Nathan Blacklock signs with Hull

St George Illawarra Dragons winger Nathan Blackock has signed with UK club, Hull FC for 2005.

The two year deal has been confirmed by Hull and the Dragons have confirmed Blacklock's release.

An Australian representative, Blacklock played two Tests in 2001. In 140 first grade games, he has scored 118 tries and kicked 14 goals for a total of 500 points since 1995.

Hailing from Tingha (NSW), the 28-year-old flanker came to St George in 1997. In 1998, he scored 20 tries from 22 games, the second highest in the competition.

In 1999, Blacklock was the competition's top try scorer with 24 tries from 26 matches. He repeated the feat in 2000 (25 tries from 26 matches) and 2001 (27 tries from 28 matches - a club record previously held by Tom Ryan who scored 26 tries in 1957), and holds the record of scoring 20 tries or more for four seasons running.

In 2002, shortly after scoring his 100th career try, Blacklock quit rugby league stating, "I no longer have the passion for the game..."

He then signed with rugby union, representing the Waratahs in 2003. But in the same year, Blacklock returned to rugby league, and the Dragons, scoring 14 tries from just 12 matches to become the club's top try scorer for a 5th time.

A crowd favourite, Nathan 'Tingha' Blacklock was noted for his trademark backflips as being part of his try scoring celebrations.

Earlier this year, Blacklock was dropped to Premier League after he failed to show up to a training session. He has also been hampered by a recent knee injury.