Benjamin James White (born 27 May 1998) is a professional

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player who plays as a scrum-half for

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club

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. Born in England, he represents

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at international level after qualifying on ancestry grounds.

Club career

Leicester Tigers

White made his first senior Tigers appearance aged 17, against Argentina at Welford Road in Marcos Ayerza's testimonial fixture in the build up to the

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. White then made his Premiership debut against Harlequins on 25 October 2015; at the age of 17 years and 151 days White became the youngest player to play for

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in the Premiership. White, a member of the Tigers Academy, captained the Tigers U18 Academy League Team, the Premiership 7's team and ultimately captained the Tigers 1st 15 in the Premiership, aged 21. On the 16 June 2021

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announced his release. White is also the youngest professional player in

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history having made his debut against

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on 23 April 2016, whilst on loan from Leicester.

London Irish

White joined Premiership Rugby side

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ahead of the 2021–22 season.

Toulon

On 2 July 2023, after London Irish entered administration, White signed for French giants

in the

competition from the 2023–24 season.

International career

England U20 and England XV

White, who represented England at U17's, featured for England U18-s in all of their 2016 Six Nations matches in 2016. On 3 January 2018 White was named in England under-20s squad for the 2018 U-20s Six Nations Championship, and he captained England under-20s. White started for England under-20s in the 2018 Rugby World Cup Final against France, having started the semi-final against South Africa and being involved in every Pool game. After a breakthrough year for Leicester in 2018–19, White was named in a squad for an uncapped match against the

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Scotland

White qualifies for Scotland through having a Scottish grandfather. In January 2022 White was named in the

squad for the 2022

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. White was named as a replacement for Scotland's opening game of the Six Nations against . Due to his form with London Irish during the 2022/23 English Premiership, he was selected as starting scrum-half for the Scotland team which won a third consecutive Calcutta Cup and a second away win at Twickenham in the opening round of the 2023 Guinness Six Nations. In 2023 White was selected in Scotland's 33 player squad for the

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in France.

British & Irish Lions

White was called up to the

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as a replacement for the injured

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. He made his debut in the third tour match in Australia, a 10-21 victory over

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, becoming Lion #883.

Personal life

He is currently in a relationship with

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Career statistics

List of international tries

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References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:White, Ben 1998 births Living people English rugby union players English people of Scottish descent Scotland international rugby union players Scottish rugby union players People educated at Leicester Grammar School People educated at Denstone College Leicester Tigers players Doncaster Knights players Rugby union players from Stoke-on-Trent Rugby union scrum-halves 2023 Rugby World Cup players RC Toulon players Scottish expatriate rugby union players in France English expatriate rugby union players in France