Nic White

Nicolas William White (born 13 June 1990) is an Australian professional rugby union player who plays as a scrum-half for the Super Rugby club Western Force and the Australia national team.

This article is about the Australian rugby union player. For the retired New Zealand rugby union player, see Nick White (rugby player).

Nic White
White representing Australia during media, October 2014
Full nameNicolas William White
Date of birth (1990-06-13) 13 June 1990
Place of birthScone, New South Wales, Australia
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb)
SchoolSt. Gregory's College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
Current team Brumbies
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2011–2015 Brumbies 67 (162)
2014 NSW Country Eagles 1 (0)
2015–2017 Montpellier 57 (33)
2017–2020 Exeter Chiefs 61 (70)
2020–2023 Brumbies 55 (44)
Correct as of 10 August 2023
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2009–2010 Australia U20 8 (33)
2013– Australia 66 (46)
Correct as of 13 October 2023

Early life

White attended St Gregory's College, Campbelltown representing New South Wales Combined Catholic Colleges. He played for NSW Schools 2nd XV at the Australian Schoolboys Championship in 2007 while in year 11. In 2008 he injured his medial collateral ligament and missed the schoolboy representative season.

Professional career

Signed by the Brumbies in 2008, he represented Australia at the 2009 World Rugby Under 20 Championship in Japan where Australia made the semi-finals and again represented Australia U20 in the 2010 championship in Argentina where Australia were beaten in the final by New Zealand.

White played in the John I Dent Cup grand final in 2010, kicking a last minute penalty for Queanbeyan to win 30-28 to deny Vikings a fourth grand final victory in a row. In 2011 he joined the Eastwood club in Sydney, playing halfback in their near perfect season, in which they lost only one competition game on the way to defeating Sydney University in the grand final. Nic achieved the rare feat of a hat trick of tries in a finals match in the previous week's final against Randwick, completing his feat in the first 10 minutes of the game.

White 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, they faded in the closing stages to lose to the Chiefs in Hamilton. In 2014 they again made the semi-finals, losing to the Waratahs in Sydney and in 2015 lost in the semi-finals to the Hurricanes in Wellington.

Wallaby Nic White and fans

On 15 January 2015, White, along with teammate David Pocock, was appointed vice-captain of the Brumbies for the 2015 Super Rugby season.[2]

White made his debut for Australia against Argentina in Perth in 2013 a narrow victory for Australia. He started all three tests in the June series against France in 2014, which the Wallabies won 3-0. He came off the bench in 2015 against New Zealand in Sydney, with the Wallabies posting their first win over the All Blacks since 2011.

In July 2015, White signed a contract to join French Top 14 side Montpellier Hérault.

On 16 March 2017, White signed for Exeter Chiefs in England’s Premiership from the 2017-18 season.[3]

On 9 October 2019, White returned to Australia to rejoin the Brumbies.[4]

White signed a two-year deal with the Western Force in May 2023.[5]

Statistics [6]

Club
Season Team Matches Starts Sub Minutes Tries Cons Pens Drops Points YC RC
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 1362 2 17 22 0 110 0 0
2015 Brumbies 15 15 0 1151 2 0 1 0 13 0 0
15/16 Montpellier 26 9 17 827 2 3 2 0 22 0 0
16/17 Montpellier 30 21 9 1644 2 0 1 0 13 0 0
17/18 Exeter 26 25 1 1553 4 0 0 0 20 2 0
18/19 Exeter 21 16 5 1274 7 0 0 0 35 0 0
19/21 Exeter 4 1 3 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 Brumbies 14 13 1 904 3 0 0 0 15 1 0
2021 Brumbies 13 11 2 727 1 0 1 0 8 0 0
2022 Brumbies 15 13 2 802 1 4 1 0 16 1 0
2023 Brumbies 13 10 3 603 1 0 0 0 5 0 0
Grand Total 229 181 48 13082 28 24 36 0 296 4 0

Internationals
Season Team Matches Starts Sub Minutes Tries Cons Pens Drops Points YC RC
2014 Australia 15 5 6 391 0 0 1 0 3 0 0
2015 Australia 4 0 2 76 1 1 2 0 13 0 0
2016 Australia 1 1 0 80 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
2018 Australia 3 2 1 153 1 0 0 0 5 0 0
2019 Australia 12 10 0 641 1 0 0 0 5 0 0
2021 Australia 13 10 0 713 2 0 0 0 10 0 0
2022 Australia 9 6 1 485 0 0 1 0 3 0 0
2023 Australia 7 3 3 284 1 0 0 0 5 0 0
Grand Total 64 37 14 2823 6 2 4 0 46 0 0
As of 13 October 2023

List of international test tries
Try Opposing team Location Venue Competition Date Result Score
1  New Zealand Sydney, Australia ANZ Stadium 2015 Rugby Championship 8 August 2015 Win 27 – 19
2  New Zealand Perth, Australia Optus Stadium 2019 Rugby Championship 10 August 2019 Win 47 – 26
3  Georgia Fukuroi, Japan Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa 2019 Rugby World Cup 11 October 2019 Win 27 – 8
4  New Zealand Perth, Australia Optus Stadium 2021 Rugby Championship 5 September 2021 Loss 21 – 38
5  Wales Cardiff, Wales Principality Stadium 2021 Autumn Nations Series 20 November 2021 Loss 29 – 28
6 Argentina Sydney, Australia Western Sydney Stadium 2023 Rugby Championship 15 July 2023 Loss 31 - 34

As of 10 August 2023[7]

References
  1. "Nic White". rugby.com.au. Australian Rugby Union. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  2. "White and Pocock named Brumby vice-captains - Sanzar".
  3. "Exeter Chiefs sign former Australia scrum-half Nic White from next season". BBC Sport. 16 March 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  4. "Nic White: Exeter scrum-half to join Brumbies in summer of 2020". BBC Sport. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  5. "Force sign world class scrumhalf Nic White | Latest Rugby News | Western Force". westernforce.rugby. 8 May 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  6. "Nic WHITE profile and stats". all.rugby. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  7. "Nicholas William White". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
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