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

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. He attended

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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

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in Italy where he made 4 appearances and scored 2 tries.

Rugby career

Enever joined the

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’s National Academy in 2012, and he moved from the Stingrays club to play Premier Rugby for Easts in Brisbane. During the

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, 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

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ahead of the 2020–21 season. He was released on 8 February 2021.

Super Rugby statistics

References

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