Moses Leota

Moses Leota (born 20 July 1995) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the Penrith Panthers in the NRL.

Moses Leota
Personal information
Born (1995-07-20) 20 July 1995
Auckland, New Zealand
Height182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight108 kg (17 st 0 lb)
Playing information
PositionProp
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2016– Penrith Panthers 81 5 0 0 20
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019– Samoa 9s 3 2 0 0 10
As of 16 November 2020
Source: [1]

Background

Leota was born in Auckland, New Zealand. He is of Samoan descent[2] and was raised in Penrith, New South Wales, Australia.

He played his junior rugby league for the St Mary's Saints, before being signed by the Penrith Panthers.

Playing career

Early career

In 2014 and 2015, Leota played for the Penrith Panthers' NYC team.[3]

2016

In 2016, Leota graduated to the Penrith's Intrust Super Premiership NSW team.[4] In round 14 of the 2016 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for Penrith against the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles.[5][6][7] In November, he extended his contract with Penrith from the end of 2017 until the end of 2019.[8]

2017

Leota made 10 appearances for Penrith in the 2017 NRL season as the club finished 7th on the table. Leota played in both finals games for Penrith as the club was eliminated in the second week by Brisbane.[9]

2018

In round 4 of the 2018 NRL season, Leota has scored his first NRL career try against North Queensland 33 - 14 win at 1300SMILES Stadium. Leota made 20 appearances for Penrith in the 2018 NRL season as the club finished 5th and reached the elimination final before being defeated by Cronulla-Sutherland 21-20 at the Sydney Football Stadium.[10]

2019

Leota made a total of 24 appearances for Penrith in the 2019 NRL season as the club finished 10th on the table and missed out on the finals for the first time since 2015. It was a disappointing end to the season for Penrith as they had been tipped by many to reach the finals series and be one of the contenders for the premiership. At one stage of the season, the club sat last on the table before a mid-season revival lifted them off the bottom to finish just outside the finals places.[11]

2020

Leota played every game of the 2020 NRL season as the club claimed the Minor Premiership and reached the 2020 NRL Grand Final. Leota played from the interchange bench in Penrith's 26-20 loss against Melbourne in the grand final.[12]

References
  1. "Moses Leota - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. 2016-06-16. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
  2. "Nesian Power - Missing Profiles... Shaun Kenny-Dowall,..." Facebook. 2016-02-25. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
  3. "L". Nyc Database. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
  4. NRL. "TEAMS | Intrust Super Premiership Rd 1". NSWRL. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
  5. "Updated team lists: Sea Eagles v Panthers". NRL.com. 2016-02-28. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
  6. NRL. "NRL Late Mail: Round 14 - Panthers". Penrithpanthers.com.au. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
  7. "Panthers drop Soward from first grade". NRL.com. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
  8. PenrithPanthers.com.au. "Panthers re-sign Leota". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
  9. "Panthers 2017 season review". NRL.
  10. "Penrith Panthers 2018 season review". www.nrl.com.
  11. "Blame game will not solve Panthers' problems". Western Weekender.
  12. "Melbourne Storm beat Penrith Panthers as it happened". www.theguardian.com.
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