Johnny Leo'o

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Johnny Leo'o
Racing Metro 92 H.jpg
Date of birth (1978-10-03) 3 October 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Auckland, New Zealand
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight100 kg (15 st 10 lb; 220 lb) [1]
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker, No. 8
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Racing Metro ()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
? - 1998 Canterbury 60 ()
1999 Bay of Plenty 6 ()
Super Rugby
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2002–07 Crusaders 48 (30)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Junior ABs
National sevens team
YearsTeamComps
New Zealand 7s

Johnny Leo'o (born 3 October 1978 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. His usual position is at Flanker. He is 1.85m tall and weighs 100 kg. He played for Canterbury in the NPC and he also represented Crusaders in the Super 14 rugby competition. He played 60 games for Canterbury and 6 games for Bay of Plenty. He made his debut in 1999 for Bay of Plenty against Auckland. He made his Super Rugby debut for the Crusaders against the Stormers in the 2002 Super 12 season. He is part Samoan and for that reason the Samoa Rugby Football Union wanted him to play for Samoa but he declined and he went on to play for the New Zealand sevens team in 2000 and 2001 before being capped again at national level in 2006 when he made the Junior All Blacks. He played in over 40 matches for the Crusaders scoring 5 tries. He now plays his rugby for Racing Métro 92 in the Top 14 competition.

Johnny studied at Massey University through correspondence to be a Teacher. He graduated this degree in 2022.

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References

  1. "FrenchRugbyClub Racing-Métro 92 squad". FrenchRugbyClub.com. Archived from the original on 16 August 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2011.