Phil Blake

Manly junior burst onto the league scene as an 18-year-old halfback in 1982. Blake was a brilliant prospect, possessing a perfect chip-kick, with great anticipation and positional play, and was unlucky not to tour with the Kangaroos that year. A try-scorer in Manly's grand final loss to P’matta in 1982 (and 'Dally M' Rookie of the Year), he scored a club record 27 tries fin the 1983 season. Under coach Bob Fulton in 1983-84, Blake's defensive lapses were exposed and after persevering as a winger, he went to England (Warrington 1985-86) before switching to Souths where he secured his favoured five-eighth role. His career at Souths brought momentary stability, including State of Origin selection as a reserve in 1989. Blake left Souths the following year but despite scoring over 100 first grade tries, failed to re-establish a first-grade place at either Norths (1991) or Canberra (1992). Lining up with St George, Blake produced glimpses of his old magic in 1993, including an appearance in the grand final against Brisbane, but the 1994 season was unrewarding. Blake joined his sixth Sydney premiership club, the Auckland Warriors, in 1995 and scored the club's first premiership try in the 25-22 loss to Brisbane. He returned to Manly at the beginning of 1998 and trained with the club pre-season before announcing his retirement. Blake was later assistant coach to Craig Coleman at Souths in 2002-03.

Career Statistics

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Representative
Australia - By Team
Team	Years	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
NSW City	1988	1	-	-				-	-	1	0	0	100.00%
New South Wales	1989	1	-	-				-	-	0	1	0	0.00%
Overall	1988-1989	2	0	0				0		1	1	0	50.00%
Club Career
Australian League Matches - By Year
Team	Years	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
Manly Warringah	NSWRFL 1982	14	9	-				2	29	8	6	0	57.14%
Manly Warringah	NSWRFL 1983	23	27	-				2	110	20	3	0	86.96%
Manly Warringah	NSWRL 1984	23	11	-				-	44	13	10	0	56.52%
Manly Warringah	NSWRL 1985	11	3	-				1	13	4	6	1	36.36%
Manly Warringah	NSWRL 1986	25	13	-				2	54	14	10	1	56.00%
South Sydney	NSWRL 1987	15	5	-				4	24	7	8	0	46.67%
South Sydney	NSWRL 1988	20	14	-				1	57	11	8	1	55.00%
South Sydney	NSWRL 1989	21	12	6	/	11	54.55%	-	60	16	5	0	76.19%
South Sydney	NSWRL 1990	19	6	2	/	3	66.67%	1	29	2	17	0	10.53%
North Sydney	NSWRL 1991	11	1	-				1	5	8	2	1	72.73%
Canberra	NSWRL 1992	16	5	-				1	21	9	7	0	56.25%
St George	NSWRL 1993	20	8	-				-	32	15	5	0	75.00%
St George	NSWRL 1994	9	7	-				-	28	5	4	0	55.56%
Auckland	ARL 1995	17	14	-				-	56	9	8	0	52.94%
Auckland	ARL 1996	18	3	-				-	12	8	10	0	44.44%
Auckland	Super League 1997	2	-	-				-	-	0	2	0	0.00%
Overall	1982-1997	264	138	8				15	574	149	111	4	56.44%
Australian League Matches - By Team
Team	Years	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
Manly Warringah	1982-86	96	63	-				7	250	59	35	2	61.46%
South Sydney	1987-90	75	37	8	/	14	57.14%	6	170	36	38	1	48.00%
North Sydney	1991	11	1	-				1	5	8	2	1	72.73%
Canberra	1992	16	5	-				1	21	9	7	0	56.25%
St George	1993-94	29	15	-				-	60	20	9	0	68.97%
Warriors	1995-97	37	17	-				-	68	17	20	0	45.95%
Overall	1982-1997	264	138	8				15	574	149	111	4	56.44%
Australian Finals Matches - By Team
Team	Years	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
Manly Warringah	1982-84, 1986	7	5	-				2	18	3	4	0	42.86%
South Sydney	1987, 1989	4	2	-				1	9	1	3	0	25.00%
St George	1993	3	2	-				-	8	2	1	0	66.67%
Overall	1982-1993	14	9	0				3	35	6	8	0	42.86%
English League Career - By Year
Team	Years	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
Warrington	Championship 1985/86	?	13	-				1	53
Warrington	Championship 1988/89	?	12	-				2	50
Wigan	Championship 1989/90	?	4	13				-	42
Overall	1985-1990	?	47	13				4	218	?	?	?	?
English League Career - By Team
Team	Years	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
Warrington	1985-86, 1988-89	?	40	-				4	164	?	?	?	?
Wigan	1989-90	?	7	13				-	54	?	?	?	?
Overall	1985-1990	?	47	13				4	218	?	?	?	?

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