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Born |
Paddington, New South Wales, Australia |
15 April 1988 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 100 kg (15 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing information
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Position | Centre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Blake Ayshford (born 15 April 1988) is an Australian professional rugby league player who currently plays for the New Zealand Warriors in the Australian NRL competition. He primarily plays at centre, but can also fill in at five-eighth and lock. He previously played for the Wests Tigers and Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks.
Ayshford played his junior football with the Paddington-Woollahra Tigers and Coogee Randwick Wombats, representing the Junior Kangaroos in 2007 & New South Wales at an under 17s and under 19s level. In 2006 he played for Endeavour Sports High School when they won the Arrive Alive Cup.
Blake's uncle, Bruce, played for Easts in 1969.
Ayshford played in the junior grades with the Sydney Roosters, before signing with the Wests Tigers.
Ayshford played for the Tigers' NYC side where, in 2008, he was named the Player's Player of the Year.
He made his first grade debut in Round 11 of the 2009 NRL season, playing against the Brisbane Broncos on 22 May. In June 2009, it was announced that Ayshford had signed a two-year contract to remain with the Tigers until the end of the 2011 season. Later that year he signed an extension to the end of the 2012 season. At the end of the 2009 season, Ayshford was named the Wests Tigers' Rookie of the Year.