Blake Green

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Blake Green
Personal information
Nickname Blakey, Greeny
Born (1986-09-18) 18 September 1986
Fairfield, New South Wales, Australia
Height 177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 89 kg (14.0 st) [1]
Playing information
Position Half-back
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2007 Parramatta Eels 6 0 0 0 0
2008–09 Cronulla-Sutherland 19 1 0 0 4
2010 Canterbury-Bankstn. 18 2 0 0 8
2011–12 Hull Kingston Rovers 40 18 0 0 72
2013– Wigan Warriors 28 11 0 0 44
Total 111 32 0 0 128
Source: NRL Stats & Rugby League Project

Blake Green (born 18 September 1986) is an Australian professional rugby league fooballer for English club Wigan Warriors of Super League. A half back, he previously played in the National Rugby League for the Parramatta Eels, Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs before moving to Super League and playing for Hull Kingston Rovers and then Wigan, with whom he won the Harry Sunderland Trophy as man-of-the-match in the 2013 Super League Grand Final.

Background

While attending Westfields Sports High School, Green played for the Australian Schoolboys team in 2004.[2]

Playing career

In October 2010 it was announced that Green inked a 2 year deal with the East Riding of Yorkshire club Hull Kingston Rovers, starting from the 2011 Super League season. Blake is linking up with former collague Michael Dobson to form a new partnership at half-back for the Robins. Crusaders RL based in Wales currently playing in European Super League were also in the running to sign him as a specialist halfback for 2010's Super League XV.[3][4]

References

  1. "Hull KR The Official Site of the Robins". web page. Hull Kingston Rovers RLFC. Retrieved 12 August 2011. 
  2. "SportingPulse Homepage for Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League". SportingPulse. Retrieved 2008-10-10. 
  3. Wilson, Andy (18 January 2010). "Wakefield Trinity keen to bring Lesley Vainikolo back to Super League". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 26 April 2010. 
  4. http://www.superleague.co.uk/article.php?id=16453

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