Pat Leafa Explained
| Pat Leafa |
| Birth Name: | Patrick Leafa |
| Birth Date: | 1989 3, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Weight: | 1100NaN0 |
| Ru Position: | Hooker |
| Ru Clubyears: | 2009–12
2014–2016
2017– |
| Ru Clubcaps: | ?
25
7 |
| Ru Clubpoints: | (?)
(25)
(0) |
| Ru Clubupdate: | 5 November 2017 |
| Ru Provinceyears: | 2009
2012– |
| Ru Provincecaps: | 1 |
| Ru Provincepoints: | (5) |
| Super14years: | 2013–2017 |
| Super14caps: | 51 |
| Super14points: | (5) |
| Super14update: | 5 November 2017 |
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]
Super Rugby Statistics
[10]
| Season | Team | Games | Starts | Sub | Mins | Tries | Cons | Pens | Drops | Points | Yel | Red |
|---|
| | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | 16 | 10 | 6 | 743 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1178 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | 14 | 1 | 13 | 271 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | 4 | 1 | 3 | 116 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 51 | 28 | 23 | 2118 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
|---|
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Notes and References
- Web site: 23 October 2012 . New Zealand Herald . All Blacks: O'Neill scoffs at Hansen claims . APNZ . 13 December 2012.
- Web site: Marist Brothers Auckland . Marist Premiers win last match of the "Waka Nathan Challenge Cup" for 2010 . 13 December 2012.
- Web site: Marist Brothers Auckland . Marist defeated Waitakere City to move into Fifth Place in the 2011 Championship . 13 December 2012.
- Web site: Rugby Heaven . Fairfax . David overcomes Goliath as Tasman beat Auckland . 13 December 2012.
- Leafa, Pat . 13 December 2012 . Introducing Pat Leafa . Youtube Clip uploaded by Melbourne Rebels. Parkville, Victoria . Melbourne Rebels . 21 February 2012 .
- Web site: Sydney Morning Herald . Fairfax . Old but bold: happy hooker Mann-Rea joins Brumbies . Chris . Dutton. 8 October 2012 . 13 December 2012.
- 2012 . Brumbies . McDouglas Medal Presentation . 13 December 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121112063145/http://www.brumbies.com.au/ACTCompetitions/MacdougallMedalandPresentationDinner.aspx . 12 November 2012 . dmy-all .
- Melbourne Rebels . Local Victorian Rugby on the Rise, although the Force too strong . https://archive.today/20130403193405/http://www.melbournerebels.com.au/News/ArticleDetails/tabid/270/ArticleID/8441/Default.aspx . dead . 3 April 2013 . 21 February 2013 . 21 February 2013 .
- Melbourne Rebels . Stars align for Pat Leafa . 12 February 2014 . 12 February 2014.
- Web site: Player Statistics . its rugby . 26 July 2016.
