The Sale Sharks forward was handed the captaincy by national coach Frank Hadden last month and has been impressed with the confidence Hadden has generated in the squad.

The team face autumn Tests against Argentina, Samoa and New Zealand this month as the Scots seek to build on summer victories over the Barbarians and Romania when
Hadden was in temporary charge.

White is happy with the spirit but knows his side must avoid becoming complacent.

He said: Were maybe a bit too relaxed and confident, there could certainly be an element of that, and the proof will be when we play Argentina.

But I think everybody is professional long enough now to know that when the time comes and youre on the pitch, your big-game head has to be on in front of a full crowd at Murrayfield.

Thats not the place to muck up so Im sure youll see us perform.

Were all working very hard and its encouraging for the Argentina game, but we know its going to be a really tough match against a very physical side.

Chris Paterson has admitted he struggled with the role of captaincy at times, especially when he was handed the armband during Australian Matt Williams poor 17-month spell in charge.

But White is already growing into the role and believes playing his rugby down south is helping him.

He said: Im finding things okay. I have to consider the team a bit more but the biggest thing I can do is play well.

When it comes to the game against Argentina, it will be up to me to inspire the guys to give a good performance.

I know I will make mistakes - and we will as a team - but there is nothing I can really do to stop that.

Youre going to see the All Blacks drop balls as well and its up to us how we respond to that as a team.

It would be brilliant if we won all three November internationals and I was living up here, but in the past, like last season, I think being down south would be preferable.

You can get away from rugby down in Manchester, I blend into the crowd really, while up here it is more high-profile.

Ben MacDougall did not take part in training on Wednesday as he has a tight Achilles tendon, while Marcus di Rollo was ill. Sean Lamont suffered a finger injury during the session and will be monitored over the next 24 hours.

Rory Lamont is recovering from his knee injury but Scot MacLeod has returned to Border Reivers to continue rehabilitation on his ankle injury.