Cory Blair
| Born | 28 June 1985 Coolangatta, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 97 kg (214 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cory Blair (born 28 June 1985) is an Australian born American rugby union and rugby league footballer.
Background
His younger brother, Cheyse Blair, played for Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League.[1]
Playing career
Rugby union
Blair played centre for his club, Huntington Beach, in California. He was selected to tour with the USA national rugby union team, the USA Eagles XV, for the Autumn 2010 tour of Europe. Blair also played for the United States men's national rugby sevens team[1]
Rugby league
In 2010 he was named in the 40-man train on squad United States national rugby league team for the 2010 Atlantic Cup[2] but was not selected in the final 22-man squad for the tournament.[3]
Blair rugby league for the Bilambil Jets, with whom he won in the Gold Coast Tweed premiership in the 2011 season. In 2012, Blair joined the Tweed Heads Seagulls in the Queensland Cup. He returned to Bilambil for the 2015 season, before re-joining the Seagulls in 2016. Blair announced his retirement at the end of the 2016 season.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Tweed Heads Seagulls forward Cory Blair considering retirement at end of Queensland Cup season". Gold Coast Bulletin. 14 May 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2026.
- ^ fight Rugby Archived 11 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 23 December 2010
- ^ USA Names Final Squad Archived 1 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine. We Are Rugby (22 October 2010). Retrieved on 7 December 2010.
- ^ "Tweed Heads Seagulls forward Cory Blair could come out of retirement if United States come knocking for World Cup opportunity in Australia". Gold Coast Bulletin. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2026.