try assist in the 24th minute with a great cut out pass from twelve metres from the try line and two passes to the left of the play the ball to put his left winger over to score in the corner.
Ryder Williams then recorded a second try assist in the 55th minute with a great hard flat twenty metre cut-out pass from his left from nine metres out and to the left of the play the ball to put his winger over to score in the left corner.
Ryder Williams also forced a Burleigh goal line drop-out in the 64th minute by way of a right foot stab grubber kick from ten metres out and to the left of both the dummy half and the posts with the ball taken dead by the Burleigh right winger.
Ryder Williams also did well in the 34th minute when along with Billy Tonkin, he stopped the Burleigh right winger from getting to the ground after a run twelve metres from his try line and then from they dragged the winger five metres over the touchline.
Round One of the XXXX South East Queensland Chair’s Challenge saw Ryder Williams start at five eight for the Gold Coast Vikings against the Ipswich Diggers with Ryder Williams recording a try assist in the 46th minute with a hard flat cut-out pass to his left from eight metres out down a short left blindside to put his winger over to score in the left corner.
Ryder Williams came close to setting up a number of other tries for the Vikings including in the 45th minute when from twenty metres from the try line and to the left of the dummy half Ryder Williams ran the ball to within ten metres of the try line before putting Reico Ratana into a gap with a deft pass to his left only for his left second rower to be cut down just short of the try line. Three metres earlier in the 42nd minute Ryder Williams also put Reico Ratana into a gap from ten metres out with an off-load to his left but once again desperate Diggers defence brought Reico Ratana down just short. Then in the 65th minute from the left of the play the ball Ryder Williams brought Reico Ratana back underneath form eight metres out but yes again Reico Ratana was brought down desperately short of the try line.
Ryder Williams also started at five eight on Day Two of the XXXX South East Queensland Chair’s Challenge against Brisbane Poinsettias Red with Ryder Williams forced a goal line drop-out in the 25th minute with a right foot grubber kick into the in-goal from twelve metres out and to the left of the play the ball with the Brisbane Red fullback forced to ground the ball in-goal.
Ryder Williams made another impressive play in the 31st minute with a one on one strip in the centre of the field and thirty three metres of the try line with Ryder Williams then able to carry the ball three metres closer to the try line.
From the left of the play the ball Ryder Williams stepped off his left foot to wrong foot a number of defenders as he ran the ball from twenty to thirty two metres away from his try line.
The 56th minute saw Ryder Williams make a desperate last ditch try saving tackle to prevent the Brisbane Poinsettias Red left centre from scoring with Ryder Williams holding him up over the try line wide out.
Ryder Williams made his Gold Coast Rugby League First Grade debut in Round Six against the Currumbin Eagles with Ryder Williams starting at halfback for the Southport Tigers and operating on the left side of the field.
In the 8th minute from the left of a Southport scrum win Ryder Williams stepped his way from fourteen metres to within three metres of try line. Then from two passes to the left of the play the ball a Ryder Williams yardage carry saw him propel the ball from ten to twenty metres from his try line.
Ryder Williams did well to create space for his left centre in the 62nd minute when from thirty two metres from the try line and to the left of the dummy half Ryder Williams was able to exploit the space he was in to drew defenders before putting his centre on a run down the left channel.
Ryder Williams continued at five eight in Round Seven against the Burleigh Bears with Ryder Williams scoring in the 74th minute with a good run to the left of the play the ball from sixteen metres out with Ryder Williams breaking three tackles as he got over the try line to get the ball down ten metres in from the right corner post.
Ryder Williams had come close to scoring earlier in the match in the 25th minute when after picking up a desperate Tigers pass on the bounce from his right twenty metres from the try line on the right side of the field Ryder Williams set sail for the try line and stepped off his right foot to beat one defender and when twelve metres out Ryder Williams dummied to his left and simultaneously stepped off his left foot to beat a second defended only to be brought down desperately short of the try line and eight metres to the right of the goal posts.
Ryder Williams also recorded a try assist in the 40th minute when from three metres from the try line and to the left of the play the ball Ryder Williams spun a quick pass to his left that found his winger on the first bounce for him to dive over to score in the corner.
In the 37th minute after receiving the ball to the right of the play the ball on the halfway mark Ryder Williams stepped off his right foot as he made twelve metres downfield.
Ryder Williams highlighted his long kicking ability in the 3rd minute with a goal line drop-out to his left that sailed fifty three metres on the fly.
Ryder Williams also started at five eight in Round Eight against the Runaway Bay Seagulls with Ryder Williams scoring a double.
Ryder Williams scored his opening try in the 24th minute with a smart try when after players from both sides stopped thinking that there was a knock on, Ryder Williams however played the whistle and picked up the ball ten metres inside his own half and raced sixty metres to score ten metres in from the right corner post.
Ryder Williams completed his double in the 75th minute with a run from three passes to the right of the play the ball and after receiving the ball twenty two metres out Ryder Williams carried the ball to ten metres from the try line and after stepping off his right foot to beat the Runaway Bay left centre Ryder Williams crossed the try line and brought the ball around to score under the posts.
Ryder Williams also made a line break in the 5th minute when after taking possession of the ball three passes to the right of the play the ball and thirty seven metres from the try line Ryder Williams stepped off his right foot to beat the first defender with a second Ryder Williams right foot step beating another defender and then Ryder Williams broke a third tackle as he carried the ball to within five metres of the try line neat the right touchline.
The 33rd minute saw Ryder Williams carry the ball down the right channel from thirty five to within twenty two metres of the try line.
Ryder Williams moved to left centre in Round Nine against the Helensvale Hornets with Ryder Williams scoring in the 76th minute when after backing up a Tigers line break from deep inside Southport’s half Ryder Williams received the ball from his left forty five metres from the try line and after continuing to run to his right Ryder Williams stepped off hit right foot to turn the Hornets fullback inside out and then race away to put the ball down five metres to the right of the goal posts.
Ryder Williams recorded the first of his two try assists in the 36th minute when after running the ball to the left of the play the ball from twelve to eight metres from the try line Ryder Williams drew the Helensvale right winger and passed to his left to put his winger over to score in the left corner.
Ryder Williams recorded a second try assist in the 58th minute when from ten metres from the try line and ten metres from the try line Ryder Williams stepped off his right foot to cut back towards the left corner before passing to his left centre who as a result scored three metres in from the left corner post.
In the 8th minute after receiving the ball wide on the left side of the field Ryder Williams carried the ball from thirty two to eighteen metres from the try line and then in the 18th minute from the left of the play the ball Ryder Williams was able to run the ball from twenty to thirty two metres from his try line. Also in the 46th minute a Ryder Williams yardage carry from the left of a Tigers scrum win saw the ball moved from five to twenty five metres from the try line.
Ryder Williams then moved to right centre in Round Ten against the Tugun Seahawks and in the 44th minute after receiving the ball from an off-load from his right Ryder Williams ran the ball from twenty nine to forty metres from the try line.
Ryder Williams ran out of dummy half to his right in the 57th minute from thirty to forty five metres from the try line with approximately 70% of the metres being post contact. Then in the 64th minute from the left of the play the ball Ryder Williams carried the ball down a left blindside from twenty to thirty six metres from the try line and in the 66th minute Ruder Williams ran the ball through the centre of the field from seventeen to thirty metres from the try line. Also in the 71st minute from the left of the play the ball one again and through the centre of the field once again Ryder Williams made twelve metres from his own thirty.
Ryder Williams was back at five eight in Round Eleven against the Currumbin Eagles with Ryder Williams involved in a Tigers try in the 70th minute with a high bomb from thirty metres out and to the right of the play the ball with Ryder Williams bomb dropped by the Eagles left winger for the Southport right winger to take possession and score in the right corner.
