Coming home challenge for lock

It's a quantum leap for Northland rugby but big Bryce Williams is keeping his feet on the ground.
Towering at 203cm (6ft 8in), Williams is a genuine lineout target for the Taniwha and perhaps this year he will be able to secure good ball for one of the most exciting backlines in New Zealand provincial rugby.
The lock reported for duty at NRU headquarters late last week after arriving home with his wife Katrina and 3-year-old son Ashton, from a six-year stint playing in Ireland and France.
The Dargaville raised 30-year-old said that, while some players had returned from playing overseas to earn Super Rugby contracts, he was wary of setting his sights too high.
"You'd always wish for something like that to happen, but you've got to wait and see.
"I don't really have any expectations about what's going to happen, I just want to play well for Northland this year and that's all I'm focused on, that and my family and kids," he said.
The family are expecting their second child in July and Williams hopes to avoid a clash in dates with the start of the ITM Cup.
Just fitting back into Northland - a place that has always been home but where he hasn't lived since he was 19 - could be a challenge.
"It's changed a lot since I've been gone - especially Whangarei - and especially Northland rugby with the new stadium and offices, the gym and the training ground at Old Boys.
"It's all centralised from what I can remember when I was last here as a lad of 18 or 19."
Settling back into the Northland lifestyle is a challenge to relish but for now there's plenty to sort out.
"It's great to be home and see all my family, I've just got to find a house now, we've been looking in Maunu and Kamo at the moment but no luck yet," he said.
With the start of the Northland club rugby season just over a week away, he's still uncertain about where he is going to play.
"Playing for Kamo was the plan but I don't really know what the story is yet, it'll all depends on where they [the NRU] want me to fit in," he said.
The former Kamo player has been told that like any Northland contracted player relocating to the area his club side has yet to be determined by the NRU Rugby Committee. The policy is aimed at spreading the talent around the Northland clubs but also not displacing promising players from club line-ups - a policy that has Williams' support.
"You don't want to be keeping young guys coming through on the sideline instead of playing. I've been there when I was at Kamo 10 years ago, you don't want a Northland rep holding a young guy back - you never know what he could do if he gets the chance over a good club season," he said.
The policy has its detractors as well but a decision on which club Williams will play for is expected shortly.
"It's been six months since I played so I'm looking forward to playing some club rugby and getting my match fitness up before we start out pre-season programme," he said.
The good-natured forward is keen to prove himself in this year's ITM Cup competition - even if it is to pay back the interest shown in him by new Taniwha coach Adriaan Ferris and former Blues teammate Derren Witcombe, the Taniwha forwards coach.