Rob Leota

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Rob Leota
Birth nameRobert Leota
Date of birth (1997-03-03) 3 March 1997 (age 24)
Place of birthPreston, Victoria, Australia
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight110 kg (17 st 5 lb; 243 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2016–2019 Melbourne Rising 21 (6)
Correct as of 12 June 2021
Super Rugby
Years Team Apps (Points)
2016–pres. Rebels 38 (10)
Correct as of 12 June 2021
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2015 Australia Schoolboys 1 (0)
2016 Australia under-20 7 (0)
2021–pres. Australia 3 (10)
Correct as of 13 November 2021

Rob Leota (born 3 March 1997) is an Australian professional rugby union player for the Melbourne Rebels in Super Rugby and for Australia in international rugby. His usual position is flanker.

Career[]

He made his debut for the Rebels against the Crusaders as a replacement in a heavy defeat at AMI Stadium.[1]

Leota was named in Australia's team for the 2021 Rugby Championship match against South Africa, played on the Gold Coast.[2] He made his test debut  in the 74th minute of the match, won 28–26 against the World Cup champions.[3][4]

Super Rugby statistics[]

As of 12 June 2021[5]
Season Team Games Starts Sub Mins Tries Cons Pens Drops Points Yel Red
2016 Rebels 1 0 1 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2017 Rebels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2018 Rebels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019 Rebels 13 3 10 394 1 0 0 0 5 0 0
2020 Rebels 6 1 5 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 AU Rebels 6 0 6 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 AU Rebels 7 3 4 304 1 0 0 0 5 0 0
2021 TT Rebels 5 5 0 376 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 38 12 26 1338 2 0 0 0 10 0 0

References[]

  1. ^ https://melbournerebels.com/2016/07/09/crusaders-overpower-undermanned-rebels/
  2. ^ Decent, Tom (10 September 2021). "He's back: Cooper to partner McDermott against Springboks, Bell starts". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 10 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Rugby Championship 2021: Australia 28 FT 26 South Africa". ESPN. 12 September 2021. Archived from the original on 12 September 2021.
  4. ^ Tucker, Jim (12 September 2021). "Five things we learnt from Wallabies v Springboks". rugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 12 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Player Statistics". It's Rugby.

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