| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Brett White | |
| Date of birth | 8 April 1982 | |
| 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 |
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Brett White (born 8 April 1982 in Jindabyne, New South Wales) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer. Events 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded by his Praetorian Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Jindabyne ( is a town in New South Wales, Australia that overlooks Lake Jindabyne near the Snowy Mountains, in Snowy River Shire. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. History See also History of rugby league The grass roots of rugby league can be traced to early football history, through the playing of ball games He plays for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. The Melbourne Storm is a professional Rugby league football club based in the city of Melbourne, Australia
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. The St George Illawarra Dragons are an Australian professional Rugby league football team 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. The Clubs In 2007 thirteen clubs fielded teams in the Jersey Flegg Cup. 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. Luke Bailey (born January 5, 1980 in Port Kembla, Australia) is an Australian Rugby league player for the Gold Jason Ryles (born 17 January, 1979 in Wollongong New South Wales) is an Australian Rugby league player for the St George
White made his first-grade debut in Round one, 2005, scoring a try against the Newcastle Knights at Olympic Park. The Newcastle Knights are an Australian professional Rugby league football team based in Newcastle New South Wales. Olympic Park is a Sporting precinct located a few Kilometres from the Central business district of Melbourne, Australia. At the end of the season he was named the Storm's Rookie of the Year after becoming Robbie Kearns' starting front-row partner. Robbie Kearns (born December 12, 1971 in Sydney New South Wales) is an Australian former Rugby league player in the National [1] He was a member of the Melbourne Storm team to face the Brisbane Broncos in the 2006 grand final, losing 15–8. The Brisbane Broncos are an Australian professional Rugby league club based in the city of Brisbane Queensland. The year 2006 saw the ninth National Rugby League premiership, the 99th season of professional Rugby league football in Australia The next year he was a member of the winning grand final against Manly. He helped set of Greg Inglis' second try. Greg Inglis (born 15 January 1987 is an Indigenous Australian Rugby league player for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League (NRL
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. Ben Ross (born 23 May, 1980 in Chinchilla Queensland) is an Australian professional Rugby league player for the Cronulla-Sutherland Cooper Patrick Cronk (born 5 December 1983 in Brisbane, Queensland) is a premiership winning Australian professional Rugby league player for the Melbourne Cronk's kick found Israel Folau who scored the match-levelling try. Israel Folau (born 3 April 1989 in Minto New South Wales) is an Australian professional Rugby league player currently contracted with the Melbourne Storm he was given a four match ban.
Representative career
In 2006, White made his representative debut in the Country Origin team, defeating City by 12–10. Teams History Country V City has long played a part in New South Wales sporting history with the first traces of the concept being linked back as far as 1886
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. The New South Wales Rugby League team represents the state of New South Wales annually in the Rugby League State of Origin competition against arch-rivals Queensland The 2007 State of Origin series was the 28th annual interstate representative Rugby league series between New South Wales and Queensland
White has made himself available for Ireland's 2008 Rugby League World Cup campaign. The Ireland national rugby league team, is the professional Rugby league team representing Ireland. Teams See also 2008 Rugby League World Cup squads Format Draw The draw after being confirmed by the RLIF on April [2][3]
Footnotes
- ^ "Storm's big unit ready to bloom", The Sydney Morning Herald, 2005-09-16. The Sydney Morning Herald ( SMH) is a daily Broadsheet Newspaper published by Fairfax Media in Sydney, Australia Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1400 - Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers Retrieved on 2008-01-02. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire.
- ^ Kelly reveals interest. teletext. co. uk (2008-05-01). 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Retrieved on 2008-05-01. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor.
- ^ Collins, Ben: "Kelly eyes Cup sitr by Irish", pages 18-19. Rugby League World, April 2008
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