Jack Whetton

Jack Whetton

Birth name	Jack Whetton
Date of birth	(1992-05-24) 24 May 1992
Place of birth	Auckland, New Zealand
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	114 kg (17 st 13 lb)
School	Rosmini College
Notable relative(s)	Gary Whetton (father) Alan Whetton (uncle) William Whetton (brother)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2014-2015 2015–2016 2016–2018 Leicester Tigers Nevers Yorkshire Carnegie 4 17 39 (0) (35) (20) Correct as of 7 February 2015 Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 2012 2013–2014 2018– Template:Rut Northland Template:Rut Auckland Template:Rut Auckland 7 20 7 (5) (10) (0) Correct as of 19 November 2018 Super Rugby Years Team Apps (Points) 2014 2018– Template:Rut Brumbies Template:Rut Highlanders 6 9 (0) (0) Correct as of 19 November 2018

Jack Whetton (born 24 May 1992) is a New Zealand Rugby Union player who currently plays as a lock for Yorkshire Carnegie in the RFU Championship

Whetton started out his playing career in North Harbour, playing two years of club rugby there before debuting in the 2012 ITM Cup for Template:Rut Northland. He switched to Template:Rut Auckland for the 2013 season due to personal reasons and played 9 matches as his side made the semi-finals of the competition. His performances caught the attention of the Template:Rut Blues Super Rugby franchise who wanted to contract him to their wider training group for the 2013 Super Rugby season. In a controversial move, he turned down their offer and instead signed for the Template:Rut Brumbies in October 2012.

Whetton comes from a family with a rich rugby tradition. His father Gary played 180 games for Auckland and 58 for the All Blacks and is the chairman of the Blues franchise. His uncle Alan also played 65 tests for the All Blacks and spent 12 years with Auckland.

He was eligible to play international rugby for New Zealand, England and Australia. He qualifies for Australia through his grandfather.

On 2 December 2014, Whetton signed a short-term deal with Leicester Tigers until the end of the season. On 5 June 2015, Whetton signed for third division French club USO Nevers in Federale 1 during the 2015-16 season. Whetton returned to England to sign for Yorkshire Carnegie in the RFU Championship on a two-year contract.