Blake Green
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| Born | 18 September 1986 Fairfield, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 89 kg (14 st 0 lb) [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Five-eighth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Blake Green (born 18 September 1986) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Melbourne Storm. A half back and five-eighth, 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 had 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 colleague 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]
Blake won the Harry Sunderland Trophy in the 2013 Super League Grand Final against the Warrington Wolves on 5 October 2013 as he helped Wigan come from 16-2 down to win 30-16 as he scored the try which moved Wigan 24-16 ahead in a crucial stage of the game as he put on a fantastic display at stand off despite taking a cheap shot on the ground from Warrington's Ben Westwood after just three minutes which left Blake on the ground out cold for a few minutes and with a black eye.
On 10 June 2014, Blake announced he would leave Wigan at the end of the season.,[5][6]
References
- ^ "Hull KR The Official Site of the Robins". web page. Hull Kingston Rovers RLFC. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
- ^ "SportingPulse Homepage for Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League". SportingPulse. Retrieved 10 October 2008.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Wilson, Andy (18 January 2010). "Wakefield Trinity keen to bring Lesley Vainikolo back to Super League". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 26 April 2010.
- ^ http://www.superleague.co.uk/article.php?id=16453
- ^ http://www.superleague.co.uk/article/30422/green-set-to-leave-wigan
- ^ http://www1.skysports.com/rugby-league/news/12040/9343969/super-league-blake-green-to-leave-wigan-warriors-at-the-end-of-the-season