Career
He plays as a lock for Crusaders in the Super Rugby competition and Canterbury in the Air New Zealand Cup. He is the younger brother of George Whitelock and son of a former Junior All Black, Braeden Whitelock. All four Whitelock boys were educated in Feilding.
Whitelock was part of the World championship winning team, the Baby All Blacks at the 2008 Institutional Review Board Junior World Championship.
He played 5 games, scoring a try against Argentina. Whitelock made his Air New Zealand Cup debut in 2008 against Wellington.
His Super Rugby debut was against the Highlanders in the 2010 Super 14 season. In 2010 he was selected into the All Blacks team to the 2010 mid-year rugby test series as well as the 2010 Tri Nations Series.
He made his debut, off the bench, against Ireland, and scored 2 tries.