In the 42nd minute from the right of the play the ball Ryder Williams used a right foot step to run from twenty two to within six metres of the try line. Also in the 52nd minute from the right of the play the ball and thirty eight metres from the try line Ryder Williams dummied twice to inside runners before stepping off his right foot to beat two defenders as he ran to twenty eight metres from the try line before off-loading to his left. Then in the 69th minute from the right of the play the ball Ryder Williams got from nineteen to thirty one metres from the try line.
Ryder Williams continued at five eight in Round Twelve against the Burleigh Bears with Ryder Williams recording a try assist in the 58th minute when after running the ball from ten to four metres from the try line two passes to the left of the play the ball Ryder Williams held up a great short pass to his left to put his left centre over to score four metres in from the left corner post.
Ryder Williams did well in the 4th minute to knock down a grubber kick to his left (knocked it backwards) and dive on the ball surrounded by Burleigh chasers three metres from his try line and ten metres in from the left touchline.
Ryder Williams did well defensively in the 6th minute with a try saving one on one ball and tall tackle moving to his right on the Bears left second rower (No. 12) four metres from the try line.
A Ryder Williams short goal line drop-out in the 75th minute to his left was retrieved by the Tigers and a minute it was rinse and repeat with the same thing happening.
Ryder Williams came off the bench to operate at five eight for the Southport Tigers in the 46th minute of the GCRL First Grade Week Two Final against the Currumbin Eagles with Ryder Williams recording a try assist in the 56th minute when after receiving the ball wide on the right side of the field Ryder Williams ran the ball from eighteen to four metres from the try line and whilst being held by two defenders Ryder Williams got his right arm free and got a “low arm” off-load away to his inside for his support player to score ten metres in from the left corner post.
Almost immediately after coming onto the field Ryder Williams ran the ball through the centre of the field from six metres inside his half to ten metres into the Eagles. Also in the 75th minute from the right of the play the ball Ryder Williams ran the ball from twenty to within seven metres of the try line. Then in the 77th minute from two passes to the right of the play the ball and forty metres from the try line Ryder Williams got the ball three metres inside the Eagles half.
The 74th minute saw Ryder Williams put in a short kick-off to his left with the ball retrieved by Southport just after crossing the ten metre plane.
In late July 2023 Ryder Williams started at five eight for a Titans U19 side that travelled to Townsville to play a Cowboys U19 side in an NRL curtain-raiser with Ryder Williams scoring in the 9th minute when after chasing through a kick from Tanu Nona after the Titans hooker had made a line break from deep inside Titans territory, Ryder Williams dived on the loose ball eight metres from the try line. After playing the ball Ryder Williams stayed alert and after Blake Forder had made space near the play the ball, The Titans fullback got the ball to Ryder Williams who darted between two Cowboys defender on the try line to score eight metres to the right of the goal posts.
In the 53rd minute from the right of the play the ball and eighteen metres from the try line Ryder Williams cut back to his left and was able to beat a number of defenders before being brought to ground two metres out and to the left of the uprights.
In January 2023 Ryder Williams started at five eight for the Titans U17 side in their annual match at Coffs Harbour against the Newcastle Knights with Ryder Williams almost setting up a try in just the in the 4th minute when after Ryder Williams had generated an overlap down the left he passed to an unmarked Izayah Petrichvich who had the line open in front of him but the pass did not find the mark.
Ryder Williams also did well in the 47th minute when after running the ball down a wide left blindside from his own thirty one metre mark Ryder Williams drew in the “B” Knights defender and got a good short ball away to his left to a charging Taylan To’o who was able to make a further sixteen metres downfield.
Ryder Williams also started at five eight a week later for the Titans U17’s against the Brisbane Bronco’s U17’s on the Gold Coast with Ryder Williams operating on his usual left side of the field.
Ryder Williams was at his scheming best against the Bronco’s and also showcased his elite kicking game with a great right foot kick from just inside Brisbane territory with the Bronco’s right winger tackled less than a metre out from his own try line after retrieving Ryder Williams pin point kick into the left corner to pin the Bronco’s on their own try line.
In early December 2022 Ryder Williams took part in a joint training session between the Titans JTS contracted players and the Titans NRL off-season training squad.
In late September 2022 Ryder Williams was named in the 2023 Burleigh Bears MM Cup Squad and Ryder Williams is also MM Cup eligible in 2024.
Ryder Williams started at five eight in the Bears third and final 2023 MM Cup trial against the Brisbane Tigers. With Ryder Williams recording an outstanding try assist in the 10th minute. With the Bears on the attack the Tigers defence knocked down a Cooper Bai off-load with Ryder Williams swooping on the dropped ball twenty five metres out and in the centre of the field and burst away beating the fullback with a right foot step but when he was eight metres out from the try line but as he was going to ground Ryder Williams got away a superb right arm flick off-load to his right to a trailing Bailey McConnell who dived over to score next to the right upright.
Ryder Williams recorded a second try assist in the 16th minute when Ryder Williams threw a great long flat pass to his right from twelve metres out to put Sam Stephenson into space to score in the left corner.
Ryder Williams then recorded a line break assist in the 11th minute when from thirty two metres out from his own try line and to the left of the play the ball Ryder Williams threw another hard flat pass to his left to put Sam Stephenson on a twenty metre run down the left touchline.
Ryder Williams recorded a line break of his own in the 49th minute when after receiving an off-load from Oscar Laffranchi in the centre of the field and twenty five metres out Ryder Williams raced towards the try line only to be brought down two metres short of scoring.
Ryder Williams threw another outrageous right arm flick off-load in the 27th minute when after receiving the ball to the right of the play the ball around thirty five metres out, Ryder Williams stepped off his left foot twice to beat defenders before throwing the flick off-load to his right to Bailey McConnell.
Ryder Williams also did well in the 11th minute when after receiving an off-load from Waaka Hepi Ryder Williams beat two defenders with left and right foot steps before getting an off-load away to his right to a trailing Bailey McConnell.
Ryder Williams was named to start at five eight in Round One of the 2023 U18 Mal Meninga Cup competition for the Bears against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls with Ryder Williams recording a try assist in the 19th minute when after receiving the ball twelve metres out from the try line and to the left of the play the ball Ryder Williams ran parallel to the Seagulls defensive line and then at the last minute Ryder Williams put in a grubber kick with the outside of his right foot with Matari Donovan then racing through to get the ball down just before the dead ball line and mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the left side of the field.
Ryder Williams also recorded an earlier try assist in the 3rd minute when from eight metres out and on the left side of the field Ryder Williams ran to his left and threw a good short ball to Zyroam Taurawa-Herlihy who ran a straight crash line only to be held up ten metres in from the left corner post.
Ryder Williams recorded a line break in the 34th minute when after receiving the ball to the left of the play the ball from the dummy half Ryder Williams ran at the oncoming defensive line before stepping off his left to beat the initial defender with Ryder Williams then skipping out of another attempted tackle. After racing thirty five metres down the centre of the field Ryder Williams was able to draw the fullback and get a pass away to his right to Austin Marsters.
Ryder Williams recorded a line break assist in the 8th minute when from thirty five metres out from his own try line Ryder Williams ran the ball down a short left blindside and after running ten metres towards the Wynnum Manly defensive line Ryder Williams threw a great hard flat cut-out pass to put left winger Matari Donovan away down the left touch line.
Ryder Williams also started at five eight in for Round Two against the Souths Logan Magpies with Ryder Williams initial impact in the match coming after just twelve seconds (yes seconds) when from the second play of the match Ryder Williams received the ball to the left of the dummy half inside his own twenty metre area and then threw a cut-out pass to his left to put left centre Sam Stephenson on a twenty metre run down the left side of the field.
