Hugh Blake

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Hugh Blake
Full nameHugh Patrick Blake
Date of birth (1992-09-10) 10 September 1992 (age 29)
Place of birth Tauranga, New Zealand
Height187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight100 kg (220 lb; 15 st 10 lb)
School Hamilton Boys' High School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
Current team Bay of Plenty
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2012–2014 Otago 17 (5)
2015 Edinburgh 3 (0)
2015–2016 Glasgow Warriors 6 (0)
2016–2019 Bay of Plenty 36 (25)
Correct as of 14 August 2021
National team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2012 New Zealand U20 5 (0)
2015 Scotland 1 (0)
Correct as of 14 August 2021
National sevens team(s)
YearsTeamComps
2015–2018 Scotland 21
Correct as of 14 August 2021

Hugh Blake (born 10 September 1992) is a New Zealand born Scottish international rugby union footballer who plays as a flanker for Bay of Plenty. He previously played for Glasgow Warriors. [1]

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Rugby union career

Amateur career

He was a Premier player for the Dunedin Rugby Football Club (formed in 1871) from 2011 to 2014.

Provincial career

Blake played for Otago in the ITM Cup. [2]

Professional career

He then was signed by Edinburgh for the 2014–15 season.

He moved to Glasgow Warriors on loan in March 2015. It was announced on 13 August 2015 that Blake has secured a two-year deal at Glasgow Warriors.

He was loaned out to Bay of Plenty for the 2016–17 season and has been named in their squad for the 2017 Mitre 10 Cup. [3]

International career

Blake represented New Zealand Under 20 in the 2012 IRB Junior World Championship in South Africa. [4]

Blake's Glaswegian grandparents moved to New Zealand in the 1950s and the flanker is thus eligible to represent Scotland. [5]

He then represented Scotland at Sevens thus confirming his Scottish nationality.

On 20 January 2015, Blake was called up the senior Scotland squad for the 2015 Six Nations Championship, despite being yet to play a single game for Edinburgh at the time. [6]

He received his first full Scotland international against Ireland on 15 August 2015. [7] [8]

Personal life

His younger brother Andrew is a football player. Hugh is very keen on the skite, being able to chop a cruiser in under 2 seconds. [9]

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References

  1. "Bay of Plenty Steamers squad named".
  2. "Hugh Blake Otago Player Profile". Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  3. "Steamers scrum makes mark".
  4. "Hugh Blake IRB JWC Player Profile". Archived from the original on 18 June 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  5. "Scotland (Hugh Blake) - Scottish Rugby Union". scottishrugby.org.
  6. "Edinburgh quartet earn Scotland Six Nations call-up". BBC Sport. 20 January 2015.
  7. Jamie Lyall. "BBC Sport - Scotland's "physical" training readied Hugh Blake for debut". BBC Sport.
  8. "Ireland vs Scotland match report: Maverick Ian Madigan proves his worth in Irish victory". The Independent. 15 August 2015.
  9. Pilcher, Ross (22 September 2017). "Hibs kid Andrew Blake aims to make his mark at Edinburgh City". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 22 September 2017.