Ricky Leutele

In round 24 of the 2010 NRL season, Leutele made his NRL debut for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks against the Melbourne Storm at centre in Cronulla's 24–4 loss at AAMI Park.[4] This was the only match Leutele played in his debut year. In round 22 of the 2011 season, against the Gold Coast Titans, Leutele scored his first NRL try in Cronulla-Sutherland's 20–16 loss at Remondis Stadium.[5] At the end of the season, he was named at centre in the 2011 NSW Cup Team of the Year. Leutele played in 2 matches and scored a first grade try. In July 2012, Leutele played 3 games in 6 days, playing for the NSW Residents on 4 July, the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks NSW Cup team on 7 July and then the Sharks' NRL team on 9 July.[6] On 12 September 2012 Leutele was again named at centre in the 2012 NSW Cup Team of the Year.[7] Leutele played in 7 matches and scored 4 tries for the Sharks in the 2012 NRL season.

Leutele playing for the Sharks in 2012

On 25 June 2013, Leutele extended his contract with the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks for two years till the end of the 2015 season.[8] Leutele played in 3 matches for the season. In February 2014, Leutele was selected for the Sharks inaugural 2014 Auckland Nines squad.[9] On 3 May 2014, Leutele played for Samoa in the 2014 Pacific Rugby League International against Fiji at centre in Samoa's 32–16 win.[10] Leutele finished off the season with him playing in 23 matches and scoring 2 tries as Cronulla finished last on the table and claimed the wooden spoon. On 7 October 2014, Leutele was named in the Samoa 24-man squad for the 2014 Four Nations.[11] Leutele played in one match for Samoa in the tournament.[12] On 31 January and 1 February, Leutele played for the Sharks 2015 NRL Auckland Nines.[13] On 2 May, he played for Samoa in their Polynesian Cup clash with Pacific rivals Tonga, playing at centre in Samoa's 18–16 win at Cbus Super Stadium.[14] On 18 August, he extended his contract with Cronulla for a further three years to the end of the 2018 season.[15] He finished off the 2015 season having played in 23 matches and scoring 7 tries for the Sharks.[16] On 28 January 2016, Leutele was named in the Sharks 2016 Auckland Nines squad.[17] On 7 May 2016, Leutele played for Samoa in the 2016 Polynesian Cup against Tonga, where he played at centre and scored a try in the 18–6 win at Parramatta Stadium.[18] On 2 October he played in the club's first ever premiership victory, famously making the final tackle on Storm winger Marika Koroibete after the siren had sounded. Cronulla-Sutherland won the game 14–12 at ANZ Stadium. Leutele was part of the Cronulla side which finished 5th on the ladder at the end of the regular season. The following week, Cronulla suffered a shock finals defeat by North Queensland losing the match 15–14 at the Sydney Football Stadium.[19] On 24 May 2018, Leutele signed a three-year deal to join the Toronto Wolfpack starting in 2019.[20] Leutele played 25 games for Cronulla in 2018 as the club finished in the top four and reached the finals. Leutele's final game for Cronulla was the preliminary final defeat against Melbourne at AAMI Park.[21]

On 5 October, Leutele was part of the Toronto Wolfpack side which won the Million Pound Game against Featherstone and earned promotion to the Super League for the first time in the club's history.[22] In mid 2020, the Toronto Wolfpack withdrew from playing in the 2020 Super League season, Leutele and his family were in a state of limbo in London as he had not been paid by the club for some months, in addition his visa had expired and so needed to leave the country.

On 3 August, he signed a contract with Melbourne to fill the centre position for the remainder of the 2020 NRL season.[23] Leutele made his Melbourne debut in round 20 of the 2020 NRL season against St. George Illawarra.[24]

On 20 December 2020 it was announced that Leutele would join the Huddersfield Giants for the 2021 season.[25]