Ryder Williams then recorded a try assist in the 30th minute when from nine metres out and to the left of the uprights Ryder Williams threw a hard flat cut-out pass to his left to put Sam Stephenson on the outside of the last Magpies right sided defender with Sam Stephenson crossing the try line wide out on the right before bringing the ball around and putting it down ten metres to the left of the uprights.
Ryder Williams recorded a line break assist in the 41st minute when from on the halfway mark Ryder Williams threw a cut-out pass to his left to put Matari Donovan on a fifteen metre burst down the left touchline.
Ryder Williams ran the ball himself in the 56th minute from thirty five metres out from his own try line down a short left blindside with Ryder Williams stepping his way to within three metres of the try line.
Ryder Williams did well in the 11th minute when he chased through a Bears clearing kick and smashed the Magpies fullback with a heavy front on tackle as the fullback was returning the kick with Ryder Williams initial contact rocking the fullback back onto his heals.
Ryder Williams continued at five eight in Round Three against the Brisbane Tigers with Ryder Williams converting Wailer Whaiapu’s 65th minute try from thirteen metres in from the left corner post.
Ryder Williams recorded a line break assist in the 12th minute when whilst operating on the left side of the field down a wide blindside Ryder Williams took the ball deep into the defensive line before throwing a hard flat cut-out pass to Sam Stephenson to make a line break down the left touchline with Sam Stephenson getting an off-load away to his inside after drawing the fullback for Jac Finnigan to score.
Ryder Williams forced a Tigers goal line drop-out in the 8th minute when to the left of the play the ball and forty metres from the try line Ryder Williams put in a hard low driving right foot kick which pulled up two metres from the dead ball line with the ensuing Burleigh chase trapping the fullback in-goal.
Ryder Williams made a smart run in the 7th minute when to the left of the play the ball and thirty six metres from his own try line Ryder Williams initially looked to pass the ball to his left but after seeing the Tigers right sided defence coming up quickly Ryder Williams ran the ball himself, stepping off his left foot to get the ball withing to metres of the halfway mark.
Ryder Williams came close to setting up a try for Philip Hakaraia-Ngamotu in the 33rd minute when from twelve metres out and in front of the posts Ryder Williams put a right foot grubber kick into the in-goal but a horror bounce saw the ball bounce agonisingly away from Philip Hakaraia-Ngamotu’s grasp.
Ryder Williams highlighted his defensive intelligence in the 23rd minute when whilst defending ten metres out from his own try line Ryder Williams sensed that the Bears left sided defence were facing a two man overlap and came out of the defensive line and tackle the Tigers halfback just as he received the ball to immediately eliminate the attacking threat.
Ryder Williams then moved to halfback for Round Four against the Norths Devils with Ryder Williams recording a line break in the 38th minute when Ryder Williams backed up a line break by Gary Whare-Herlihy to get an off-load from the dummy half forty two metres out with Ryder Williams winding his way to twenty five metres out from the try line before he was brought down from behind.
Ryder Williams then anticipated a Norths attacking grubber kick in the 46th minute with Ryder Williams initially knocking the ball up in the air backwards with the ball just in the field of play and then Ryder Williams tracked the ball back to take possession in the in-goal area with Ryder Williams able to get the ball back into the field of play by three metres before Ryder Williams was brought to ground.
After Burleigh had a Round Five bye, Ryder Williams moved back to five eight for Round Six against the Redcliffe Dolphins with Ryder Williams setting up the Bears only try of the match in the 22nd minute when after receiving the ball to the left of the play the ball ten metres out, Ryder Williams ran the ball down a wide left blindside and after he had drawn a defender out of the defensive line Ryder Williams got a good ball away to his left to put Sam Stephenson over to score six metres in from the left touchline.
Ryder Williams came close to scoring himself in the 50th minute only to be held up over the try line five metres in from the left corner post after running out of dummy half to his left from two metres out.
Ryder Williams also forced a Dolphins goal line drop-out in the 11th minute when from the left of the play the ball and ten metres out Ryder Williams put in a right foot stab kick into the in-goal with the kick having to be taken dead by the Dolphins defenders.
Ryder Williams put up a high bomb from twenty five metres out and in the centre of the field towards the left corner with the ball knocked on by the Dolphins fullback and then picked up in an offside position by another Redcliffe player for Burleigh to be awarded a penalty.
Ryder Williams also started at five eight in the Round Seven local derby against the Tweed Heads Seagulls with Ryder Williams scoring an outstanding solo try in the 68th minute when after receiving the ball to the left of the play the ball Ryder Williams ran the ball two metres over the halfway mark before putting in a right foot chip kick over the defensive line for himself with Ryder Williams collecting the ball after its first bounce just in front of the oncoming Seagulls fullback. After rounding the fullback by veering to his right Ryder Williams raced towards the try line and after being caught by the fullback just short of the try line Ryder Williams was able to twist over the try line with the fullback beneath him and reach his right arm around to get the ball down five metres to the right of the uprights.
Ryder Williams also kicked a good short kick-off in the 66th minute with a high short kick-off to his left which just travelled the requisite ten metres and landed perfectly for Sam Stephenson to take the ball on the full and charge to within five metres of the try line.
Ryder Williams finished the 2023 MM Cup season recording four try assists.
Round One of the 2023 GCRL U18 Division One competition saw Ryder Williams start at halfback for the Southport Tigers against the Burleigh Bears with Ryder Williams scoring a try and setting up two more. Ryder Williams also kicked a perfect five from five conversions including an outstanding conversion of a try that he set up in the 10th minute from the left touchline. Ryder Williams then kicked a good conversion from six metres in from the right touchline in the 50th minute.
Ryder Williams scored in the 6th minute when two passes to the left of the play the ball Ryder Williams ran the ball at the defensive line and when he was ten metres out from the try line Ryder Williams put in a short right foot grubber which he regathered and dived over to score ten metres to the left of the uprights with Ryder Williams then converting his own try.
Ryder Williams came close to scoring in the 42nd minute when after running the ball from ten metres out down a left blindside Ryder Williams was held up over the try line by two defenders around six metres in from the left corner post.
Ryder Williams recorded the first of his two try assists in the 10th minute when from twenty two metres out Ryder Williams took possession of the ball down a short left blindside and put in a right foot chip kick over the defensive line with his left centre retrieving the ball and scoring wide out on the left.
Ryder Williams recorded his second try assist in the 18th minute when from the left of the play the ball when twenty five metres out from the try line, Ryder Williams put up another right foot chip kick towards the left corner with the Tigers left second rower charging through to take possession and score mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the left side of the field.
Ryder Williams also made a line break in the 18th minute when he ran onto a great short ball from his right from one of his front rowers with Ryder Williams taking the pass forty metres out from his own try line and getting to within thirty metres of the try line before he was brought to ground by the Bears fullback.
Ryder Williams also executed a smart kick-off after a Bears try in the 46th minute with Ryder Williams kicking off to his right to the ball going into touch ten metres out from the try line for the Tigers to gain possession and go immediately onto the attack with Southport scoring from the resultant set of six tackles.
Ryder Williams continued at halfback in Round Two against the Helensvale Hornets with Ryder Williams scoring twenty points from three tries and four conversions.
Ryder Williams scored the first of his three tries in the 6th minute and in fact Ryder Williams initiated the line break that led to him coring when from five metres inside his own territory Ryder Williams threw a cut-out pass to his left to put his left centre into a gap. Ryder Williams then backed up on the inside to get the ball back and cross the try line twelve metres to the left of the uprights with Ryder Williams then able to bring the ball around and put it down under the posts.
