Blake Ferguson

Blake Ferguson

Ferguson while playing for the Sharks in 2009
Personal information
Born	(1990-03-20) 20 March 1990 Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia
Height	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	95 kg (14 st 13 lb)
Playing information
Position	Wing, Centre, Fullback
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2009–2010	Cronulla-Sutherland	42	16	0	0	64
2011–2013	Canberra Raiders	60	35	14	0	168
	Total	102	51	14	0	232
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2010	Indigenous All-Stars	1	0	0	0	0
2011	Prime Minister's XIII	1	2	0	0	8
2012	Country Origin	1	2	0	0	8
2013	New South Wales	1	0	0	0	0
Source: NRL Stats,

Blake Ferguson (born 20 March 1990) is an Australian amateur boxer who made his professional boxing debut on 27 November 2013 in a fight against tough-boy Luke Turner. He was formerly a professional rugby League player who played most recently for the Canberra Raiders of the NRL. He previously played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks.

Ferguson is a nephew of Solomon Haumono^[1] and a cousin of Anthony Mundine who is a boxer and a former rugby league player for St George Illawarra Dragons^[2] He is also eligible for the Indigenous All Stars.^[3]

In 2010, he was called up to play for the Indigenous All-Stars replacing the injured Justin Hodges.^[4] Blake signed a 2-year deal to play with the Canberra Raiders starting from 2011.^[5] He was the 2011 Canberra Raiders season's top try-scorer.

Blake is renowned for his love of pub meals, particularly chicken schnitzels.^[6]

Controversy

Blake has been disciplined for several incidents of off-field behaviour. At a music festival in November 2012 he was escorted by security staff out of a VIP area after reports that he had been spitting on patrons. The Raiders refused to answer specific questions about the incident but stated that "We are aware of the incident and Blake has been disciplined internally." On 17 June, Ferguson was apprehended and charged by police for an alleged Indecent Assault at the Sutherland Shire nightclub 2230.^[7][8]

On Friday 6 September 2013 the Canberra Raiders sacked Ferguson.^[9]

On 11 December 2013, Ferguson was found guilty of groping a woman at a nightspot in Cronulla on 16 June 2013. Ferguson has pleaded not guilty arguing that he had mistaken the woman for a woman he was going to meet^[10]

Conversion to Islam

He converted to Islam on 8 November 2013 after taking his shahada with cousin Anthony Mundine, who has been a Muslim for many years.

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