Ali Williams believes he can force his way into New Zealand head coach Graham henry’s thinking ahead of the World Cup later this year.
The lock has endured a torrid time over the past 18 months after a succession of serious Achilles injuries left his career hanging in the balance, but now is he is back playing with the Blues, the All Black insists he has what it takes to make the final squad – an assessment that his club coach Pat Lam agrees with.
Lam believes he has seen a dramatic improvement in William’s form as he makes his way back to full fitness and believes his hard work on the training field is slowly starting to pay off.
“Now we're starting to get the performance. He's doing a truckload of work on the training field and the way he has done a lot of rehab and a lot of work on his game, we are getting really close to seeing him where he was before the injury," Lam http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifsaid.
"He's thriving in those big games. He's really driven to get his spot back and he knew that he had to get on the field and keep working on his game.
He's on the bottom of that hill and he's made a nice climb up and he's working his way to the top." He added.
Williams will face tough competition to even be included in the final squad as Crusader’s Sam Whitelock continues to impress in an All Blacks Shirt, while there are also some doubts remaining over the 30-year-old’s fitness.
He was also unable to do anything about the Crusaders romping to victory over the Blues on Saturday however, as the Auckland franchise lost their fourth game in a row to put their qualification to the play-offs in real danger.
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