Charlie Leaeno

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Charlie Leaeno
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Personal information
Full nameCharles Leaeno
Born (1986-02-15) 15 February 1986 (age 38)
American Samoa
Playing information
Height190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight120 kg (18 st 13 lb)
Rugby league
Position Prop
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2006 St. George Illawarra 630012
2008–09 Canterbury-Bankstown 80000
2010 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 112008
Total2550020
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2005 Samoa
2007 NSW Residents 11004
Rugby union
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2011–2013 Parramatta Two Blues 1230015
Source: [1] [2]

Charlie Leaeno (born 15 February 1985) is an American Samoan professional rugby league footballer who plays for the Lithgow Workies in the Group 10 competition. Leaeno has previously played with the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in the Super League, the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Rugby League and the St. George Illawarra Dragons and the Newtown Jets in the NSW Cup also had a stint with the Parramatta Two Blues in rugby union. [3] [4] Leaeno primarily plays as a prop. [5]

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Rugby League Career

In 2007, Leaeno made his first grade début in the National Rugby League with the St George Illawarra Dragons, playing six matches in the year. In 2008, he joined Canterbury-Bankstown, staying with the club for two seasons.

Super League

In 2010, Leaeno signed with the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in the Super League. [6] It was confirmed that Leaeno would make his début for the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats against the Wigan Warriors on 13 June after being selected in the 19-man squad. Leaeno quickly became a big hit with the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats fans was given the nickname "Grond".[ citation needed ]

Return to Australia

Without able to re-join the National Rugby League after his stint in the Super League, Leaeno joined the Kingsgrove Colts in the Ron Massey Cup, a lower based competition in New South Wales.

Representative career

Leaeno was selected to play for Samoa in 2005.

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References

  1. ↑ League Central
  2. ↑ Rugby League Project
  3. ↑ "Saints prop joins Bulldogs". Fox Sports News (Australia). 8 June 2007. Retrieved 31 May 2009.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 January 2010. Retrieved 4 May 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ↑ " @davidniu7 " on Twitter
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