Blake Lazarus
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| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 9 June 1988 New South Wales, Australia | |||||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | |||||
| Weight | 89 kg (14 st 0 lb) | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Halfback, Fullback | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2010 | Wests Tigers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2012–14 | Greece | 2 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 36 |
| As of 1 May 2015 | ||||||
| Source: Rugby League Project | ||||||
Blake Lazarus (born 9 June 1988 in New South Wales, Australia) is a Greek–Australian rugby league player for the Wests Tigers in the NRL competition.
Playing career
Lazarus played junior football with Eagle Vale St Andrews.[1] His uncle is five time NRL Grand Final winner Glenn Lazarus.[2]
After injuries to Tim Moltzen and Robert Lui, Lazarus was chosen to make his debut in round six of the 2010 NRL season.[3] He had one more appearance for the season against the Penrith Panthers.
Having been released by Wests Tigers, Lazarus joined the Avignon Bisons in France at the end of the 2010 season.[4]
In 2011 Lazarus played for the Newtown Jets in the New South Wales Cup. In 2012 he played for The Entrance Tigers in the Bundaberg Red Cup and also represented the Greek national side against Vanuatu.[5]
Lazarus again represented Greece in 2014, scoring 3 tries and kicking 8 goals from 9 attempts in a game against Thailand.[6]
References
- ↑ "Blake Lazarus". Daily Telegraph (Sydney). Retrieved 20 October 2010.
- ↑ "Young Blake Lazarus nothing like uncle Glenn". Daily Telegraph. 2008-11-30. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
- ↑ Tyson Otto and Brent Zerafa (14 April 2010). "Blake Lazarus to debut at halfback for Wests Tigers". Daily Telegraph (Sydney). Retrieved 20 October 2010.
- ↑ "Blake Lazarus est arrivé !!". Avignon XIII. 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.