Trevor Leota
| Date of birth | 8 February 1975 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 125 kg (19 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | David Tua (distant cousin) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Hooker | ||
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| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1997–05 2005–06 2008–09 |
Wasps Cheetahs Mont-de-Marsan |
202 8 18 |
((35) (10) (0)) |
| Super Rugby | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2006 | Cheetahs | 1 | ((0)) |
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1997–05 | Samoa | 30 | ((5)) |
Trevor Leota (born 8 February 1975) is a New Zealand rugby player of Samoan descent; he currently coaches at The Footscray Bulldogs team in Melbourne, Australias Club team.
He is a hooker and has been widely recognised as one of the hardest tacklers in the game. Debuted for Western Samoa in 1995 during a tour of the UK. He caught Nigel Melville's eye and was signed by Wasps in 1997, where he quickly became something of a cult figure for his uncompromising approach on the field of play, his colourful hair styles and his friendly nature off the pitch. For two weeks prior to the 2004 Heineken Cup final, he was famously assigned a round-the-clock minder by the Wasps management, in order that he could be prevented from indulging his passion for buckets of KFC.
He is a second cousin of Va'aiga Tuigamala and a former member of the same New Zealand schoolboys side as Jonah Lomu and Christian Cullen.
He is a distant cousin of heavyweight boxer David Tua. He played for the Cheetahs. He has previously played for Auckland and TE Atatu. He previously played for Stade Montois in the French Top 14. He was a member of the 1999 RWC squad and played for the Barbarians in May 2001. He was also one of the only rugby union players allowed to play rugby league over the 2004 summer season in order to keep his weight down. He played for West London Sharks in the Rugby League Conference.
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