Adam Blair
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Personal information
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| Full name | Adam Ngawati Blair | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
20 March 1986 Whangarei, New Zealand |
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| Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 108 kg (17 st 0 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing information
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| Position | Prop, Lock, Second-row | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Adam Blair (born 20 March 1986) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Brisbane Broncos of the National Rugby League. Blair primarily plays at prop, second-row and lock. Blair is a New Zealand international who has co-captained the team and has represented the NRL All Stars. Blair previously played for the Melbourne Storm in 2006-2011 where he won the 2009 NRL premiership (which was later stripped to salary cap breaches) and the Wests Tigers in 2012-2014. Blair was a member of the New Zealand Kiwis side that won the 2008 World Cup.
Born in Whangarei, New Zealand, Blair is of Māori descent. Blair played his junior football for the Northland Carvers and attended Whangarei Boys High School before recruited by the Melbourne Storm as a 16 year old where he moved to Brisbane, Queensland and played for their feeder club the Norths Devils while attending Wavell State High School. Blair was a Junior Kiwi in 2002 and 2003.
In Round 4, Blair made his NRL debut for the Melbourne Storm against the Wests Tigers where he played of the interchange bench in the Storms’ 30-28 loss at Leichhardt Oval. He played off the bench in the Storm's 15-8 grand final loss to the Brisbane Broncos. Blair was awarded the Rookie of the Year for the club, playing in 16 matches during the season. Awarded with selection in the New Zealand Kiwis 2006 Tri-Nations series squad, Blair made his international debut against Australia, playing off the interchange bench in the 30-18 loss at Mt Smart Stadium on October 14. Blair played in all 4 matches of the tournament including the Kiwis 16-12 Tri-Nations Final loss against Australia.
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