Chris Whitaker

Chris Whitaker
Rugby union career
Date of birth	(1974-10-19) 19 October 1974
Place of birth	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height	179 cm (5 ft 10 in)^[1]
Weight	84 kg (13 st 3 lb)
School	Sydney Boys High School
Playing career
Position	scrum-half
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2006–09	Leinster	59	(25)
Super Rugby
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1997–2006	NSW Waratahs	107	(60)

National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1998–2005	Australia	31	(10)

Chris Whitaker (born 19 October 1974) is an Australian retired rugby union footballer. A much acclaimed scrum-half for Leinster in Ireland, he previously played for the New South Wales Waratahs, a state team representing New South Wales in Super Rugby. He was constrained for many years, by the Wallabies captain, George Gregan. As such, he got minimal international game time, yet was in the squad for many a year. He first started playing rugby at Sydney Boys High School, graduating in 1992,^[2] which he attended in Sydney, and moved up through the ranks from there.

Career

Whitaker joined Super Rugby side the NSW Waratahs in 1997. Whitaker gained his first Australian cap the next year, Whitaker played a total of 31 games for Australia and scored 10 points, he left the Waratahs in 2006, after 9 years with the club. Whitaker joined Leinster Rugby in Ireland, and won the Magners League in 2008 with Leinster before winning the Heineken Cup as vice-captain with the side in May, 2009. The final was, in fact, his last game ever before retirement. Whitaker has since become a coach with Leinster. Soon after coaching for Leinster he moved to France with his wife and three daughters to be the defence coach for Stade Francais.

References

↑ "2001 Australian Wallabies squad - British & Irish Lions Tour". rugby.com.au. Australian Rugby Union. Archived from the original on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
↑ http://www.shsobu.org.au/wp-content/uploads/sport.pdf

External links

Leinster profile
NSW Rugby bio
[http://www.nswrugby.com.au/HSBCWaratahs/PlayerProfiles/ChrisWhitaker[c].aspx]

Preceded by George Gregan	Australian national rugby union captain 2003	Succeeded by Nathan Sharpe

Australia squad – 1999 Rugby World Cup Winners (2nd Title)

Forwards	Blades Crowley Cockbain Connors Eales (c) Foley Finegan Giffin Harry Kearns Kefu Noriega Paul Robinson Strauss Williams Wilson

Backs	Burke Gregan (vc) Grey Herbert Horan Kafer Larkham Latham Little Roff Staniforth Tune Whitaker

Coach	Macqueen

Australia squad – 2003 Rugby World Cup Runners-up

Forwards	Baxter Cannon Cockbain Croft Darwin Dunning Giffin Harrison Lyons Paul Roe Smith Sharpe Vickerman Young Waugh (vc)

Backs	Burke Flatley Giteau Gregan (c) Grey Larkham Latham Mortlock Roff Rogers Sailor Tuqiri Turinui Whitaker

Coach	Jones

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