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| Birth name | Nicolas White | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 13 June 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Scone, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 80 kg (12 st 8 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nic White (born 13 June 1990 in Scone, Australia) is an Australian rugby union player who plays for Exeter Chiefs in the English Aviva Premiership. His playing position is scrum-half.
Career
Attended St Gregory's College Campbelltown representing NSWCCC and Nsw II at the Australian Schoolboys Championship in 2007 while in year 11. Injured his medial ligament in 2008 and missed the schoolboys representative season. Signed by the Brumbies in 2008 he represented Australia at the 2009 U20 JWC in Japan where Australia made the semifinals and again represented Australia U20 in the 2010 JWC in Argentina where Australia were beaten in the final by New Zealand. Played in the John I Dent Cup grand final for Queanbeyan in 2010 kicking last minute penalty for Queanbeyan to win 30-28 denying Vikings a fourth granfinal victory in a row. In 2011 joined the Eastwood club in Sydney playing halfback in their near perfect season only losing one competition game on the way to defeating Sydney University in the grand final who were going for a seventh straight grand final victory. Nic achieved the rare feat of a hat trick of tries in a finals match in the previous weeks final against Randwick completing his feat in the first 10 mins of the game. He made his Brumbies debut during the 2011 Super Rugby season against the Reds in Brisbane. He started 2012 as the starting halfback for the Brumbies as they just failed by a point to make the finals after a poor 2011 season. In 2013 at the age of 23 he was named as the twelfth player to captain the Brumbies when they played the Melbourne Rebels in a Super rugby game. The Brumbies made the Super Rugby final in 2013 but after an arduous travel schedule which included beating the Bulls in Pretoria faded in the closing stages to lose to the Chiefs at Hamilton. In 2014 they again made the semifinals losing to the Waratahs in Sydney and in 2015 lost the semifinal to the Hurricanes in Wellington. Nic White was the leading Australian player for try assists in Super Rugby in the 2014 and 2015 seasons.
On 15 January 2015, White, along with teammate David Pocock, were appointed vice-captains of the Brumbies for the 2015 Super Rugby season.[2]
Made his debut for Australia against Argentina in Perth in 2013 and played a leading role in Australia's narrow victory. Started all 3 tests in the June series against France in 2014 which resulted in a 3-0 series win. Coming off the bench in 2015 against the All Blacks in Sydney was instrumental in Wallabies posting first win over ABs since 2011 kicking a 50-metre penalty and scoring a brilliant individual try and converting for a personal tally of ten points in the 27-19 victory. In July 2015, White signed a contract to join French Top 14 side Montpellier.
On 16 March 2017, White signed for English club Exeter Chiefs in the Aviva Premiership from the 2017-18 season.[3]
Super Rugby Statistics
- As of 28 June 2015
| Season | Team | Games | Starts | Sub | Mins | Tries | Cons | Pens | Drops | Points | Yel | Red |
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| 2011 | Brumbies | 2 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | Brumbies | 15 | 12 | 3 | 894 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | Brumbies | 17 | 17 | 0 | 1162 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | Brumbies | 18 | 18 | 0 | 1363 | 2 | 17 | 22 | 0 | 110 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | Brumbies | 15 | 15 | 0 | 1235 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 67 | 62 | 5 | 4688 | 7 | 17 | 31 | 0 | 162 | 0 | 0 | |
Honours
- 2015–16 European Rugby Challenge Cup : winner (Montpellier).[4]
References
- ↑ "Nic White". rugby.com.au. Australian Rugby Union. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
- ↑ http://www.sanzarrugby.com/superrugby/news/white-and-pocock-named-brumby-vice-captains/
- ↑ "Exeter Chiefs sign former Australia scrum-half Nic White from next season". BBC Sport. 16 March 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ↑ "European Challenge Cup final: Harlequins 19-26 Montpellier". BBC Sport. 13 May 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.