Rodney Blake
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| Full name | Rodney Blake | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 29 April 1983 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sa'aveki, Tonga | ||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 132 kg (20 st 11 lb) | ||||||||||||
| School | Homebush Boys High | ||||||||||||
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| Current team | Bowen Mudcrabs | ||||||||||||
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| Position | prop | ||||||||||||
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| Youth clubs | |||
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| Years | Club / team | ||
| West Harbour Juniors | |||
| Youth national clubs | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
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Australian Schoolboys Australia U-21 |
5 | 5 | |
| Provincial/State sides | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 2004–08 2007 2008–10 |
Sunnybank East Coast Aces Bayonne |
25 6 52 |
(5) (10) (10) |
| Super Rugby | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 2005–08 2011–12 |
Queensland Reds Melbourne Rebels |
25 20 |
(6) (15) |
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 2006 ‐ | Australia | 7 | (5) |
Rodney Blake (born 29 April 1983) is an Australian professional rugby union footballer. He played as a prop in Super Rugby for the Queensland Reds and Melbourne Rebels, and played for Bayonne in the Top 14 in France. He is sometimes referred to as Rodzilla. Blake made his debut for the Wallabies in 2006.
Rodney Blake was born in Sa'aveki, Tonga. His father Paul is a former Otago flanker and moved his family to Sydney when Rodney was 13. The young Blake played rugby for the West Harbour RFC juniors and was educated at Homebush Boys High School. He was a member of the Australian Schools side, and he represented Australia under-21 world cup in Scotland.
He made his Queensland Reds Super Rugby debut against the Otago Highlanders . He was a regular in the Reds' line-up during the 2006 Super 14 season. He was named in John Connolly's Wallaby side, and made his test debut against England at Telstra Stadium, playing the full 80 minutes. In the closing minutes of the match Blake charged over to score the final try of the game which saw Australia win 34 to 3. He was injured in the subsequent victory over England, and thus missed the following match against Ireland. Blake missed the opening matches of the 2006 Tri Nations Series but played for the Wallabies in a Bledisloe Cup match against the All Blacks in Brisbane.
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