In October 2013, Uate switched back his international eligibility to his native Fiji and he was named in their squad for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup. Uate played in 4 matches and scored 3 tries, all scored against Ireland in Fiji's 32–14 win at Spotland Stadium. 2014 In February 2014, Uate was selected in the Newcastle Knights inaugural 2014 Auckland Nines squad. In Round 13 against the Wests Tigers, Uate broke Timana Tahu's record for most tries scored for the Newcastle Knights. Uate became the Knights highest tryscorer ever with 93 tries, scoring a hat trick in the 23–20 loss at Hunter Stadium. In Round 22 against the Melbourne Storm, Uate scored a try in the corner win the match for the Knights after overcoming a 30–20 deficit with 2 minutes to go, with later Kurt Gidley kicking the winning goal resulting with the Knights 32-30 winners at Hunter Stadium. Uate finished off the 2014 NRL season with him being the Knights highest tryscorer with 12 tries in 15 matches. 2015 In Round 6 against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, Uate scored his 100th NRL career try in the Knights' 22–6 loss at Remondis Stadium. On 3 May, he played for New South Wales Country against New South Wales City in the 2015 City vs Country Origin match, playing on the wing and scoring a try in Country's 34–22 win at Wagga Wagga. In Round 25 against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, he played his 150th NRL match in the Knights' 20–18 loss at Hunter Stadium. He finished off the 2015 season as the Knights' highest try-scorer with 12 tries in 22 matches as the club finished last. 2016 In February, Uate played for the Knights in the 2016 NRL Auckland Nines. On 7 May, he played for Fiji against Papua New Guinea in the 2016 Melanesian Cup. After round 12 against the Parramatta Eels, he was demoted to the Knights' Intrust Super Premiership NSW team where he failed to break in the Knights' top 17 for the rest of the season. He finished the 2016 season having played in 10 matches and scoring 1 try. In October, he was released from the final year of his Knights contract to sign a 2-year contract with the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles starting in 2017. 2017 In round 1 of 2017 season, Uate made his debut for the Sea Eagles in their 12–20 loss at