Brett White

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Brett White
Personal information
Full name Brett White
Date of birth 8 April 1982 (1982-04-08) (age 26)
Place of birth Jindabyne, New South Wales, Australia
Height 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 110 kg (17 st 4 lbs)
Youth clubs
Years Club
Cooma Colts
Senior clubs*
Years Club Apps (points)
2005– Melbourne Storm 72 (12)
Representative teams**
2006–
2007		 Country Origin
New South Wales		 3 (0)
4 (0)

* Professional club appearances and points
counted for domestic first grade only and
correct as of 05:26, 2 January 2008 (UTC).
** Representative team caps and points correct
as of 11 June 2008.

Brett White (born 8 April 1982 in Jindabyne, New South Wales) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer. He plays for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition.

Growing up in the NSW high country around Jindabyne, White started his rugby league career with the Cooma Colts. He was a promising junior and was graded by St. George Illawarra Dragons from school. White was a key member of the Dragon's Jersey Flegg Cup team but leg and ankle injuries halted his progress in 2003 and 2004. With props such as Luke Bailey and Jason Ryles ahead of him, White was unable to make his way into first-grade and he relocated to the Melbourne Storm.

White made his first-grade debut in Round one, 2005, scoring a try against the Newcastle Knights at Olympic Park. At the end of the season he was named the Storm's Rookie of the Year after becoming Robbie Kearns' starting front-row partner.[1] He was a member of the Melbourne Storm team to face the Brisbane Broncos in the 2006 grand final, losing 15–8. The next year he was a member of the winning grand final against Manly. He helped set of Greg Inglis' second try.

In round two, 2008, White was sent off for retaliating to a Ben Ross elbow to team-mate Cooper Cronk which also saw Ross sent off. Cronk's kick found Israel Folau who scored the match-levelling try. he was given a four match ban.

[edit] Representative career

In 2006, White made his representative debut in the Country Origin team, defeating City by 12–10.

White was selected to represent New South Wales as a front-rower for game I and on the bench for game II of the 2007 State of Origin series.

White has made himself available for Ireland's 2008 Rugby League World Cup campaign.[2][3]

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ "Storm's big unit ready to bloom", The Sydney Morning Herald, 2005-09-16. Retrieved on 2008-01-02. 
  2. ^ Kelly reveals interest. teletext.co.uk (2008-05-01). Retrieved on 2008-05-01.
  3. ^ Collins, Ben: "Kelly eyes Cup sitr by Irish", pages 18-19. Rugby League World, April 2008

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