Mark Leafa

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Mark Vaiao
Personal information
BornMark Leafa
(1980-12-04) 4 December 1980 (age 43)
New Zealand
Playing information
Position Prop, Second-row, Lock
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2002 Sydney Roosters 30003
2004 South Sydney 50000
2005 Leigh Centurions 282008
2007–08 Castleford Tigers 40110044
Total76130055
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2000 Samoa 40000
2011 Queensland Residents 10000
Source: [1]
As of 5 January 2024

Mark Vaiao (formerly Mark Leafa) (born 4 December 1980) is a former Samoa international rugby league footballer who played as a prop , second-row or lock in the 1990s and 2000s.

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He played at club level for the Otahuhu Leopards (junior), Canterbury Bulldogs, Sydney Roosters, Easts Tigers, South Sydney Rabbitohs, Leigh Centurions, Wynnum Manly in the Queensland Cup, Whitehaven, Castleford Tigers (Heritage № 868) and the Norths Devils in the Queensland Cup. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Playing career

International career

Vaiao played for Samoa at the 2000 World Cup, he was named in the Samoa training squad for the 2008 World Cup but did not make the final side. [5]

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