Andrew Leota is a Tongan rugby footballer who represented Tonga in rugby league at the 2000 World Cup.
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| Full name | Andrew P. Leota | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Flanker | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing career
editLeota originally played rugby league, being named in the Tonga squad for the 2000 World Cup and representing Coastline between 1997 and 2001.[1][2] He played for the Ngongotaha Chiefs in the 2000 Bartercard Cup.[3]
Leota played for the Te Paamu club in Coastline Rugby League and Waicoa Bay competitions.[4]
In 2003, Leota switched codes to rugby union and in 2004 he made his debut for the Bay of Plenty Rugby Union in the National Provincial Championship.[5] By 2006 Leota was playing for Bay of Plenty B.[6]
References
edit- ^ Tonga Archived 2000-11-10 at the Wayback Machine BBC Sport
- ^ Orcas give Mariners incentive for Challenge Cup Archived 2000-11-10 at the Wayback Machine New Zealand Herald, 22 August 2001
- ^ 2000 World Cup dazrl.info
- ^ Waicoa Bay Premiership 2003 Season Preview Archived 2012-09-13 at archive.today rleague.com, 11 April 2003
- ^ "BoP ready to unleash Leota". ONE Sport. 26 August 2004. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
- ^ Old heads boost Bay Bay of Plenty Times, 18 August 2006