Nic White

White representing Australia during media, October 2014
Full name	Nicolas William White
Date of birth	(1990-06-13) 13 June 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth	Scone, New South Wales, Australia
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight	80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb)
School	St. 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) 2024 Western Force 2 (0) 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

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.

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.

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.^{[citation needed]}

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

Club

Internationals

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]