Former International Brett White almost walked away from the game he loved before his professional career began.The powerful front rower embarked on his first pre-season with the Melbourne Storm 2005 when he and his team-mates were enrolled in a brutal army camp.Exhausted and hallucinating, White admits he went searching for coach Craig Bellamy in the middle of the night to tell him the sport wasn’t for him.In this episode of Chiming In, White shares how he managed to recover and go on to win two premierships with the Club as well as earn NSW and Australian honours.Today White is an aspiring Coach and works alongside Des Hasler at the Titans as well as assisting with the NSW and Australian representative teams.TIMESTAMPS:00:00 - Start01:43 - Cooma Colts10:46 - Brett's injuries13:21 - Melbourne Storm come knocking15:07 - 'I quit footy'23:55 - What makes Craig Bellamy so special27:22 - Fight with Ben Ross29:33 - Fight with Steve Price31:20 - Bitten by Fuifui Moimoi33:26 - Storm salary cap scandal39:40 - Origin & Kangaroos42:07 - Playing for Ireland45:02 - Going to Raiders46:43 - Moving into coaching Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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