Nathan White (rugby union)

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Nathan White

Full name	Nathan White
Date of birth	(1981-09-04) 4 September 1981
Place of birth	Hawera, New Zealand
Height
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. White served as the captain of Waikato for two years before leaving both Waikato and the Chiefs to move abroad.

Ireland

Leinster

White moved to Irish provincial side Leinster in 2011 on a one-year contract, joining ahead of the 2011–12 season. 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. In the 2011–12 Heineken Cup, White made 7 appearances, all coming from the bench, as Leinster won the competition.

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. In his first season with the club, White played 16 games in the 2012–13 Pro12, starting 14 of them and scoring one try. He also played 5 games in that season's Heineken Cup for the province.

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.

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. 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.

External links

• Irish Rugby - Profile
• Connacht Rugby - Profile
• Itsrugby.co.uk - Profile & Stats