Chester Williams

Chester Williams

Chester Williams in 2018
Birth name	Chester Mornay Williams
Date of birth	(1970-08-08)8 August 1970
Place of birth	Paarl, South Africa
Date of death	6 September 2019(2019-09-06) (aged 49)
Place of death	Cape Town, South Africa
Weight	84 kg (13 st 3 lb)
Notable relative(s)	Avril Williams (uncle)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1991–1998 Western Province 63 (-) 1999 Golden Lions () Super Rugby Years Team Apps (Points) 1999–2000 Cats 18 (35) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1993–2000 South Africa 27 (70) National sevens team Years Team Comps 1993–2001 South Africa 11 Coaching career Years Team 2001–2003 South Africa 7's 2004–2005 Cats 2006 Uganda 2007-2006 Mpumalanga Pumas 2007–2012 Tunisia 2012–2013 RCM Timişoara
Medal record Men's Rugby union Representing  South Africa Rugby World Cup 1995 South Africa Squad

Chester Mornay Williams (8 August 1970 – 6 September 2019)^[1] was a South African rugby union player. He played as a winger for the South Africa national rugby union team (Springboks) from 1993 to 2000, most notably for the team that won the 1995 Rugby World Cup, which was hosted in South Africa. He was the only non-white player on the team. During the tournament he scored four tries for South Africa in its quarter-final match and also appeared in the semi-final and final. Domestically he played rugby for the Western Province in the Currie Cup.

After retiring, Williams pursued a career in coaching, including a spell with the South Africa national rugby sevens team, the Uganda national rugby union team, and the University of the Western Cape. He was portrayed by McNeil Hendricks in the 2009 Clint Eastwood film Invictus, a biographical sports drama film about the events in South Africa before and during the 1995 Rugby World Cup, and he also helped to coach Matt Damon and other actors for the rugby scenes used in the film. Williams died from a suspected heart attack on 6 September 2019 at the age of 49.