Addin Fonua-Blake

Addin Fonua-Blake
Fonua-Blake playing for the Illawarra Cutters in 2014.
Personal information
Born (1995-11-06) 6 November 1995
Meadowbrook, New South Wales, Australia
Height 189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 118 kg (18 st 8 lb)
Playing information
Position Prop
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2016– Manly Sea Eagles 14 2 0 0 8
As of 6 August 2016
Source: [1]

Addin Fonua-Blake (born 6 November 1995) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League. He plays at prop.

Background

Born in Meadowbrook, New South Wales, Fonua-Blake is of New Zealand[2] and Tongan descent.[3] He played his junior rugby league for the Mascot Jets, before being signed by the South Sydney Rabbitohs.[4][5]

Playing career

Early career

After playing lower grades with the South Sydney Rabbitohs in 2011 and Parramatta Eels in 2012,[6] Fonua-Blake joined the St. George Illawarra Dragons in 2013. In 2013 and 2014, he played for the Dragons' NYC team.[7] In 2014, he co-captained the side.[8][9] On 2 September 2014, he was named on the interchange bench in the 2014 NYC Team of the Year.[10] On 18 October 2014, he played for the Junior Kiwis against the Junior Kangaroos,[2] before re-signing with the Dragons on a contract to the end of 2016.[11] On 19 January 2015, he was stood down by the Dragons due to disciplinary reasons, before having his contract terminated on 30 June 2015.[12][13] At the end of 2015, he was granted approval by the NRL to train with the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles from 1 November of the same year.[14]

2016

After playing in five Intrust Super Premiership NSW matches for the Sea Eagles, Fonua-Blake was cleared to be eligible to play in the NRL after satisfying the NRL Integrity Unit that he had completed a comprehensive off-field counselling and development program.[14] This allowed him to make his NRL debut for the Sea Eagles against the Parramatta Eels in Round 7 of the 2016 NRL season.[15][16]

On 7 September, following the end to Manly's season (having finished 13th), Fonua-Blake was named in the New Zealand Kiwis train-on squad for the 2016 Four Nations tournament.[17] Later on the same day, he won the Ken Arthurson Award as Manly's 2016 Rookie of the Year. He played in 14 games for the Sea Eagles in 2016, crossing for 2 tries (a double against the defending premiers North Queensland in Townsville).[18]

References

  1. ↑ "Addin Fonua-Blake - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  2. 1 2 "2014 JUNIOR KIWIS TEAM ANNOUNCED". Rugbyleagueweek.com.au. 2014-10-10. Retrieved 2015-03-13.
  3. ↑ "Eligible players". Tonga Rugby League. 2014-06-20. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
  4. ↑ "2011 Harold Matthew's Cup - Semi Final - Illawarra Steelers v South Sydney Rabbitoh's - Action Photo Gallery". Ourfootyteam.com. 2009-05-28. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
  5. ↑ "HM R1 Canterbury 22 Souths 28 (Report) - Canterbury Bankstown Junior Rugby League". Fox Sports Pulse. 2011-02-19. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
  6. ↑ "Millie and Mark Horo helping the careers of a new batch of Parramatta juniors". Dailytelegraph.com.au. 2011-06-24. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
  7. ↑ "F". Nyc Database. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
  8. ↑ NRL. "Blake: Honoured To Be Captain". Dragons. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
  9. ↑ NRL. "Fonua-Blake Named In Junior Kiwis". Dragons. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
  10. ↑ "Holden Cup Team Of The Year Announced". Rugbyleagueweek.com.au. 2014-09-02. Retrieved 2015-06-25.
  11. ↑ Brunsdon, Simon (2015-06-30). "Dragons sack Addin Fonua-Blake". Illawarra Mercury. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
  12. ↑ Dragons.com.au (2015-01-19). "Club Statement: Addin Fonua-Blake". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
  13. ↑ Dragons.com.au (2015-06-30). "Dragons terminate Fonua-Blake contract". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
  14. 1 2 NRL. "Addin Fonua-Blake to make his NRL debut". Sea Eagles. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
  15. ↑ "Updated team lists: Sea Eagles v Eels". NRL.com. 2016-02-28. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
  16. ↑ NRL. "NRL Late Mail". Sea Eagles. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
  17. ↑ Warriors dominate Kiwis train-on squad
  18. ↑ Tom Trbojevic wins Manly's top award

External links

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles profile

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