Blake Lazarus
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| Full name | Blake Lazarus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 June 1988 New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 90 kg (14 st 2 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Five-eighth, Halfback, Fullback | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Blake Lazarus (born 9 June 1988) indigenous Australian,a former professional rugby league footballer who played for the Wests Tigers in the NRL competition, later expanding his career playing in the French elite competition for Avignon Bisons. In 2011, he returned to Australia continuing his career with the Sydney Roosters and Newtown.
Background
[edit]Lazarus was born in New South Wales, Australia. He is of Greek, Irish and Australian Aboriginal heritage.
Playing career
[edit]Lazarus played junior football with Eagle Vale St Andrews.[2] His uncle is five time rugby league Grand Final winner Glenn Lazarus.[3]
After injuries to Tim Moltzen and Robert Lui, Lazarus was chosen to make his debut in round six of the 2010 NRL season.[4] He had one more appearance for the season against the Penrith Panthers.[5]
Having been released by Wests Tigers, Lazarus joined the Avignon Bisons in France at the end of the 2010 season.[6]
In 2011 Lazarus played for Newtown in the NSW Cup and also represented the Greek national side against Vanuatu.[7]
Lazarus again represented Greece in 2014, scoring 3 tries and kicking 8 goals from 9 attempts in a game against Thailand.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Blake Lazarus – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project". Rugby League Project.
- ^ "Blake Lazarus". Sydney: The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
- ^ "Young Blake Lazarus nothing like uncle Glenn". Herald Sun. 30 November 2008. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
- ^ Tyson Otto and Brent Zerafa (14 April 2010). "Blake Lazarus to debut at halfback for Wests Tigers". Sydney: The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
- ^ "One Hit Wonders". Sporting News.
- ^ "Blake Lazarus est arrivé !!". Avignon XIII. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
- ^ Lazarus' Greek Odyssey nrl.com, 6 November 2012
- ^ Liberopoulos, Terry (2 February 2014). "Greece A vs Thailand". Greek Rugby League. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
External links
[edit]- 1988 births
- Living people
- Australian people of Greek descent
- Sportspeople of Greek descent
- Australian rugby league players
- Balmain Ryde-Eastwood Tigers players
- Greece national rugby league team players
- Newtown Jets NSW Cup players
- Rugby league fullbacks
- Rugby league halfbacks
- Rugby league players from New South Wales
- Sporting Olympique Avignon players
- Wests Tigers players