Bok nemesis Nic White proves again his genius knows no bounds
It might not look like much, but Australia’s Nic White showed his rugby genius yet again in the last play of the game against Scotland yesterday at Murrayfield.
With his side leading by a solitary point, 16-15, White was taking a 22 metre dropout after a missed kick from Scotland’s Blair Kinghorn. White knew he had to get the ball into touch to end the game, but it was important the ball did not go straight out. Knowing what to do is one thing, be able to execute it is another thing altogether.
With four Scottish players covering the touchline and one player attempting to charge down the kick, White was able to thread the ball through the defence to end the game. Take a bow Nic White.
Take a look at the kick:
Scotland: Ollie Smith (Glasgow Warriors); Darcy Graham, Mark Bennett (both Edinburgh Rugby), Sione Tuipulotu (Glasgow Warriors), Duhan Van Der Merwe; Blair Kinghorn (both Edinburgh Rugby), Ali Price (Glasgow Warriors); Pierre Schoeman, Dave Cherry (both Edinburgh Rugby), Zander Fagerson (Glasgow Warriors), Sam Skinner, Grant Gilchrist, Jamie Ritchie CAPTAIN, Hamish Watson (all Edinburgh Rugby) and Matt Fagerson (Glasgow Warriors).
Subs: George Turner (Glasgow Warriors) for Cherry (60 mins), Jamie Bhatti (Glasgow Warriors) for Schoeman (60 mins), W P Nel (Edinburgh Rugby) for Zander Fagerson (60 mins), Glen Young (Edinburgh Rugby) for Skinner (24 mins), Jack Dempsey (Glasgow Warriors) for Matt Fagerson (60 mins) George Horne (Glasgow Warriors) for Price (66 mins), Ross Thompson (Glasgow Warriors) and Damien Hoyland (Edinburgh Rugby) for Graham (74 mins).
Australia: Tom Banks; Andrew Kellaway, Len Ikitau, Hunter Paisami, Tom Wright; Bernard Foley, Tate McDermott; James Slipper CAPTAIN, David Porecki, Allan Alaalatoa, Nick Frost, Cadeyrn Neville, Jed Holloway, Michael Hooper, Rob Valentini.
Subs: Folau Fainga’a for Porecki (57 mins), Matt Gibbon for Slipper (66 mins), Taniela Tupou for Alaalatoa (40 mins) , Ned Hanigan for Neville 62 mins), Langi Gleeson for Valentin (74 mins), Nic White for McDermott (56 mins), Noah Lolesio for Foley (74 mins), Jock Campbell for Banks (66 mins)
