Brian Leauma
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| Born | 11 July 1978 Western Samoa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 93 kg (14 st 9 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Brian Leauma (born 11 July 1978[2]) is a Samoan former professional rugby league and rugby union footballer who represented Samoa in rugby league at the 2000 World Cup.
Playing career
[edit]Leauma attended Lithgow High in Lithgow, New South Wales. In 1995 and 1996 he played for the Australian Schoolboy's.[3]
In 1997 Leauma played for the Junior Kiwis.[4]
In 1998 Leauma played one National Rugby League game for the Penrith Panthers.
He was named in the Samoan squad for the 2000 World Cup, and played in all four matches for Samoa.
In 2001 Leauma switched to rugby union, and played for the New South Wales Waratahs.[5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ Brian Leauma rugbyleague.co.nz
- ^ Teams and Results (1972 - 2009) Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine stralian Secondary Schools Rugby League
- ^ Andrew Sanders (13 April 1997). "Long wait for next Kiwi tour of Britain". Sunday Star-Times. p. B4 – via EBSCOHost.
- ^ WARATAHS SIDE NAMED TO PLAY AUCKLAND rugby.com.au, 7 February 2001
- ^ Southern Cross Cup New Zealand Herald, 6 February 2001
Categories:
- 1978 births
- Living people
- Australian sportspeople of Samoan descent
- Australian people of New Zealand descent
- Australian rugby league players
- Australian rugby union players
- Junior Kiwis players
- Samoa national rugby league team players
- Penrith Panthers players
- Samoan rugby league players
- Samoan rugby union players
- Rugby league wingers
- Footballers who switched code