{"id":418757,"date":"2026-01-17T09:06:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T09:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/418757\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T09:06:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T09:06:07","slug":"nic-white-returns-to-super-rugby-as-assistant-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/418757\/","title":{"rendered":"Nic White returns to Super Rugby as assistant coach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ex-Wallabies halfback <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/nic-white\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nic White<\/a> has started a new chapter in his rugby career, joining the Western <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/force\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Force<\/a> coaching group under Simon Cron.<\/p>\n<p>White will act as skills coach, having retired for the second and final time in September last year.<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old brings 77 Test caps of experience to the role, and is familiar with the Western Force coaching group after spending the last two years of his playing career in Perth. White acted as vice-captain in both seasons with the Force.<\/p>\n<p>Force head coach Simon Cron said: \u201cWe\u2019re delighted to have Nic stay within our four walls and come on board as an assistant coach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">\u201cHe has a wealth of experience as a player, he\u2019s familiar with our group, and he\u2019ll bring specialist insights for our developing players in a high mentorship role.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">\u201cHe has a very competitive mentality that will help drive standards and expectations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">\u201cFor Nic, this role gives him an apprenticeship with specific targets and touchpoints and an insight into the other side of the game, coaching.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>White joins backs coach James Stannard, defence coach Brad Harris, and forwards coach Craig Dunlea under Cron.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Cron added: \u201cNic\u2019s appointment also allows symmetry from the coaching group and adds a different challenge to allow us to grow and evolve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">White was excited to get the new role underway, recognising there was no time like the present to transition into coaching.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">\u201cThis is an exciting step for me,\u201d White said. \u201cThis feels like the natural progression for me out of playing to move into coaching.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">\u201cI know this playing group really well and I feel that I\u2019ve got heaps to offer them. My mind is still there but I can\u2019t do it physically anymore.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">\u201cI can\u2019t wait to work with the players and coaches and optimistic about where we can go.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ex-Wallabies halfback Nic White has started a new chapter in his rugby career, joining the Western Force coaching&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":418758,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-418757","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-rugby","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/418758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}