Ryder Williams scored his second try in the 32nd minute and once against Ryder Williams initiated the move that led to him scoring. From thirty five metres from the try line and to the left of the play the ball Ryder Williams threw a cut-out pass to put his left centre away with Ryder Williams then getting the ball back from the centre with a good catch above his head in his right hand with Ryder Williams then able to bring the ball around to put it down once again under the black dot.
Ryder Williams completed his hat trick in the 36th minute when after running the ball to his left thirty eight metres out, Ryder Williams brought his left second rower on an underneath route and after the second rower had broken through the defensive line he got a pass back to Ryder Williams who then dummied to his right to beat the Hornets fullback to score three metres to the left of the uprights.
Ryder Williams also recorded a try assist in the 27th minute when to the left of the play the ball and twenty five metres out, Ryder Williams took the ball to the defensive line and then threw a great ball to his left to put his left second rower into a big gap to subsequently score.
Ryder Williams made a strong run of the ball in the 13th minute when from the left of the play the ball and five metres inside his own territory Ryder Williams dummied to an inside runner before running the ball himself to get the ball around thirty three metres from the try line.
Round Eleven saw Ryder Williams start at halfback against the Burleigh Bears with Ryder Williams kicking two conversions in a tough day for the Tigers. Ryder Williams kicked his first conversion in the 35th minute from ten metres to the right of the uprights before kicking his second conversion from three metres to the right of the uprights in the 43rd minute.
Ryder Williams displayed his match awareness in the 13th minute when with the ball loose on the ground just fourteen metres from his try line and a number of Burleigh players hovering nearby, Ryder Williams did not hesitate and dived on the ball.
After receiving an off-load in the 47th minute and thirty metres from the try line, Ryder Williams ran the ball to within fifteen metres of the try line threatening to pass to his right on multiple occasions.
Ryder Williams started at halfback in the Week Two Qualifying Final against the Burleigh Bears with Ryder Williams kicking three conversions from as many attempts with Ryder Williams kicking his first conversion in the 23rd minute from directly in front. Ryder Williams then added a second conversion from three metres to the right of the goal posts in the 27th minute before converting Austin Marsters try under the posts in the 34th minute.
Inside the opening minute of the match Ryder Williams took possession of the ball to the right of the dummy half twenty metres out and ran the ball to within seven metres of the try line and five metres in from the right touchline.
Ryder Williams kicked an impressive 40/20 in the 14th minute with a low, hard. Driving right foot kick from an acute angle from thirty eight metres out from his own try line to the ball going over the right touchline twelve metres out from the Bears try line.
In the 11th minute Ryder Williams kicked a short goal line drop-out to his left with the Southport left winger jumping above the opposing Burleigh players to take the drop-out on the full just after it had gone the required ten metres. Then in the 33rd minute with Southport forced into another goal line drop-out, Ryder Williams dribbled a drop-out straight down the middle with Southport regaining possession once the ball had crossed the ten metre mark.
Ryder Williams put up a high, spiralling bomb in the 40th minute from thirty metres out and to the right of the play the ball back to the left with the Burleigh right winger knocking the ball on in the in-goal area to require a Bears goal line drop-out.
Ryder William made a try saving tackle in the 39th minute when he raced across to his right to put the Burleigh left winger over the try line and knock the ball loose before the ball was grounded to give Southport a seven tackle set. Then in the 54th minute Ryder Williams raced to his right once again and once again crunched the Bears left winger to bring him down centremetres short of the try line and four metres in from the right corner post.
Ryder Williams also did well defensively in the 42nd minute to grab hold of a Burleigh player five metres in from the right touchline with Ryder Williams able to keep him from getting to ground and then drag him over the touch line to force a change over.
In early March 2023 Ryder Williams was named at five eight for the South Coast School Boy Rugby League Open Representative side and starting there on Day One of the Championships against Capricornia with Ryder Williams kicking four conversions including a great effort from the left touchline in the 56th minute to convert Sam Stephenson’s try in the left corner.
Ryder Williams also recorded two try assists with the first coming in the 11th minute when from twenty metres out and just to the left of the uprights Ryder Williams put up a high bomb to the right with the ball coming down right on the try line and into the arms of Jett Bryce who got the ball down ten metres in from the right corner post.
Ryder Williams added a second try assist in the 28th minute when from twelve metres out and five metres to the left of the uprights Ryder Williams put up a high right foot bomb towards the left corner with Zyroam Taurawa-Herlihy racing through and taking the kick on the full in the in-goal and get the ball down before the dead ball line.
Ryder Williams also recorded a line break assist in the 14th minute when after running the ball down a short left blindside from thirty five metres out, Ryder Williams engaged the A defender before popping a good short pass to his left to put his left second rower through a gap.
Ryder Williams also started at five eight on Day Two against Met East with Ryder Williams scoring a try and kicking two conversions in a tough two point come from behind victory for South Coast with one of Ryder Williams conversions coming in the 26th minute from the left touchline.
Ryder Williams scored in the 56th minute when Ryder Williams followed through a hit-up from one of his forwards and after receiving the ball from his right twenty eight metres from the try line Ryder Williams burst into open space and raced to his right to round the fullback and score a critical try to get South Coast back into the match ten metres to the right of the uprights. Ryder Williams then converted his own try.
Ryder Williams also recorded a try assist in the 26th minute with a long cut-out pass to his left from twelve metres out to put Sam Stephenson outside his opposite number and over to score in the left corner.
Ryder Williams recorded a second try assist in the 59th minute to set up the match winning try for South Coast when to the left of the play the ball and ten metres out Ryder Williams threw a long cut-out pass to hi left to put the ball on the chest of Sam Stephenson who was able to score in the left corner under heavy pressure from two defenders to win the match for South Coast.
Ryder Williams was also heavily involved in South Coast’s opening try of the match in the 15th minute when from the right side of the field but to the left of the goal posts and around twenty metres out form the try line Ryder Williams put up a bomb to the right side of the field and after the ball was tapped back by South Coast the right winger was able to score in the right corner.
The 25th minute also saw Ryder Williams force a goal line drop-out when from the left of the play the ball ad around twelve metres out Ryder Williams put in a right foot grubber kick into the in-goal near the left corner with the Met East fullback trapped in-goal to force the goal line drop-out.
Ryder Williams had earlier showed his innate sense of anticipation and timing with his backing up skills in the 4th minute when with the play the ball twenty metres out from the South Coast try line Isaiah F@galilo ran to his left out of dummy half making eighteen metres before getting a good ball away to his left to Ryder Williams who was then able to carry the ball to the halfway mark before being brought to ground.
Ryder Williams continued at five eight on Day Three against Sunshine Coast with Ryder Williams kicking six conversions from as many attempts as South Coast remained undefeated.
Ryder Williams also recorded a line break assist in the 31st minute when after receiving the ball to the left of the play the ball down a short left blindside, Ryder Williams ran at the defensive line and after drawing one defender out of the try line Ryder Williams put Sam Stephenson into a gap ten metres from the halfway mark with ultimately Sunny Kama scoring after Sam Stephenson had drawn the fullback.
Ryder Williams showcased his all-out effort in the 22nd minute when from just inside his own forty metre mark and to the right of the play the ball Ryder Williams drove a right foot kick into the Sunshine Coast in-goal towards the right corner and then Ryder Williams along with Jake Lateo crunched the fullback and as a consequence he lost the ball ten metres out from the try line with South Coast scoring from the subsequent set of set tackles from the scrum.
The match also saw Ryder Williams record two one on one steals, with the first coming in the 41st minute with Ryder Williams stealing the ball on the halfway mark and return the ball ten metres. Then in the 56th minute Ryder Williams executed his second one on one steal of the match just fifteen metres out from his own try line to totally change the momentum of the match.
