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Maurice Blair Personal information Full name Maurice Blair Nickname Bob Born 16 October 1984
Maryborough, Australia
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) Weight 103 kg (16 st 3 lb) Playing information Position Five-eighth, Centre Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2007–2009 Penrith Panthers 48 10 0 0 40 2011– Melbourne Storm 11 3 0 0 12 Total 59 13 0 0 52 As of 2 August 2011 Source: NRL Stats, League Central & RLP Maurice Blair (born 16 October 1984 in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia) is an Indigenous Australian professional rugby league player for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League (NRL).
Blair primarily plays in the centres and he can also play as a five-eighth or lock.
Blair played his junior football with Maryborough Rovers before signing with Souths Logan Magpies. He made his NRL debut playing for the Panthers against the New Zealand Warriors in round 15, 2007.
He was honoured in 2008, the Centenary Season of Rugby League, playing at centre for the Indigenous Dreamtime Team who defeated the New Zealand Maori 34–26 at the World Cup Opening Ceremony.
Blair has signed for the Melbourne Storm for the 2011 season.[1] He made his debut for the Storm against the Brisbane Broncos later in the season.
References
- ^ "Storm recruit Lowe, Blair". ABC News (Australia) (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). 17 September 2010. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/09/17/3015134.htm?site=sport§ion=rugbyleague. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
External links
Melbourne Storm – current squad Categories:- 1984 births
- Living people
- People from Maryborough, Queensland
- Australian rugby league players
- Melbourne Storm players
- Souths Magpies players
- Penrith Panthers players
- Australian Aboriginal rugby league team players
- Indigenous Australian rugby league footballers
- Rugby league centres
- Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks players
- Australian rugby league biography, 1980s birth stubs
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