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Jake White
Jake White is one of the foremost coaches in world rugby. He won the 2007 Rugby World Cup with the Springboks, having coached their U21 side to a World Cup in 2002. At a domestic level, he is one of the world's most experienced coaches, having worked in France with Montpellier, Japan with Toyota Verblitz and Australia with the Brumbies. After last working with the Sharks in 2014, he is now back in South Africa with the Bulls as Director of Rugby.
34 Articles
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7 days ago International Rugby
Jake White: As England coach, I’d have been livid
14 days ago International Rugby
Jake White: Marcus Smith was lucky to stay on for 60 minutes
20 days ago International Rugby
Jake White: It isn't just the All Blacks who have lost their aura
48 days ago The Rugby Championship
Jake White: My warning to young Springboks who have tasted success
Opinion
Jake White: What have The Rugby Championship teams done to themselves?
The gist was that they got a lot of leeway at home in those two areas but in Nelspruit, it will be far, far more difficult. It sto…
Jake White
25 Sep 2024, 2:54
Opinion
Jake White: I'm amazed at how naive the All Blacks have become
Anyone and everyone associated with rugby is throwing up reasons for the All Blacks’ loss of invincibility; from a new coach, to…
Jake White
10 Sep 2024, 7:13
Opinion
Jake White: 'It's difficult to deny their crown has slipped'
I know over in New Zealand there is a lot of hand-wringing over the South Africans leaving Super Rugby but it’s not as big an is…
Jake White
04 Sep 2024, 6:17
Opinion
Jake White: A cautionary tale for the Springboks I learned from Clive Woodward
In isolation, I’ve got no problem with the Dricus sideshow. They were in Perth, they are friends and as proud South Africans, sh…
Jake White
20 Aug 2024, 8:46
Opinion
Jake White: 'I feel for Joe Schmidt, the problems run so much deeper'
You see, if you look at where they are today, it’s not because of what happened last week, last month or last year, it is becaus…
Jake White
13 Aug 2024, 4:22
Opinion
Jake White: Let me clear up some things
The flight back to South Africa gave me time to reflect on a pretty intense couple of days, and believe me, I’ve had a few over …
Jake White
18 Apr 2024, 12:29
Opinion
Jake White: Are modern rugby players actually better?
The Six Nations has given me bit of head space to reflect about rugby and its direction of travel. It’s funny, I remember Frik d…
Jake White
21 Mar 2024, 6:53
Opinion
Jake White: What we now know about the Springboks camp
You want to know what I think about that France South Africa game? Three words. Wow. Wow. Wow. It was simply unbelievable.
Jake White
20 Oct 2023, 6:56
Opinion
Jake White: Has Nienaber taken a back seat?
Jake White: Let me tell you a story. In 2007, I was in Marseille preparing the Springboks for the game against Fiji in the quarter…
Jake White
14 Oct 2023, 3:19
Opinion
Jake White: Bok plots, Pollard's big ask and Eddie Jones
The one thing that struck me about the Springboks versus Ireland game - and I’m working the basis of the article I wrote about s…
Jake White
30 Sep 2023, 4:36
Opinion
Jake White: The unspoken issue with the 7-1 split
Off the bat, I’d say this is one of those Test matches where the only thing you’re going to win is bragging rights. What I mea…
Jake White
21 Sep 2023, 12:34
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Jake White: 'Why don't we bring Handre Pollard in as a replacement hooker?'
Firstly, having seen the news about Malcolm Marx's knee injury, can I say how disappointed I am for him on a personal level. It’…
Jake White
14 Sep 2023, 9:13
Opinion
Jake White: I have a sneaky feeling about this World Cup
Before I talk about the upcoming World Cup, I have to talk about that game at Twickenham. For me, it was an outlier. Not the resul…
Jake White
02 Sep 2023, 3:49
Opinion
Shuffled Springboks pack could be a masterstroke – Jake White
I remember having a debate with the great Johann Rupert. He had bet me that "the Pumas have beaten the Springboks before". I said:…
Jake White
02 Aug 2023, 9:13
Opinion
Jake White: 'What caught myself, and a lot of Bok fans out'
What caught myself, and a lot of fans out, was this perception prior to the game that just because New Zealand didn’t have the l…
Jake White
24 Jul 2023, 8:44
Opinion
Jake White: What I learned about Wallabies and Australian players in general
This weekend’s Test at Loftus is a tough one to call. On the one hand the Wallabies are on a run of seven consecutive defeats, b…
Jake White
07 Jul 2023, 3:51
Opinion
Jake White: 'My gut feeling is he is in trouble'
I remember it as if it were yesterday. I looked around Twickenham, and could hear a cacophony of boos, that went straight through …
Jake White
02 Dec 2022, 7:11
Opinion
Jake White: 'England are favourites for the World Cup. I'll tell you why'
The World Cup winning coach says Eddie Jones has every advantage to go to France and lift the prized trophy
Jake White
24 Nov 2022, 6:17
Opinion
Jake White: The Springboks' unanswered questions
Italy are on an upward trajectory, but South Africa's World Cup winning coach can't see the Boks losing three in a row
Jake White
17 Nov 2022, 6:25
Jake White: I was surprised that Ireland didn't win by more
If Saturday was a measure of where South Africa and Ireland sit before they met in France, both sides will be happy.
Jake White
10 Nov 2022, 3:30