Ryder Williams also started at five eight in the Day Four 2023 QSSRL School Boy Open Grand Final against Capricornia with Ryder Williams scoring a try. Ryder Williams also kicked four conversions from as many attempts including a 32nd minute conversion from the right touchline, then in the final minute of the first half Ryder Williams kicked a penalty goal from twenty one metres out and five metres to the right of the uprights.
Ryder Williams scored in the 54th minute when Ryder Williams charged onto a good short ball from his left from Bailey McConnell who had created space out of dummy half with Ryder Williams receiving the ball four metres out with Ryder Williams diving between two defenders to get the ball down six metres to the left of the uprights. Ryder Williams then stepped up to convert his own try.
The 5th minute also saw Ryder Williams force a Capricornia goal line drop-out when to the right of the play the ball and ten metres out Ryder Williams put in a right foot grubber kick into the in-goal with the Capricornia fullback trapped in-goal by Zyroam Taurawa-Herlighy and Jake Lateo who had chased through Ryder Williams well weighted and placed grubber kick.
Ryder Williams also did well in the 46th minute to change the entire momentum of the match even though South Coast led 8 – 6 but with Capricornia having all of the momentum, Ryder Williams executed a one on one steal of the ball five metres inside Capricornia territory.
Ryder Williams also did well defensively in the 59th minute when he came out of the South Coast defensive line when defending on the right to force a mistake from the Capricornia five eight twenty metres out from the try line. Then after Sam Stephenson had picked up the dropped ball Ryder Williams backed up his left centre and when five metres inside Capricornia Ryder Williams got the ball back from Sam Stephenson with Ryder Williams getting to within eighteen metres of the try line with Ryder Williams then being awarded a penalty for being held down too long in the tackle.
Ryder Williams finished the 2023 QSSRL Open School Boy Rugby League Queensland Championships as the Championships leading points scorer with forty two points.
Round One of the 2023 School Boy Rugby League Langer Cup competition saw Ryder Williams named at halfback for Keebra Park SHS against Ipswich SHS with Ryder Williams kicking five conversions from six attempts in a 34 – 18 Keebra Park SHS victory with Ryder Williams kicking a great conversion from three metres in from the right touchline in the 34th minute and then in the 58th minute Ryder Williams kicked a conversion from the left touchline.
Ryder Williams also recorded a line break in the 58th minute when after the Ipswich SHS right centre lost the ball in a tackle twenty metres out from the Keebra Park SHS try line, Ryder Williams collected the ball whilst it was rolling on the ground at full speed with Ryder Williams racing thirty metres downfield to then off-load to his left as he was being tackled from before with Keebra Park SHS scoring in the left corner after a subsequent pass.
The 32nd minute saw Ryder Williams put in a right foot bomb from the left side of the field towards the right corner with the Ipswich SHS left winger knocking the ball on ten metres out from the try line for Keebra Park SHS to regain the ball with another set of six tackles and go on the attack immediately.
Ryder Williams put another smart kick in the 52nd minute when from twenty five metres out from the try line down a short left blindside Ryder Williams took the ball to the defensive line before putting in a chip kick over the defensive line and into the in-goal with the Ipswich SHS fullback forced to take the ball over the dead ball line with a goal line drop-out required by Ipswich SHS to restart the match.
Ryder Williams made a good run in the 47th minute when after picking up a dropped Ipswich SHS pass thirty five metres out with Ryder Williams then running twenty metres down the left touchline.
Ryder Williams was also named at halfback for Round Two against Marsden SHS with the match played at Cbus Stadium as a curtain-raiser to the Titans Round Fifteen NRL match against the Wests Tigers with Ryder Williams kicking two conversions from as many attempts to convert both of Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki’s tries. Ryder Williams also kicked a 50th minute penalty goal from thirty metres out and directly in front of the goal posts.
Ryder Williams made a good run of the ball in the 29th minute when after receiving an off-load from his right five metres from the halfway mark, Ryder Williams raced forward and after getting ten metres inside Marsden SHS territory Ryder Williams got an off-load away to his left whilst being tackled from behind.
Ryder Williams kicking game was on song in the 7th minute when from near the centre of the field Ryder Williams put up a high bomb towards the right wing which could not be handled by the Marsden SHS left winger with Keebra Park SHS getting the ball back by way of a scrum ten metres out from the try line.
Ryder Williams kicking game was highlighted again in the 18th minute when from twenty metres out and in the centre of the field Ryder Williams put in a right foot chip towards the left corner with the Marsden SHS defence forced to ground the ball dead in-goal and restart the match by way of a goal line drop-out.
Ryder Williams did well defensively in the 13th minute with a good covering tackle on the Marsden SHS right winger with Ryder Williams initial contact forcing the winger to knock the ball on.
Ryder Williams continued at halfback in Round Three against Redcliffe SHS with Ryder Williams finishing the match with an individual points haul of sixteen points from a try and six conversions from seven attempts including an outstanding conversion from the left touch line in the 42nd minute. Ryder Williams that kicked another good conversion in the 53rd minute from eight metres in from the right touchline.
Ryder Williams scored in the 67th minute when Ryder Williams backed up a half break by Jett Bryce to take the pass from his left three metres from the try line with Ryder Williams bringing the ball around to put it down under the posts to make his own conversion that much easier. In fact it was a Ryder Williams pass that enabled Jett Bryce to make the half break.
Ryder Williams also made a line break in the 21st minute from seven metres inside his own territory with Ryder Williams weaving his way to within twenty seven metres of the try line before getting an off-loa away to his left second rower.
Ryder Williams then made a second line break in the 40th minute when after receiving an off-load on the halfway mark from Jett Bryce, who Ryder Williams had in fact passed the ball to, Ryder Williams raced twenty eight downfield weaving his way through traffic with Ryder Williams then able to get an off-load away to Mason Barber who had loomed up on Ryder Williams’s right.
Ryder Williams recorded a line break assist in the 16th minute when from inside his own twenty metre area and to the left of the play the ball, Ryder Williams executed an old fashioned run around with Jett Bryce and after getting the ball back from the second rower Ryder Williams was able to make ten metres downfield before a smart pass between multiple defenders saw Zyroam Taurawa-Herlihy make a fifty metre line break down the left touchline.
After three rounds of the 2023 School Boy Langer Cup competition Ryder Williams was the competition’s leading points’ scorer with thirty two points.
Ryder Williams also started at halfback in Round Four against Caloundra SHS with Ryder Williams putting on a clinic in a big Keebra Park SHS victory including scoring a double and kicking six conversions from as many attempts including conversions from the left touchline in the 32nd and the 37th minutes to convert spectacular Zyroam Taurawa-Herlihy’s tries. Ryder Williams also converted his own 57th minute try from ten metres in from the right touchline.
Ryder Williams scored in the 13th minute under the posts after backing up good work out of dummy half from Isaiah F@galilo and a subsequent off-load from Taylor Whittington.
Ryder Williams scored his second try in the 57th minute when from deep inside Keebra Park SHS territory Ryder Williams ran the ball to the left of the play the ball from twenty metres out down a left blindside and after running ten metres Ryder Williams passed inside to Zyroam Taurawa-Herlihy who exploded through a gap and when he got to the halfway mark, Zyroam Taurawa-Herlihy drew the Caloundra SHS fullback and passed to his right to Ryder Williams who ran to his left whilst being chased by a defender to score ten metres in from the right corner post.
Ryder Williams recorded a try assist in the 37th minute when from the left of the play the ball and ten metres from the try line Ryder Williams threw a spectacular twenty five metre cut-out pass to his left straight onto the chest of Zyroam Taurawa-Herlihy who then had a ten metre run down the left touchline before a spectacular dive saw him score in the left corner.
