1. Blake Austin was born on 1 February 1991 and is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a stand-off for The Entrance Tigers in the Central Coast Division Rugby League in NSW, Australia.
35 Facts About Blake Austin
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Blake Austin played for the City Origin team in 2015 and Portugal and Great Britain at international level.
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Blake Austin was born in Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, to parents Robert and Maree.
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Blake Austin won a brand new Holden Jackaroo, which his parents sold in order to move out of a Doonside housing commission and into their own home in Mount Druitt.
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In 2009, Blake Austin represented the Australian Schoolboys team while attending St Dominic's College, Penrith.
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Blake Austin scored a try in his second game, against the St George Illawarra Dragons in round 26.
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Blake Austin played 13 games in 2012, scoring a try and kicking 8 goals from 9 attempts.
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In 2013, Blake Austin played just one game for Penrith before suffering a foot injury.
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On 7 August 2013, Blake Austin signed with the Wests Tigers on a two-year contract starting in 2014.
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Blake Austin can cover centre, half, five-eighth and lock and is an excellent goal kicker.
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Blake Austin was said to be "dominating" the lower grade.
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Blake Austin made his club debut for the Tigers in round 6, after Braith Anasta was suspended.
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Blake Austin appeared in every game for the remainder of the year, scoring seven tries.
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On 14 October 2014, Blake Austin was released by the Wests Tigers to sign a three-year deal with the Canberra Raiders starting in 2015.
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Blake Austin entered the Canberra side as a starting line-up five-eighth and was selected to play the first game of the season against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks.
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Blake Austin set up and scored his first try with the club in the Raiders' round 3 loss to the St George Illawarra Dragons.
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On 28 September 2015, Blake Austin was named as the Dally M Five-Eighth of the Year.
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Blake Austin finished the 2015 season playing a total of 23 matches, 16 line-breaks, 7 try-assists and 14 tries.
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In 2016, Blake Austin played 19 games for Canberra as they finished second on the table at the end of the regular season.
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At the start of 2018, Canberra lost their opening 4 games of the season and as a result Blake Austin was demoted to reserve grade by coach Ricky Stuart.
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On 24 June 2018, it was reported that Blake Austin had rejected a contract extension with the club which was confirmed by Canberra's recruitment manager Peter Mulholland.
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Mulholland told the media "Blake Austin had an offer on the table last year and he rejected that offer, and as in the game you've got to move on and unfortunately he didn't take the offer and we've moved on, basically, It's unfortunate, but that's the way it works with the salary cap, you cannot keep everybody".
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Blake Austin attempted to tackle Wests winger David Nofoaluma but was penalized by the referee after Blake Austin lifted Nofoaluma in a dangerous position which was similar to a "WWE-style powerbomb".
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On 4 August 2021, Blake Austin signed a one-year deal to join Leeds for the 2022 season.
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On 3 August 2023, it was reported that Blake Austin had joined Yorkshire rivals the Castleford Tigers on loan for the remainder of the 2023 season.
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On 21 November 2023, Blake Austin signed a contract to join Central Coast team The Entrance Tigers starting in 2024.
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At age 16, Blake Austin was invited to play for Portugal in their match against Malta on 6 October 2007, kicking two goals in Portugal's losing effort.
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In October 2009, Blake Austin represented Portugal in the Australian Mediterranean Shield at Marconi Stadium in Sydney, a tournament made up completely of Australian residents, such as Cameron Ciraldo, John Skandalis and Jarrod Sammut.
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Blake Austin has said that he does not have Portuguese ancestry.
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Blake Austin later explained Portugal national team coach Mal Speers invited him to play because he knew Blake Austin's father.
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Blake Austin attended because he was young and didn't feel like turning down any invitations to play rugby league and thought playing international league could be an interesting experience.
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In July 2019, Blake Austin was selected by Wayne Bennett for England's 27-man Elite Performance Squad.
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Blake Austin was selected in England 9s squad for the 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s.
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Blake Austin was selected in squad for the 2019 Great Britain Lions tour of the Southern Hemisphere.
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Blake Austin was highly praised by the media after he drove a disabled Raiders fan to the team's game on 3 July 2016.