Weight 118 kg (18 st 8 lb) 2016– Manly Sea Eagles 2 0 Height 1.89 m | Position Prop 14 2 0 0 | |
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Born 6 November 1995 (age 21)
Meadowbrook, New South Wales, Australia ( 1995-11-06 ) | ||
Addin Fonua-Blake (born 6 November 1995) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League. He plays at prop.
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Background
Born in Meadowbrook, New South Wales, Fonua-Blake is of New Zealand and Tongan descent. He played his junior rugby league for the Mascot Jets, before being signed by the South Sydney Rabbitohs.
Early career
After playing lower grades with the South Sydney Rabbitohs in 2011 and Parramatta Eels in 2012, Fonua-Blake joined the St. George Illawarra Dragons in 2013. In 2013 and 2014, he played for the Dragons' NYC team. In 2014, he co-captained the side. On 2 September 2014, he was named on the interchange bench in the 2014 NYC Team of the Year. On 18 October 2014, he played for the Junior Kiwis against the Junior Kangaroos, before re-signing with the Dragons on a contract to the end of 2016. On 19 January 2015, he was stood down by the Dragons due to disciplinary reasons, before having his contract terminated on 30 June 2015. At the end of 2015, he was granted approval by the NRL to train with the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles from 1 November of the same year.
2016
After playing in five Intrust Super Premiership NSW matches for the Sea Eagles, Fonua-Blake was cleared to be eligible to play in the NRL after satisfying the NRL Integrity Unit that he had completed a comprehensive off-field counselling and development program. This allowed him to make his NRL debut for the Sea Eagles against the Parramatta Eels in Round 7 of the 2016 NRL season.
On 7 September, following the end to Manly's season (having finished 13th), Fonua-Blake was named in the New Zealand Kiwis train-on squad for the 2016 Four Nations tournament. Later on the same day, he won the Ken Arthurson Award as Manly's 2016 Rookie of the Year. He played in 14 games for the Sea Eagles in 2016, crossing for 2 tries (a double against the defending premiers North Queensland in Townsville).