Ryder Williams also threw the final pass for Mason Barber’s 50th minute try.
Ryder Williams also recorded a line break assist in the 17th minute when from the left of a Keebra Park SHS scrum win, Ryder Williams threw a long cut-out pass to his left from eight metres out from his own try line to put Zyroam Taurawa-Herlihy outside of his opposing winger and on a thirty four metres run down the left touchline.
Ryder Williams recorded a second line break assist in the 47th minute when from the left of the play the ball and five metres inside his own territory Ryder Williams put a good short ball to his left onto the chest of Joseph Tupuse who made a thirty metre line break down the left channel.
The 42nd minute saw Ryder Williams make a good run down a short left blindside from twenty eight metres out with Ryder Williams getting to within ten metres of the try line before being tackled near the left touchline.
After four Rounds of the 2023 School Boy Langer Cup competition, Ryder Williams was the competition’s leading points scorer with fifty two points.
After missing Round Five, Ryder Williams returned to the Keebra Park SHS side in the Round Six Gold Coast derby against PBC SHS with Ryder Williams kicking an outstanding goal line drop-out that travelled over the halfway mark on the full and was only collected by the PBC SHS halfback after it had travelled a total of seventy metres in the 6th minute.
Ryder Williams also put up a high bomb in the 33rd minute from the halfway mark towards the right corner with the ball knocked on by PBC SHS just six metres out from the try line.
After six rounds of the 2023 School Boy Rugby League Langer Cup competition Ryder Williams was second on the points scoring list with fifty two points scored.
Ryder Williams also started at halfback in Round Seven against Mabel Park SHS with Ryder Williams recording a try assist in the 9th minute when after receiving the ball to the right of the play the ball ten metres out, Ryder Williams continued to run to his right and after drawing the Mabel Park SHS left winger, Ryder Williams passed to his right to an unmarked Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki who scored untouched four metres in from the right corner post.
Ryder Williams also made a line break in the 26th minute when after picking up a lost ball by Mabel Park SHS ten metres out from his own try line and on the left side of the field, Ryder Williams went on a winding run to his right that included three left foot steps to carry the ball out to the thirty four metre mark.
Ryder Williams also recorded a line break assist in the 49th minute when from the left of the play the ball and thirty metres out from his own try line Ryder Williams put his five eight into a gap to make a long line break down the left channel.
Earlier in the match in the 8th minute from the left of a Keebra Park SHS scrum win twenty metres out from the try line and in the centre of the field Ryder Williams cut back to his right and got to less than a metre away from the try line before being tackled mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the right side of the field.
Ryder Williams also got a result from a short goal line drop-out to his left in the 38th minute with Ryder Williams high drop-out recovered on the full by Keebra Park SHS.
Ryder Williams finished the 2023 School Boy Rugby League Langer Cup competition’s regular season as the competitions second leading points scorer with fifty two points.
After Keebra Park SHS finished fifth on the 2023 School Boy Rugby League Langer Cup table after the completion of the regular season, Ryder Williams started at halfback for Keebra Park SHS in their Quarter Final clash against PBC SHS with Ryder Williams kicking two conversions from as many attempts to convert both of Isaiah F@galilo’s tries in a tough Keebra Park SHS loss to end their 2023 season.
Ryder Williams kicked his initial conversion in the 4th minute from mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the left side of the field with Ryder Williams then kicking his second conversion in the 28th minute from four metres to the right of the uprights.
At the conclusion of the Langer Cup Ryder Williams received a special mention by the Courier Mail in the 2023 Langer Cup School Boy Rugby League Team of the Year discussions.
In early June 2023 Ryder Williams was named in the New Zealand Māori U17 side after representing Lotahitanga Wairua at the 2023 New Zealand Māori Championships.
In early May 2022 Ryder Williams made his first appearance in a Titans jersey when he started at five eight for the Titans JTS U16 squad that took on a Northern Rivers Titans U17 squad at Cbus Stadium as a curtain-raiser to the Titans NRL Round Fourteen against the Souths Sydney Rabbitohs with Ryder Williams scoring in the second half when after initially shaping to kick Ryder Williams before throwing a dummy to break through the line and score.
In late September 2022 Ryder Williams started at five eight for the Titans U16’s in their annual Anthony Laffranchi Cup match against the Balmain Tigers with Ryder Williams scoring in the 42nd minute with a stepping run through the Tigers defensive line.
Ryder Williams also recorded a try assist in the 14th minute when on the left side of the field Ryder Williams passed the ball to his left to put Sam Stephenson over to score five metres in from the left corner post.
2022 also saw Ryder Williams move to Keebra Park SHS making his first ‘official’ appearance for Keebra Park State High School in Round One of the 2022 School Boy Walters Cup competition when he started at halfback against Ipswich State High School.
Ryder Williams certainly made an impressive first impression including kicking five conversions from as many attempts including a great conversion from the right touchline in the 44th minute.
In fact Ryder Williams recorded a try assist for the try he converted from the right touchline when from on the halfway mark down a short right blindside Ryder Williams put in a hard low right foot kick with his right winger racing through to collect the ball just short of the try line and dive over to score in the right corner with the Ipswich SHS cover defence trailing by a fair distance.
Ryder Williams also started Round Three of the 2022 Walters Cup School Boy Rugby League competition at halfback against Marsden SHS with Ryder Williams scoring two tries and kicking six conversions including a great effort from the left touchline in the 48th minute of a big Keebra Park SHS victory.
Ryder Williams opening try came in just the 5th minute when after receiving a great short ball from his left from his hooker who had darted out of dummy half, Ryder Williams scored from three metres out with Ryder Williams getting the ball down five metres in from the left corner. Ryder Williams then stepped up and nailed the conversion.
Ryder Williams completed his double in the 35th minute with an easy try on the right side of the field. Keebra Park SHS made a big line break down the left touchline and from the play the ball less than a metre from the try line the ball was spun wide to the right with Ryder Williams getting the ball in acres of space around fourteen metres out and jogged across the try line and was still able to bring the ball around closer to the posts to make it easier for him to convert his own try which he subsequently did from five metres to the left of the uprights.
Ryder Williams also recorded a 16th minute try assist when from five metres out Ryder William took the ball down a short left blindside and threw a hard flat pass to his left winger on the outside of his opposite number to dive over in the left corner.
Ryder Williams showcased his attacking kicking skills in the 45th minute with a bomb from twenty five metres out and from down a short right blindside with the ball coming down just in the field of play giving the Marsden SHS fullback no chance after he was forced back into the in-goal as soon as he took the kick on the full.
Ryder Williams then started at halfback in Round Four against Wavell Park State High School with Ryder Williams kicking three conversions in a strong Keebra Park SHS victory.
The first of Ryder Williams conversions came in the 9th minute from directly in front of the posts. Ryder Williams added a second conversion in the 17th minute from the left touchline with Ryder Williams third and final conversion in the match coming in the 37th minute of the match.
In addition to his three conversions, Ryder Williams also forced two line dropouts, the first of which came in the 12th minute when Ryder Williams put up a high bomb from thirty five metres which came down a metre from the try line and just to the right of the uprights. Ryder Williams bomb was just too much for the Wavell SHS defenders with the ball being dropped backwards and then taken dead in-goal by Wavell SHS to force the goal line drop-out.
Ryder Williams forced a second line drop-out just a minute later in the 13th minute when after receiving the ball two passes to the right of the play the ball and fifteen metres out, Ryder Williams put in a right foot grubber kick into the in-goal and once again the Wavell SHS defence was forced to take the ball dead in-goal and subsequently restart the match by way of a goal line drop-out.
