| Date of birth | 13 July 2000 [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 129 kg (284 lb) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Ringwood Secondary College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Isaac Aedo Kailea (born 13 July 2000) [2] is an Australian professional rugby union player. His playing position is prop. He was named in the Rebels development squad for the 2021 Super Rugby AU season. [3] He made his Rebels debut in Round 2 of the competition against the Reds, coming on as a replacement. [4] Aedo Kailea's most recent club was the Melbourne Rebels who dissolved at the end of the 2024 Super Rugby season.
Aedo Kailea, born in Australia, is half-Tongan and half-Chilean. [1] [5]
| Season | Team | Matches | Starts | Sub | Mins | Tries | Cons | Pens | Drops | Points |  Yel |  Red |
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| 2021 AU | Rebels | 3 | 0 | 3 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 TT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 575 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 22 | 0 | 9 | 742 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
Aedo Kailea made his international debut on 6 July 2024 against Wales in Sydney on their 2024 tour of Australia. He played the first three tests of the 2024 international season for Australia, starting in the third test against Georgia.
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