Originally a halfback, Blake developed into a utility player and played first grade matches in all the backline positions, as well as at hooker and lock.
Blake has held coaching positions with the Wallabies, Western Force, Manly RUFC and Leicester Tigers.
While attending Christian Brothers College in Manly, Blake played for the Australian Schoolboys team in 1981.
[citation needed] This also allowed Fulton to play others (such as halfback Des Hasler who had joined the club from Penrith) in their preferred positions.
During the 1985/86 off-season Phil Blake traveled to England and played for Warrington, he played at centre (replaced by substitute Mark Forster) in Warrington's 8–34 defeat by Wigan in the 1985 Lancashire Cup Final during the 1985–86 season at Knowsley Road, St. Helens, on Sunday 13 October 1985,[4] In the 1986 NSWRL season, Blake was again the league's top try scorer with 13, sharing the mark with Balmain's Great Britain international import Garry Schofield and despite having that statistic, for the second time in a Kangaroo Tour year, he was overlooked for selection on the 1986 Kangaroo tour.
After returning from England, Blake, and Souths went from being minor premiers in 1989 to finishing with the wooden spoon in 1990, the biggest slide from grace in the competition's history.
In 1988, he played for City, and in 1989 he came off the bench in a State of Origin match for New South Wales, but that was the extent of his representative career.
On a wet and muddy day at the Seiffert Oval in Canberra, the President's XIII defeated the Lions 24–18.
[citation needed] Blake was appointed the sprint coach at the South Sydney Rabbitohs for their return season in 2002.
[10] Blake suffered from a series of potentially life-threatening blood clots in 2008 and spent some time in hospital.
[16] In 2014, he was appointed as head coach of the North Harbour Rays for the inaugural National Rugby Championship season.