Liana Leota Explained

Liana Leota
Updated:13 June 2011
Maidenname:Barrett-Chase
Birth Date:31 October 1984
Birth Place:Taihape, New Zealand
Positions:C, WA
Clubyears1:2003–05
Clubyears2:2006
Clubyears3:2007
Clubyears4:2008–2011
Clubapps4:41
Clubyears5:2012-2015
Clubyears6:2016
Nationalyears1:2003–2004
Nationalteam1:New Zealand U21
Nationalyears2:2005
Nationalteam2:New Zealand A
Nationalyears3:2008–2015
Nationalcaps3:22

Liana Leota (née Barrett-Chase; born 31 October 1984) is a New Zealand netball player. She is a member of the national netball team, the Silver Ferns, and plays for Severn Stars in the British Netball Superleague.

Leota was a member of the Southern Sting in 2007, which won the National Bank Cup that year. She also played for the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic in 2006 and the Western Flyers from 2003–2005. She continued playing in Invercargill with the Southern Steel in the new ANZ Championship, which started in 2008. That same year, Leota debuted in the Silver Ferns against Australia.[1] Since her debut, she has cemented her position in the Silver Ferns' midcourt.[2] For the 2010 ANZ Championship season, Leota received the Most valuable Player award.[3] Leota and Wendy Frew were named as co-captains of the Southern Steel for 2011.[4]

She signed for Netball Superleague side Manchester Thunder for the 2016 Season on 27 October 2015.[5] Following a championship winning season with Thunder, Leota signed for Severn Stars in September 2019 [6]

She is of Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Ngāti Maniapoto descent.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2010 Silver Ferns profile . 20 September 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101015060346/http://www.mynetball.co.nz/silver-ferns/player-profiles/liana-barrett-chase.html# . 15 October 2010 . dead . dmy-all .
  2. News: Egan . Brendon . Barrett-Chase set to anchor Steel midcourt . . 4 March 2010 . 13 March 2010.
  3. News: NZPA . Barrett-Chase named Trans-Tasman MVP . . 8 July 2010 . 8 July 2010.
  4. Web site: Southern Steel . Steel names co-captains for 2011 . 21 December 2010 . 18 January 2011 .
  5. Web site: Manchester Thunder . Thunder sign New Zealand International Liana Leota . 27 October 2015 . 5 December 2015.
  6. Web site: Severn Stars make sensational swoop for Liana Leota from Manchester Thunder. Sky Sports. en. 2019-09-21.
  7. News: Oriini . Tipene-Leach . 31 July 2014 . Day 7: Update on our Māori athletes in Glasgow . Television New Zealand . 3 August 2014.