AS he looks back at his rise to NRL stardom, Waqa Blake pays tribute to his grandparents.
Born in Lautoka, Blake moved to Australia as a nine-year-old and played his junior football for the Brighton Seagulls, the Wikipedia reports.
Blake said; “I spent most of my childhood with my mother’s parents and my grandmother is a good role model and that in itself has brought me this far”.
The website further stated that Blake then moved to Perth and played for Joondalup Giants in the Western Australian Rugby League competition before making the Perth Pirates S. G. Ball Cup representative team. At the end of 2012, after being spotted playing for the Pirates, Blake was signed by the Penrith Panthers.
In 2013 and 2014, Blake played for the Penrith Panthers.
In May 2014, Blake was named the Bati squad for the Test against Samoa but was later replaced by Petero Civoniceva.