In addition Ryder Williams also threw the final pass for a Keebra Park SHS try in the 17th minute with a pass to his right down a short blindside from ten metres out for his right centre to score three metres in from the left corner. This try was one of three tries that Ryder Williams converted in Keebra Park SHS’s victory.
Ryder Williams continued at halfback in Round Five against Redcliffe SHS with Ryder Williams kicking one conversion in a big Keebra Park SHS victory.
Ryder Williams also scored in the 7th minute when he chased through a grubber kick from his five eight with Ryder Williams diving on the ball in the in-goal mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the right side of the field.
Ryder Williams scored a second try in the 44th minute when after receiving a right arm flick off-load from his right second rower thirty metres out from the try line Ryder Williams was able to hold off one defender with his left arm to score three metres in from the left corner post
Ryder Williams added a try assist in the 32nd minute when Ryder Williams ran the ball down a wide right blindside from ten metres out with Ryder Williams taking the ball right to the line before throwing a short ball to his right to put his right centre over to score ten metres in from the right corner post.
Ryder Williams also recorded a line break in the 9th minute when after receiving an off-load thirty five metres out from his own try line, Ryder Williams raced twenty eight metres through the centre of the field but unfortunately Ryder Williams’s inside pass was ruled forward.
Ryder Williams put in a good grubber kick in the 24th minute when from twenty metres out to the right of the uprights, Ryder Williams put in a hard grubber kick towards the left upright with the Redcliffe SHS fullback knocking the ball one a metre out from the try line with Keebra Park SHS being awarded the scrum feed.
Ryder Williams also on two occasions put in short goal line dropouts from which Keebra Park SHS got the ball back. The first occasion occurred in the 15th minute Ryder Williams put in a short drop-out to the right which was taken on the full by Keebra Park SHS then in the 22nd another short goal line drop out to the right was knocked on by Redcliffe SHS just after the ball had gone ten metres with Keebra Park SHS being awarded the subsequent scrum feed.
Ryder Williams continued at half in Round Six against PBC SHS with Ryder Williams scoring a try and kicking four conversions in a strong Keebra Park SHS victory.
Ryder Williams scored in the 13th minute when he backed up a line break by his five eight who after he drew the PBC SHS fullback passed to his inside to Ryder Williams who ran ten metres to put the ball down under the posts.
Ryder Williams also had a strong match defensively including a great try saving tackle in the 7th minute when he brought down the PBC SHS hooker who had run the ball down a left blindside from the back of a PBC SHS scrum win ten metres out from the try line. Earlier in the 4th minute Ryder Williams smashed the PBC SHS lock, rocking him backwards just out from the Keebra Park SHS try line.
Ryder Williams continued at halfback in Round Seven against Mabel Park SHS with Ryder Williams doing well in the 21st minute when after taking on the defensive line on the right side of the field, Ryder Williams when ten metres out produced a great right arm flick off-load whilst falling to ground to his right second rower who got within a metre of the try line.
Ryder Williams also started at halfback for Keebra Park SHS in the 2022 Walters Cup School Boy Semi-final against Mabel Park SHS with Ryder Williams kicking a conversion in Keebra Park SHS’s 18 – 12 victory which put them into the Grand Final.
Ryder Williams recorded a try assist in the 8th minute from a Keebra Park SHS scrum win twenty five metres out from the try line and to the right of the uprights. After feeding the scrum Ryder Williams in a set move ran to his left two passes off the back of the scrum and after receiving the ball ran at the back peddling defensive line and as the Mabel Park SHS right winger turned his right shoulder to the inside Ryder Williams got a pass away to his left winger Toni Fomai who was able to score in the left corner.
Ryder Williams recorded a second try assist in the 38th minute after receiving the ball to the left of the play the ball Ryder Williams from ten metres out, threw a long cut out pass to his left to put the Keebra Park SHS left winger Toni Fomai over in the left corner.
In the 12th minute from the left of the play the ball and forty two metres out Ryder Williams put in a right foot kick into the corner with the Mabel Park SHS fullback barely able get back into the field of play before the Keebra Park SHS chasers got to him.
In the 8th minute Ryder Williams executed a great hit on the Mabel Park SHS five eight who had ran straight at Ryder Williams from a Mabel Park SHS scrum deep inside their own twenty metre area.
The 2022 School Boy Walters Cup Grand Final saw Ryder Williams start at halfback for Keebra Park SHS against Marsden SHS with Ryder Williams outstanding in a strong Keebra Park SHS victory.
Ryder Williams in addition to kicking four conversions from five attempts scored one try and set up another.
Ryder Williams scored in the 34th minute when he backed up a line break from his five eight with Ryder Williams receiving the ball from his left and running forty five metres to score under the posts. IT was in fact Ryder Williams that passed the ball for his five eight to make the line break from thirty five metres out from the Keebra Park SHS try line. Ryder Williams then stepped up to convert his own try.
Ryder Williams recorded his try assist in the 31st minute when after chasing through a Keebra Park SHS chip kick from inside their own territory, Ryder Williams got to the ball just before the Marsden SHS fullback and then got the ball away to his right to his support who crossed to score. Ryder Williams then stepped up to convert the try that he had set up.
The Grand Final was not just about attack for Ryder Williams as in the 38th minute Ryder Williams smashed one of the Marsden SHS front rowers (No. 10) who was taking a hit-up from a Marsden SHS penalty tap restart twelve metres out from the Keebra Park SHS try line.
At the completion of the 2022 School Boy Walters Cup competition Ryder Williams was named at halfback in the 2022 Courier Mail Walters Cup School Boy Rugby League Team of the Season.
Ryder Williams also started at halfback for Keebra Park SHS in the inaugural Queensland School Boy Rugby League Year Ten School Boy Rugby League Championship against Kirwan SHS with Ryder Williams putting on a clinic in a big 28 – 4 Keebra Park SHS Championship victory.
In to scoring a try and kicking four conversions from five attempts Ryder Williams recorded two line break assists and also forced a goal line drop-out.
Ryder Williams scored in the 17th minute from a Keebra Park SHS scrum move. With the scrum twenty metres out and ten metres in from the left touchline Ryder Williams fed the scrum before looping around to his right to receive the ball on the right side of the field. Ryder Williams initially ran towards the right corner before stopping and cutting back to his right to dive over between two defenders to get the ball down mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the right side of the field.
The first of Ryder Williams line break assists came in the 3rd minute when from thirty five metres out from his own try line Ryder Williams ran the ball to his right down the blindside to put his right centre on a twenty run over the halfway mark.
Ryder Williams recorded his second line break assist in the 38th minute when after taking possession forty metres out and to the left of the play the ball, Ryder Williams ran the ball to the line and popped a good short ball to his left to one of his front rowers to charge through a gap.
In the 11th minute Ryder Williams received the ball from the dummy half ten metres out and near the right touchline and after running to his left Ryder Williams put in a grubber kick with the outside of his right foot into the in-goal to force a Kirwan SHS goal line drop-out.
Impressively Ryder Williams was named on the Keebra Park SHS extended bench for their Langer Cup Semi-final against PBC SHS and whilst Ryder Williams did not make the final seventeen his selection highlighted the faith that the Keebra Park SHS has in Ryder Williams.
At the 2022 Keebra Park SHS Rugby League Specialisation Awards, Ryder Williams was named the 2022 Walters Cup School Boy Most Valuable Player and Ryder Williams was also named at halfback in the 2022 Keebra Park SHS School Boy Rugby League Team of the Year.
Ryder Williams had a strong 2022 GCRL U16 Division One season with the Southport Tigers including a good Preliminary Final appearance including a late second half try assist with a smart cut out pass to put his left winger over to score in the corner down a short blindside from five metres out but unfortunately for Ryder Williams and his team mates, the Tigers went down 16-12 to the Helensvale Hornets.
