Blake Leary
Personal information | ||||||
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Born | Mona Vale, New South Wales, Australia |
4 December 1990 |||||
Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | |||||
Weight | 97 kg (15 st 4 lb) | |||||
Playing information | ||||||
Position | Lock, Second-row, Hooker | |||||
Club | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
2012–13 | North Queensland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2015– | Manly Warringah | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Total | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
As of 21 May 2016 | ||||||
Source: [1] |
Blake Leary (born 4 December 1990) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League. He primarily plays at lock and second-row, but can also fill in at hooker.
Background
Born in Mona Vale, New South Wales, Leary moved to the Gold Coast, Queensland at the age of one[2] and played his junior football for the Nerang Roosters and Keebra Brothers, before being signed by the Melbourne Storm in 2009. As a youngster, Leary played for the Queensland Under 18s team.
Playing career
In 2009 and 2010, Leary played for the Melbourne Storm's NYC team, scoring 17 tries, 5 goals and 1 field goal in 26 games.[3] He captained the team in 2010.
In 2011, Leary joined the North Queensland Cowboys, playing for their Queensland Cup team, Northern Pride RLFC. Shortly after being suspended in 2011, Leary injured his knee, requiring a knee reconstruction and missed the rest of the season. In 2012, he recovered from his knee reconstruction to train with the Cowboys first-grade squad.[4]
In Round 25 of the 2012 NRL season, Leary made his NRL debut for the Cowboys against the Newcastle Knights.[5][6]
At the end of 2013, Leary was released by the Cowboys.[2]
In July 2014, Leary played for the Queensland Residents team.[7]
On 1 October 2014, Leary signed a 2-year contract with the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles starting in 2015.[2][8]
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