Nathan White (rugby union)
| Full name | Nathan White | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 4 September 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Hawera, New Zealand | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Weight | 122 kilograms (19 st 3 lb) | ||
| School | Te Awamutu College | ||
| Occupation(s) | Rugby union player | ||
| Rugby union career | |||
| Current status | |||
| Position(s) | Prop | ||
| Current team | Connacht | ||
| Playing career | |||
| Position | Prop | ||
| Amateur clubs | |||
| Years | Club / team | ||
| Te Awamutu Sports | |||
| Provincial/State sides | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2002–2011 2011–2012 2012– |
Waikato Leinster Connacht |
73 24 56 |
(5) (5) (15) |
| correct as of 23 March 2016. | |||
| Super Rugby | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2006–2011 | Chiefs | 41 | (20) |
| correct as of 1 June 2014. | |||
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2015– 2015– |
Wolfhounds Ireland |
1 13 |
(0) (0) |
| correct as of 19 March 2016. | |||
Nathan White is a rugby union player born in New Zealand who plays for the Ireland national rugby union team. White currently plays for Irish provincial side Connacht in the Pro12, who he joined from Leinster ahead of 2012–13 season. His main position is as a prop, primarily playing at tighthead.
Club career
New Zealand
White first played rugby for the Te Awamutu Sports Club. In 2002, he joined the National Provincial Championship side, Waikato. White was brought in to play for Super 14 side the Chiefs in 2006. The 2006 Super 14 season saw the Chiefs finish in 7th overall and 3rd from the New Zealand teams. Later that year, White won the 2006 Air New Zealand Cup with Waikato. The Air New Zealand Cup had replaced the National Provincial Championship that season. White started at tighthead prop in the final of the cup, as Waikato beat Wellington 37–31.[1] White served as the captain of Waikato for two years before leaving both Waikato and the Chiefs to move abroad.[2]
Ireland
Leinster
White moved to Irish provincial side Leinster in 2011 on a one-year contract, joining ahead of the 2011–12 season.[3] He played 17 times in the Pro12 that season, 9 of these appearances coming from the bench. He scored one try in the competition, this coming against the Cardiff Blues on 2 December 2011.[4] In the 2011–12 Heineken Cup, White made 7 appearances, all coming from the bench, as Leinster won the competition.[5]
Connacht
After his year with Leinster was finished, White joined another Irish province, this time Connacht Rugby. He signed with the team on a three-year contract in February 2012 and joined them ahead of the 2012–13 season.[6] In his first season with the club, White played 16 games in the 2012–13 Pro12, starting 14 of them and scoring one try.[7] He also played 5 games in that season's Heineken Cup for the province.[8]
In January 2015, Connacht and the IRFU announced that White had signed a Two Year contract extension, which will see him play at the Sportsground until at least the summer of 2017.[9]
International career
In October 2014, White became qualified to play for Ireland through the three-year residency rule. White was named in the Irish squad for the end of year tests, but a bicep injury ruled him out until January.
In January 2015, White was one of only two uncapped players included in Ireland's extended squad for the Six Nations. On 30 January 2015, at the age of 33, White made his first appearance for an Irish national team, featuring as a replacement for the Ireland Wolfhounds.
On 15 August 2015 White made his debut off the bench for Ireland in a 28-22 win over Scotland in the second of their 2015 Rugby World Cup warm up matches.[10] A late arrival to International Rugby, in the space of seven months White has accumulated Thirteen Irish caps with four starts up to 20 March 2016.
References
- ↑ "Waikato's defence claims the prize". ITM Cup. 21 October 2006. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
- ↑ Evan Pegden (2011-09-05). "Waikato captain Nathan White off to Leinster". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 2012-04-12.
- ↑ Evan Pegden (2011-09-05). "Waikato captain Nathan White off to Leinster". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 2012-04-12.
- ↑ "Leinster Squad Index: Nathan White". RaboDirectPRO12. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
- ↑ "Player Archive: Nathan White". ERC. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
- ↑ "White signs up to join Connacht". RTĖ Sport. 21 February 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
- ↑ "Connacht Squad Index: Nathan White". RaboDirectPRO12. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
- ↑ "Player Archive: Nathan White". ERC. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
- ↑ Irish Rugby (20 January 2015). "Connacht Props Pen New Two-Year Deals". Irish Rugby Football Union.
- ↑ "A veteran bolter, farewells and missed tackle woes - 5 things we learned from Irish victory". Independent. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
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