Sonny Bill Williams has defied a court order and made his rugby union debut in the south of France, but his rugby league tackling style has already landed him in hot water.
The runaway Bulldogs star was part of Toulon's run-on side today in the French club's pre-season friendly against second tier team Carqueiranne-Hyeres.
Williams started the match on the left wing and got his first touch in the fifth minute of the game.
But the ex-league backrower was yellow-carded in the third quarter of the game after he put one of his trademark shoulder charges - illegal in union - on an opponent.
After apologising to the player, who hit the ground heavily, Williams was marched for 10 minutes by the referee - and cheered as he left the field by the sell-out away crowd of 3000.
Williams' arrival at the ground was shrouded in secrecy so he could avoid being personally served with a NSW supreme court injunction banning him from playing for Toulon.
The court slapped the injunction on the 22-year-old earlier today and the Bulldogs were attempting to have it served on Williams before today's match.
Williams was driven into the ground in a car before his teammates arrived on a bus.
Among the crowd today were boxer Anthony Mundine and Williams' agent Khoder Nasser.
