Cameron Blades (born 16 April 1971) is an Australian international former

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player who played at the loosehead prop position, but could also cover at

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and hooker. He played professionally for

New South Wales Waratahs The New South Wales Waratahs ( or ;), often referred to as the Waratahs, are an Australian professional rugby union team based in Sydney that represents the majority of New South Wales in the Super Rugby Pacific competition. The Waratahs play t ...

and

Glasgow Warriors The Glasgow Warriors are a professional rugby union side from Scotland. The team plays in the United Rugby Championship league and in the European Professional Club Rugby tournaments. In the 2014–15 season they won the Pro12 title and beca ...

Career

Blades was born in Sydney. He had one full international cap for

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against

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in Sydney on 12 July 1997. Australia won the match 25–6. He also played for the Australian Under 21s. His brother Andrew Blades also played for Australia and was a member of the 1999 Rugby World Cup winning team. He was signed for

in 2001 by coach

Richie Dixon Richie Dixon (born c. 1947) is a former Scotland international rugby union player, the former head coach of the Scotland national team, the Georgia national team and Glasgow Caledonians (now known as Glasgow Warriors). He was head of Physical E ...

and entered the UK because of his Irish passport, leaving the New South Wales Waratahs. This meant he could play in the

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as a non-foreigner. While not playing for Warriors, he played for

Glasgow Hawks Glasgow Hawks is an amateur rugby union team in Glasgow, Scotland. They were Premiership Division One champions for three consecutive seasons from 2003–04 to 2005–06. History In Paris on 27 August 1995 a meeting of the International Rugby ...

Coaching

Blades turned to rugby coaching after his playing career, and was head coach at Southern Districts for two seasons where his team finished as runner-up in the

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grand final of 2012. He was appointed as forwards coach of the Australia U20 team in 2014, before joining the

as the set-piece coach for the

Super Rugby Super Rugby is a men's professional rugby union club competition involving teams from Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. It has previously included teams from Argentina, Japan, and South Africa. Super Rugby started as the S ...

season of 2016.

External links

ESPN ProfileGlasgow Warriors biographyStatbunker Profile

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Blades, Cameron Living people Australian rugby union players Australian expatriate rugby union players in Scotland Glasgow Warriors players Glasgow Hawks players 1971 births Australia international rugby union players Rugby union players from Sydney Rugby union props Gordon RFC players Randwick DRUFC players New South Wales Waratahs players