The week prior in the Tigers 42-10 victory over Burleigh Maroon Ryder Williams had a strong match including scoring in the 22nd minute when he backed up a line break down the right touchline to get the off-load and run eighteen metres to put the ball down next to the right upright.
September 2022 saw Ryder Williams named in the Queensland Samoa Southern Sharks U16 representative side. Ryder Williams was then named in the Queensland Samoa U16 representative side to play in the 2022 QPICC Carnival after the completion of the 2022 Queensland Samoa Championships with Ryder Williams starting Round One of the QPICC Carnival at halfback against the Cook Islands with Ryder Williams kicking two conversions as Queensland Samoa got off to a winning start on the back of a 26 – 16 victory.
In addition to his two conversions, Ryder Williams also made a line break in the 13th minute when after executing an old fashioned run around on the left side of the field around fifty five metres out, Ryder Williams burst away after getting the ball back and when around twenty metres out passed to hie left but bizarrely the pass to his unmarked left winger was ruled forward, much to everyone’s shock.
Ryder Williams also produced a smart piece of play in the 34th minute when after receiving the ball to the right of the play the ball, Ryder Williams saw space behind the Cook Islands defensive line and put in a deft right foot chip kick which sat up perfectly for Nayte Saaga to race through and retrieve on the bounce.
Ryder Williams also started at halfback in Round Two against Māori and was outstanding on the way to scoring two tries and kicking three conversions. Ryder Williams added three conversions from as many attempts in Round Three against PNG and kicked four from four in Samoa’s semi-final victory against Māori.
Ryder Williams then started at half back in the Grand Final against PNG kicking a conversion in Samoa’s strong 26 – 0 victory.
Ryder Williams finished as the 2022 QPICC Carnival’s U16 top points scorer with thirty four points.
Ryder Williams started at halfback and captain for Tamaki Ki Te Raki (North) in Round Two of the 2022 U16 Shaun Johnson Shield against Northland after Tamaki Te Raki had a Round One bye. Whilst Ryder Williams started the match at halfback he spent the opening minutes of the second half playing in the dummy half role before transitioning back to halfback.
Against Northlands was heavily involved for Tamaki Ki Te Raki (North) as they won 88 – 0 with Ryder Williams kicking seven conversions including a great kick from the left touchline in the 41st minute. Ryder Williams could have had an additional conversion but his 13th minute effort from the right touchline hit the post.
Ryder Williams also threw the final pass to one of Tamaki Ki Te Raki North’s tries in just the 3rd minute when on the left side of the field he took the ball into the Northlands right sided defensive line and threw a good ball to his left to his winger who crashed over out wide.
Then again in the 50th Ryder William threw the final pass for a try when operating on the left Ryder William took the ball to the line and threw a good short ball to his left for his front rower to crash over.
Ryder Williams threw a third final pass for a try in the 55th minute. The move started on the halfway mark with Ryder Williams throwing a cut-out pass to his left to put his right centre away down the left touchline and then Ryder Williams backed up on the inside, getting the ball back, dummying past one defender before off-loading to his left to an unmarked team mate who ran away to score under the posts.
Ryder Williams also put in a good tactical kick from forty metres out in the 44th minute when his right foot kick stopped in the in-goal, being knocked out over the dead ball line by the Northlands fullback, forcing a goal line drop out.
Ryder Williams also started at halfback in Round Three against Tamaki Ki Te Raki (East) with Ryder Williams kicking two conversions as his side qualified for the Grand Final on the back of a 16 – 10 victory.
The 2022 U16 Shaun Johnson Cup saw Ryder Williams kick two conversions from as many attempts in a 20 – 12 loss.
In April 2022 Shaun Williams played in the 2022 New Zealand Nine’s Championships, and at the competition of the Championships was named in the New Zealand U16 Nines Merit Side after representing Marist Gold in the Championships.
In late April 2022 Ryder Williams received an honourable mention in terms of selection in the 2022 Auckland U16 side due to his unavailability.
In early June 2022 Ryder Williams was named at halfback in the New Zealand Māori Tama U17 All-Tournament Team after playing for Katahitanga in the Tournament.
In 2021 Ryder Williams played for the Marist Saints in the Auckland Rugby League U15 Open competition with the Marist Saints remaining undefeated through their twelve 2021 matches and recording a for and against of in excess of + 300.
Ryder Williams also attended Mt Albert Grammar School in Auckland and also represented Kotahitanga at the 2021 U15 New Zealand Tournament including starting the Tournament Final at five eight.
In attack, Ryder Williams generally plays an understated role, focussing more on the distribution and game management aspects of his role as a half. A key attribute to how Ryder Williams plays is his ability to organise and direct his team around the field as well as adjusting his game to the specific situations encountered within a game. Ryder Williams’s 2022 performances are a testament to those attributes.
Ryder Williams will though take the line on when the opportunity arises however, but as noted his best attribute is that of a game manager with the ability to draw defenders out of the line and put his runners into the subsequent hole that is generated. Ryder Williams has above average speed off the mark and quick twitch feet in confined space but does not have explosive acceleration or high top end speed, but Ryder Williams’s top speed in space can certainly be considered in the above average range.
When Ryder Williams does take on the line, he just has this amazing ability to slice through a defensive line. It is hard to put into words exactly what I mean but Ryder Williams takes the ball and immediately commences to run parallel to the defensive line with the ball out in front of his body in two hands and then he is just able to slide/slice between two defenders with a subtle step normally off his left foot and then Ryder Williams accelerates through into space.
What is described above looks deceptively simply but I can assure people that it is not, it is just that Ryder Williams makes it look so simple and it is a credit to him that Ryder Williams has sliced through defences like this his entire career regardless of the quality of the opposition.
From a kicking perspective Ryder Williams has a more than solid kicking game, with above average distance and accuracy on all types of kicks, from kicking for field position or from an attacking perspective as well as tactically for field position. I am sure that moving forward focussing on his kicking skills will be a key focus area both from a distance and accuracy perspective and there is no doubt that Ryder Williams has the ability to be a team’s primary tactical kicking option now and into the future.
Like his tactical kicking Ryder Williams is also an outstanding right foot goal kicker with range and accuracy including from wide out. Like his tactical kicking, and for that matter the way that he slides through defences, Ryder Williams makes it look easy due to his calm and relaxed demeanour on the field including when the game is on the line.
In defence, due to his size Ryder Williams is obviously not going to come up with the big hit but reads the play well and can more than hold his own when defending much bigger players through sheer force of will. Ryder Williams is also very vocal (in a very positive way) on the field always talking and encouraging his side both in attack and defence.
2025 is a pivotal season for Ryder Williams as he is in the Titans Top 30 and while he is still U19 eligible the Titans will be looking for Ryder Williams to start the 2025 season in the Ipswich Jets Queensland Cup side.
In his time in the junior leagues and junior representative sides in New Zealand Ryder Williams has, outside a limited amount of time at hooker, played exclusively at either five eight or halfback and with his ball skills those positions are where Ryder Williams appears likely to continue for the foreseeable future. I do note however that in 2024 Ryder Williams played a number of matches at left centre for the Southport Tigers in the GCRL First Grade competition and has been spending time training in the dummy half in the Titans NRL pre-season.
I am going back a few years but a player with a similar playing style and skill attributes to Ryder Williams for me is former Penrith great, New Zealand Warrior, New South Wales State of Origin and Australian International Greg Alexander.
Both Alexander and Ryder Williams make the task of managing the game plan and directing their team around the field from the half back (or five eight) position look easy and natural and both seemingly have as much time as they need to accomplish the required task expertly.