Potu Leavasa

Potu Leavasa
Birth name Mailo Potumoe Leavasa
Date of birth (1971-11-27) 27 November 1971
Place of birth Apia, Samoa
Height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight 242 lb (110 kg)
Rugby union career
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1993-1997 Taradale ()
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1993-1999 Taradale ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1993–1999
1997
1998		 Hawke's Bay
Central Vikings
Northland		 5
34
3		 (0)
(0)
(0)
Super Rugby
Years Team Apps (Points)
1997 Wellington Hurricanes 1 (0)
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1993–2002  Samoa 17 (0)

Potumoe Leavasa better known as Potu Leavasa (born Apia, 27 November 1971) is a Samoan rugby union player. He plays as a lock.

Career

He was selected for the Hurricanes in 1997 on the strength of a strong 1996 NPC season with Hawke’s Bay and an impressive tour to Britain with Western Samoa that followed

His only appearance came as a flanker against the Crusaders in the second round.

Leavasa played for the Central Vikings five times in 1997, previously capped 29 times for Hawke’s Bay.

His first cap for Samoa was during a match against Tonga, at Nuku'alofa, on 29 May 1993. He was part of the 1995 Rugby World Cup roster, playing three matches. His last international cap was during a match against South Africa, at Pretoria, on 6 July 2002.

References

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