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Birth name | Patrick Leafa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 16 March 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 110 kg (17 st 5 lb; 243 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Patrick Leafa is a professional rugby union player with the Melbourne Rebels. His preferred position is Hooker. Born and raised in New Zealand,[1] Leafa played club rugby for Auckland Marist Brothers Old Boys[2] where he captained the side[3] and represented Auckland in the ITM cup.[4]
He pursued his rugby career by moving to Australia and playing for the Tuggeranong Vikings in the ACT.[5] He earned opportunities to play with the Brumby Runners - the Brumbies development squad.[5]
He was signed by the Melbourne Rebels after a break out season[6] that included winning player of the year for his club, the McDougall Medal for player of the tournament in 2012 and the ACT Griffins player of the year.[7]
Leafa has been contracted by the Melbourne Rebels and offered a place in the Extended Player Squad.[8][9]
Season | Team | Games | Starts | Sub | Mins | Tries | Cons | Pens | Drops | Points | Yel | Red |
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2013 | Rebels | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2014 | Rebels | 16 | 10 | 6 | 743 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
2015 | Rebels | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1178 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2016 | Rebels | 14 | 1 | 13 | 271 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2017 | Rebels | 4 | 1 | 3 | 116 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 51 | 28 | 23 | 2118 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |