Shawn Blore

{{Short description|Samoa international rugby league footballer}}

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|birth_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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|club1 = Wests Tigers

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|club2 = Melbourne Storm

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|year2end = present

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|points2 = 12

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|updated = 21 June 2025

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Shawn Blore (born 1 August 2000) is a Samoa international rugby league footballer who plays as a {{rlp|sr}} forward for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League (NRL).

He has previously played for the Wests Tigers.

Background

File:Shawn BLORE.jpg in 2018]]

Blore played his junior rugby league for Brothers Penrith in the Penrith District Junior Rugby League before progressing onto the Penrith Panthers juniors. In 2020 he signed with the Wests Tigers on a two-year deal.{{Cite web|title=Panthers release young gun Shawn Blore; signs with Tigers on two-year deal|url=https://www.sportingnews.com/au/league/news/nrl-coronavirus-wests-tigers-penrith-panthers-shawn-blore-release-signing-contract-rugby-league-2020/1k3m0zvhbzzs1nwxo1stctsv1|access-date=2020-07-23|website=www.sportingnews.com|language=en-au}}

Career

=2020=

Blore made his first grade debut in round 11 of the 2020 NRL season for Wests Tigers against the Parramatta Eels at Bankwest Stadium where Wests lost the match 26–16.{{cite web|url=https://www.nrl.com/news/2020/07/21/round-11-nrl-squad-announcements/ |title=Round 11 NRL team lists |publisher=NRL.com |date=21 July 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-23/nrl-parramatta-eels-beat-wests-tigers-26-16-round-11/12487356/|title=Parramatta Eels beat Wests Tigers|website=www.abc.net.au}}

He was said to have "stood his ground in a fiery head-to-head and came away with a points decision" against Parramatta's Nathan Brown.{{cite web| work= nrl.com| title=Maguire: That's the pride in the jersey I'm talking about|author=Chris Kennedy | url=https://www.nrl.com/news/2020/07/23/maguire-thats-the-pride-in-the-jersey-im-talking-about/}} After the match, coach Michael Maguire said, "I don't think he's played a full game of footy for about 14 months now, to see him play the way he did it was welcome to first grade that's for sure. He played a lot of time too, I didn't expect him to play that much time but he hung strong and showed he can play at this level." He made 5 appearances from the bench during the season, all losses.

=2021=

Blore played a total of twelve games for the Wests Tigers in the 2021 NRL season as the club finished 13th and missed the finals.{{cite web|url=https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/wests-tigers-fans-savage-the-clubs-newlook-logo/news-story/83f356c5f7c0d336d950d750f4e054b5/|title=Wests Tigers fans savage the club's new-look logo|website=www.news.com.au}}

=2022=

On 4 February, it was announced that Blore would miss the entire 2022 NRL season after suffering an ACL injury during training at Concord Oval.{{cite web|url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/nrl-2022-casualty-ward-injury-list-jack-hetherington-raymond-faitalamariner-bulldogs-jordan-riki-brendan-piakura-broncos-stefano-utoikamanu-wests-tigers/news-story/fad889f1c85e5ee0099f099bfa497c17?fbclid=IwAR1e8WisiF9amzHvkr6dBQD2IjGJ0hi4KmVrWd2vt1z1Y7dZJuK5pdCf9tg/|title=Double Dogs blow as star enforcer out for the season; Bronco set for sideline stint: NRL Casualty Ward|website=www.foxsports.com.au}}

=2023=

Blore played a total of 15 games for the Wests Tigers in the 2023 NRL season as the club finished with the wooden spoon for a second straight year.{{cite web|url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/nrl-2023-wests-tigers-season-in-review-tigers-brutal-review-tim-sheens-benji-marshall-coach-justin-pascoe-wooden-spoon/news-story/d1ae7fb41d93ea7dc29173a824cac5a1/|title=‘Circus act’ that summed up year from hell... and big call left for Benji: Wests Tigers Brutal Review|website=www.foxsports.com.au}}

=2024=

On 12 January, Blore signed a three-year deal with Melbourne as part of a swap deal with Justin Olam.{{cite web|url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/nrl-2024-transfer-centre-justin-olam-player-swap-shawn-blore-wests-tigers-melbourne-storm-contracts-signings/news-story/1ba017a54fb8935b0c36f7ef23a30d4f/|title=Tigers land International star as immediate player swap with Storm confirmed: Transfer Centre|website=www.foxsports.com.au}}

In round 3 of the 2024 NRL season, Blore made his Melbourne Storm debut against the Newcastle Knights. He was presented with his debut jersey (cap 234). Blore played a total of 24 matches for Melbourne in the 2024 NRL season as the club were runaway minor premiers. Blore played in Melbourne's 2024 NRL Grand Final loss against Penrith.{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-06/nrl-grand-final-2024-quick-hits-biting-bunker-penrith-panthers/104422068/|title=NRL grand final 2024 quick hits: Biting allegation, Panthers halves swansong and a controversial bunker decision|website=www.abc.net.au}}

Statistics

Updated as of 26 May 2025{{cite web |title=Rugby League Project - Shawn Blore |url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/Shawn-Blore/summary.html |website=Rugby League Project |access-date=8 April 2024}}

class="wikitable defaultcenter" \|+ !Year !Team !Games !Tries !Pts
2020 \| rowspan="4" \|{{leagueicon\|Wests Tigers\|size=16}} Wests Tigers \|5 \|0 \|
2021 \|13 \|0 \|
2022 \|0 \|0 \|
2023 \|15 \|1 \|4
2024 \| rowspan="2" \|{{leagueicon\|Melbourne\|16}} Melbourne Storm \|24 \|2 \|8
2025 \|10 \|1 \|4
colspan="2" \| Career total	67	4 !16

class="wikitable defaultcenter"

!Year

!Team

!Games

!Tries

!Pts

2020

| rowspan="4" |{{leagueicon|Wests Tigers|size=16}} Wests Tigers

2021

|13

2022

2023