Waqa Blake finds new club

Former Parramatta Eels outside-back Waqa Blake has found a new club after departing the Eels at the end of last season.

Released by the Eels at the end of the 2023 season, the Fijian international has played over 150 games in the NRL, including a stint with the Penrith Panthers from 2015 to 2019.

However, it has now been confirmed that he will be aligning himself with St Helens RLFC in the English Super League on a one-year contract for the 2024 season.

The decision from the outside back follows rumours that he was considering a code switch to rugby union after reportedly talking with the Super Rugby club, Western Force, in the middle of last year.

A Perth native, Blake represented the Joondalup Giants and Perth Pirates in Western Australia before making the move to the Panthers at the start of 2012. Here, he would work his way through the club’s junior grades before earning his debut in 2015.