Shawn Blore
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| Full name | Shawn Blore | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 August 2000 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 108 kg (17 st 0 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Second-row | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [1] As of 19 October 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Shawn Blore (born 1 August 2000) is a Samoan-Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League (NRL).
Background
Blore played his junior rugby league for Brothers Penrith in the Penrith District Junior Rugby League before progressing onto the Penrith Panthers juniors. In 2020 he signed with the Wests Tigers on a two-year deal.[2][3]
Career
2020
Blore made his first grade debut in round 11 of the 2020 NRL season for Wests Tigers against the Parramatta Eels at Bankwest Stadium where Wests lost the match 26–16.[4][5] He was said to have "stood his ground in a fiery head-to-head and came away with a points decision" against Parramatta's Nathan Brown.[6] After the match, coach Michael Maguire said, "I don't think he's played a full game of footy for about 14 months now, to see him play the way he did it was welcome to first grade that's for sure. He played a lot of time too, I didn't expect him to play that much time but he hung strong and showed he can play at this level."[6] He made 5 appearances from the bench during the season, all losses.
References
- ^ Rugby League Project
- ^ "Panthers release young gun Shawn Blore; signs with Tigers on two-year deal". News Break. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
- ^ "Panthers release young gun Shawn Blore; signs with Tigers on two-year deal". www.sportingnews.com. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
- ^ "Round 11 NRL team lists". NRL.com. 21 July 2020.
- ^ "Parramatta Eels beat Wests Tigers". www.abc.net.au.
- ^ a b Chris Kennedy. "Maguire: That's the pride in the jersey I'm talking about". nrl.com.