Maurice Blair

Maurice Blair

Personal information
Born	16 October 1984 Maryborough, Queensland, Australia
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Weight	98 kg (15 st 6 lb)[1]
Playing information
Position	Centre, Five-eighth, Lock
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2007–10	Penrith Panthers	48	10	0	0	40
2011–13	Melbourne Storm	36	13	1	0	54
2014	Gold Coast Titans	15	0	0	0	0
2015–	Hull KR	17	2	0	0	8
	Total	116	25	1	0	102
Source: NRL Stats, League Central & RLP

Maurice Blair (born 16 October 1984 in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia) is an Indigenous Australian professional rugby league player for Hull KR of the Super League.

Blair primarily plays in the Centre position and he can also play as a Stand-off or Lose-forward.

Blair played his junior football with Maryborough Rovers before signing with Souths Logan Magpies. He made his NRL debut playing for the Panthers against the New Zealand Warriors in round 15, 2007.

He was honoured in 2008, the Centenary Season of Rugby League, playing at centre for the Indigenous Dreamtime Team who defeated the New Zealand Maori 34–26 at the World Cup Opening Ceremony.

Blair signed for the Melbourne Storm for the 2011 season.^[2] He made his debut for the Storm against the Brisbane Broncos later in the season.

On the 18th October 2014, Blair was released from the Titans alongside Albert Kelly to sign two-year contracts with Hull KR, replacing Australian halves Travis Burns and Kris Keating.^[3][4]

References

1. "Maurice Blair Hull Kingston Rovers". www.superleague.co.uk. Rugby Football League. 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
2. "Storm recruit Lowe, Blair". ABC News (Australia) (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). 17 September 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
3. http://www.nrl.com/titans-release-blair-and-kelly/tabid/10874/newsid/82584/default.aspx?cid=NRL_HP_Latest
4. http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/gold-coast-titans/gold-coast-titans-release-albert-kelly-and-maurice-blair-20141018-118547.html

External links

• Penrith Panthers profile