Blake Lazarus

Blake Lazarus (born 9 June 1988) indigenous Australian,a former professional rugby league footballer who played for the Wests Tigers in the NRL competition, later expanding his career playing in the French elite competition for Avignon Bisons. In 2011, he returned to Australia continuing his career with the Sydney Roosters and Newtown.

Blake Lazarus
Personal information
Full nameBlake Lazarus
Born (1988-06-09) 9 June 1988
New South Wales, Australia
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight90 kg (14 st 2 lb)
Playing information
PositionFive-eighth, Halfback, Fullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2009–10 Wests Tigers 2 0 2 0 4
2010–11 Avignon Bisons 12 3 7 0 0
2011–2012 Newtown Jets 23 7 23 1 0
Total 37 10 32 1 4
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2012–14 Greece 2 4 10 0 36
Source: [1]
As of 30 January 2019

Background

Lazarus was born in New South Wales, Australia. He is of Greek, Irish and Australian Aboriginal heritage.

Playing career

Lazarus played junior football with Eagle Vale St Andrews.[2] His uncle is five time NRL Grand Final winner Glenn Lazarus.[3]

After injuries to Tim Moltzen and Robert Lui, Lazarus was chosen to make his debut in round six of the 2010 NRL season.[4] He had one more appearance for the season against the Penrith Panthers.[5]

Having been released by Wests Tigers, Lazarus joined the Avignon Bisons in France at the end of the 2010 season.[6]

In 2011 Lazarus played for Newtown in the NSW Cup and also represented the Greek national side against Vanuatu.[7]

Lazarus again represented Greece in 2014, scoring 3 tries and kicking 8 goals from 9 attempts in a game against Thailand.[8]

References
  1. "Blake Lazarus – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project". Rugby League Project.
  2. "Blake Lazarus". Sydney: The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
  3. "Young Blake Lazarus nothing like uncle Glenn". Herald Sun. 30 November 2008. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
  4. Tyson Otto and Brent Zerafa (14 April 2010). "Blake Lazarus to debut at halfback for Wests Tigers". Sydney: The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
  5. "One Hit Wonders". Sporting News.
  6. "Blake Lazarus est arrivé !!". Avignon XIII. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
  7. Lazarus' Greek Odyssey nrl.com, 6 November 2012
  8. Liberopoulos, Terry (2 February 2014). "Greece A vs Thailand". Greek Rugby League. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
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