Blake Enever Explained

Blake Enever
Birth Name:Blake Enever
Birth Date:12 October 1991
Birth Place:Buderim, Australia
Weight:116kg (256lb)
School:Sunshine Coast Grammar School
Ru Position:Lock
Amatyears1:2009–2011
Amatyears2:2012–2015
Amatteam1:Sunshine Coast
Amatteam2:Easts Tigers
Years1:2020–2021
Apps1:6
Points1:0
Superyears1:2012–2014
Superyears2:2015–2020
Superapps1:1
Superapps2:49
Superpoints1:0
Superpoints2:5
Super14update:21 July 2017
Provinceyears1:2014
Provinceyears2:2015−2020
Province1:Queensland Country
Province2:Canberra Vikings
Provinceapps1:4
Provinceapps2:26
Provincepoints1:5
Provincepoints2:0
Ru Provinceupdate:15 November 2017
Repyears1:2011
Repyears2:2017
Repteam1:Australia U-20
Repcaps1:4
Repcaps2:2
Reppoints1:10
Reppoints2:0
Ru Ntupdate:25 November 2017

Blake Enever (born 12 October 1991) is an Australian rugby union footballer who plays as a lock.

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.

In 2011, he was invited into the Queensland Academy of Sport (QAS) Reds Academy. 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.

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.

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 in Melbourne. 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.

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. He made his test debut for Australia starting at lock against at Twickenham on 18 November 2017.

In June 2020, it was announced he would join Premiership Rugby side Leicester Tigers ahead of the 2020–21 season.[1] He was released on 8 February 2021.[2]

Super Rugby statistics

Season Team Games Starts Sub Mins Tries Cons Pens Drops Points Yel Red
20121 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
201511 7 4 575 1 0 0 0 5 0 0
20167 2 5 261 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
201713 3 10 470 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 31 12 19 1244 1 0 0 0 5 0 0

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tigers lock in Enever from 2020. 2020-06-24. Leicester Tigers. en.
  2. Web site: Tigers agree releases with Enever and Gigena. 2021-02-12. Premiership Rugby. en-US.