Blake Enever

Blake Enever (born 12 October 1991) is an Australian rugby union footballer who plays as a lock for the Leicester Tigers in Premiership Rugby.

Blake Enever

Birth name	Blake Enever
Date of birth	(1991-10-12) 12 October 1991
Place of birth	Buderim, Australia
Height	2.00 m (6 ft 6 ^1⁄2 in)
Weight	116 kg (18 st 4 lb) [1]
School	Sunshine Coast Grammar School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock Current team Leicester Tigers Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2009–2011 2012–2015 Sunshine Coast Easts Tigers () Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2020– Leicester Tigers () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 2014 2015−2020 Queensland Country Canberra Vikings 4 26 (5) (0) Correct as of 15 November 2017 Super Rugby Years Team Apps (Points) 2012–2014 2015–2020 Reds Brumbies 1 49 (0) (5) Correct as of 21 July 2017 National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2011 2017 Australia U-20 Australia 4 2 (10)2t (0) Correct as of 25 November 2017

Early life

Enever was born in Buderim, in the hinterland of Queensland's Sunshine Coast. He attended Sunshine Coast Grammar School where he played rugby for the 1st XV team in 2007 and 2008. He played club rugby for the Sunshine Coast Stingrays.[2]

In 2011, he was invited into the Queensland Academy of Sport (QAS) Reds Academy.[2] He was selected for the Australia Under 20 team which competed in the 2011 IRB Junior World Championship in Italy where he made 4 appearances and scored 2 tries.[3]

Rugby career

Enever joined the ARU’s National Academy in 2012, and he moved from the Stingrays club to play Premier Rugby for Easts in Brisbane.[2]

During the 2012 Super Rugby season, Enever signed with the Reds on a short-term contract to cover an injury crisis. He made his debut on 29 June 2012 against the Rebels in Melbourne.[4] This turned out to be his only appearance during that campaign, however, he did enough to convince head coach Ewen McKenzie to name him in extended playing squad for the Reds in 2013.[2][5]

Enever was contracted to the Brumbies in 2015.

After his strong NRC form in 2017 for the Canberra Vikings, Enever was named in the Australian national squad for the 2017 Wallabies tour.[6][7] He made his test debut for Australia starting at lock against England at Twickenham on 18 November 2017.[8]

In June 2020, it was announced he would join Premiership Rugby side Leicester Tigers ahead of the 2020–21 season.[9]

Super Rugby statistics

As of 21 July 2017[10]

Season	Team	Games	Starts	Sub	Mins	Tries	Cons	Pens	Drops	Points	Yel	Red
2012	Reds	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2015	Brumbies	11	7	4	575	1	0	0	0	5	0	0
2016	Brumbies	7	2	5	261	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017	Brumbies	13	3	10	470	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total		31	12	19	1244	1	0	0	0	5	0	0

References

1. "Blake Enever". Rugby Australia. Archived from the original on 17 November 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
2. "Blake Enever Reds Player Profile". Archived from the original on 21 August 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
3. "Blake Enever IRB JWC Profile". Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
4. "SA Rugby Match Centre – Rebels 17-32 Reds". South African Rugby Union. 29 June 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
5. "Reds finalise 2013 Super Rugby EPS". SuperXV.com. 30 October 2012. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
6. Decent, Tom (29 October 2017). "Blake Enever, Matt Philip, Jack Maddocks and Liam Wright the bolters for Wallabies spring tour". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax. Archived from the original on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
7. "Uncapped locks make Wallabies tour squad: Matt Philip and Blake Enever are bolters in the Wallabies spring tour squad". Special Broadcasting Service. 29 October 2017. Archived from the original on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
8. "England lead Australia 6-0 halftime". SuperSport. 18 November 2017. Archived from the original on 18 November 2017. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
9. "Tigers lock in Enever from 2020". Leicester Tigers. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
10. "Player Statistics". its rugby.