{{Short description|Samoa international rugby league footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Use Australian English|date=July 2013}} {{Infobox rugby league biography |name = Brian Leauma |fullname = |image = |image_size = |caption = | first = RL |position = {{rlp|WG}} |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|7|11|df=y}} |birth_place = Western Samoa |height = {{convert|180|cm|ftin|abbr=on}} |weight = {{convert|93|kg|stlb|abbr=on}} |club1 = {{nowrap|Penrith Panthers}} |year1start = 1998 |year1end = |appearances1 = 1 |tries1 = 0 |goals1 = 0 |fieldgoals1 = 0 |points1 = 0 | ru_club1 = Waratahs | ru_year1start = 2001 | ru_year1end = | ru_appearances1 = | ru_tries1 = | ru_goals1 = | ru_fieldgoals1 = | ru_points1 = |teamA = Samoa |yearAstart = 2000 |yearAend = |appearancesA = 4 |triesA = 1 |goalsA = 0 |fieldgoalsA = 0 |pointsA = 4 |updated = |source = <ref name="Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/Brian-Leauma/summary.html|title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}</ref> |new = yes }}

'''Brian Leauma''' (born 11 July 1978<ref>[http://www.rugbyleague.co.nz/player.aspx?id=325 Brian Leauma] ''rugbyleague.co.nz''</ref>) is a Samoan former professional rugby league and rugby union footballer who represented Samoa in rugby league at the 2000 World Cup.

==Playing career== Leauma attended Lithgow High in Lithgow, New South Wales. In 1995 and 1996 he played for the Australian Schoolboy's.<ref>[http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=1-2130-0-0-0&sID=26427&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=82590&sectionID=26427 Teams and Results (1972 - 2009)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930185642/http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=1-2130-0-0-0&sID=26427&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=82590&sectionID=26427 |date=30 September 2007 }} ''stralian Secondary Schools Rugby League''</ref>

In 1997 Leauma played for the Junior Kiwis.<ref>{{cite news |title=Long wait for next Kiwi tour of Britain |author=Andrew Sanders |work=Sunday Star-Times |date=13 April 1997 |page=B4 |via=EBSCOHost}}</ref>

In 1998 Leauma played one National Rugby League game for the Penrith Panthers.

He was named in the Samoan squad for the 2000 World Cup, and played in all four matches for Samoa.

In 2001 Leauma switched to rugby union, and played for the New South Wales Waratahs.<ref>[http://www.rugby.com.au/news/2001_february/waratahs_side_named_to_play_auckland_8728,5298.html/news/archive/section/21893 WARATAHS SIDE NAMED TO PLAY AUCKLAND] ''rugby.com.au'', 7 February 2001</ref><ref>[http://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby/news/article.cfm?c_id=80&objectid=171389 Southern Cross Cup] ''New Zealand Herald'', 6 February 2001</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

{{Samoa 2000 Rugby League World Cup squad}}

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