Saxon William White was a rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 player who represented Australia

Australia

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. He is a professor of medicine.

White, a centre, was born in Sydney, New South Wales and claimed a total of 7 international rugby caps for Australia.

Career

White began playing rugby for Homebush Boys High. Following high school, he played for Sydney University Football Club

Sydney University Football Club

Sydney University Football Club, founded in 1863 , is the oldest club now playing rugby union in Australia, and as such is nicknamed "The Birthplace of Australian Rugby" or simply "The Birthplace".The club are the current NSWRU Premiers.The club was a member of the inaugural Sydney club competition...

 whilst studying medicine. He made his debut for the New South Wales

New South Wales Waratahs

The New South Wales Waratahs are an Australian rugby union football team, representing the majority of New South Wales in the Super 15 Super Rugby competition...

 state side in 1953, aged just 19. He played in both tests during the 1956 South Africa rugby union tour of Australia and New Zealand

1956 South Africa rugby union tour of Australia and New Zealand

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 and was selected in the squad for the Australia national rugby union team

Australia national rugby union team

The Australian national rugby union team is the representative side of Australia in rugby union. The national team is nicknamed the Wallabies and competes annually with New Zealand and South Africa in the Tri-Nations Series, in which they also contest the Bledisloe Cup with New Zealand and the...

 for the 1957–58 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France and played in three Test matches of the tour, before being injured and carried off in the match against Scotland

Scotland national rugby union team

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. He played a further two Test Matches against the New Zealand Maoris

New Zealand Maori rugby union team

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 in 1958.

After injury and his time with the Wallabies, White played a season with Sydney's Lane Cove Rugby Club. Following his rugby career, he worked as a lecturer in surgery at the University of Newcastle.