| Pat Leafa | |
| Birth Name: | Patrick Leafa |
| Birth Date: | 1989 3, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Weight: | 1100NaN0 |
| Position: | Hooker |
| Years1: | 2009–12 |
| Years2: | 2014–2016 |
| Years3: | 2017– |
| Clubs1: | Marist Brothers Auckland |
| Clubs2: | Melbourne Rising |
| Clubs3: | Vannes |
| Apps2: | 25 |
| Apps3: | 7 |
| Points2: | 25 |
| Points3: | 0 |
| Ru Clubupdate: | 5 November 2017 |
| Provinceyears1: | 2009 |
| Provinceyears2: | 2012– |
| Province1: | Auckland |
| Province2: | Tuggeranong Vikings |
| Provinceapps1: | 1 |
| Provincepoints1: | 5 |
| Superyears1: | 2013–2017 |
| Superapps1: | 51 |
| Superpoints1: | 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]
| 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 | ||