When you try to understand Nic White, the people who know him best tell you that you’re watching the wrong Adelaide clip.
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Yes, there is the controversial “fly-swat” episode of Faf de Klerk; the timing of the game that has seen the Whites hit South Africa all week, and even a bit at home too.
But for a better measure of White’s character, we advise you to take another look at Marika Koroibete’s eye-catching try-saving tackle on Makazole Mapimpi. There, in the spider-cam view, you can see another guy busting his ass to get to the open corner: White.
“He’s a crazy competitor,” says former Wallabies halfback and teammate Will Genia.
“And it’s not something that manifests itself away from footy or whatever, it’s just when he gets on a pitch, he becomes this animal where he wants to compete and win every moment.”