Jake White to stay at Brumbies
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Jake White will not apply for the vacant England coaching job. Source: AP
BRUMBIES coach Jake White is staying with the Super Rugby franchise and won't be applying to fill the vacancy at the head of England's national squad.
White fronted news media in Canberra tonight for the first time since confirming he had an interest in the England job.
He said he was disappointed by the criticism in the media and that it wasn't a sin to have had originally signalled an interest.
"It's something I'd look at it doesn't mean now, it doesn't mean leaving my job," said White.
Asked directly if he was still interested in taking the job currently filled on an interim basis by Stuart Lancaster, he responded: "No, no, no, no."
"I'm here for four years with the Brumbies.
"I've signed on the bottom line and you've got to judge people by their actions.
"Nothing's changed I'm still committed to the Brumbies."
...White, who won the 2007 Rugby World Cup with South Africa, said he had a full backing of his young Brumbies squad.
"More than 200 per cent," he said, adding that the players believed him at his word.
"One thing I do as coach is make sure I never lose the changerooms.
"I probably have more confidence with them than when I started."
White conceded that a national job with England one of the rugby world powers would always be tempting to him for the chance to become the first coach to win two World Cups.
But he said too much had been made of the issue something he attributed to the Brumbies' troubled history.
"With the past histories and with the baggage that came from last year, there's probably a little bit of sensitivity," White said.
"But I can't be liable for that."
Skipper Ben Mowen was standing by his coach on Friday.
"I'm one of the guys who he's got a really good relationship with but I'm by no means the only one," said Mowen.
"He's got a really good dynamic within the group and I think that's why we're in the good head space that we are."
The Brumbies are looking to secure their second win of the season against the Cheetahs at Canberra Stadium on Saturday.
