Mark Leafa

{{short description|Samoa international rugby league footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2018}} {{Infobox rugby league biography |name = Mark Vaiao |fullname = |image = |caption = |position = {{rlp|PR|SR|LK}} |birth_date = Mark Leafa<br>{{birth date and age|df=yes|1980|12|4}} |birth_place = New Zealand |height = |weight = |club1 = Sydney Roosters |year1start = 2002 |year1end = |appearances1 = 3 |tries1 = 0 |goals1 = 0 |fieldgoals1 = 0 |points1 = 3 |club2 = South Sydney |year2start = 2004 |year2end = |appearances2 = 5 |tries2 = 0 |goals2 = 0 |fieldgoals2 = 0 |points2 = 0 |club3 = {{nowrap|Leigh Centurions}} |year3start = 2005 |year3end = |appearances3 = 28 |tries3 = 2 |goals3 = 0 |fieldgoals3 = 0 |points3 = 8 |club4 = {{nowrap|Castleford Tigers}} |year4start = 2007 |year4end = 08 |appearances4 = 40 |tries4 = 11 |goals4 = 0 |fieldgoals4 = 0 |points4 = 44 |teamA = Samoa |yearAstart = 2000 |yearAend = |appearancesA = 4 |triesA = 0 |goalsA = 0 |fieldgoalsA = 0 |pointsA = 0 | teamB = {{nowrap|Queensland Residents}} | yearBstart = 2011 | yearBend = | appearancesB = 1 | triesB = 0 | goalsB = 0 | fieldgoalsB = 0 | pointsB = 0 |updated = 5 January 2024 |source = <ref name="Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/mark-leafa/summary.html|title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2011|access-date=1 January 2012}}</ref> |new = yes }}

'''Mark Vaiao''' (formerly Mark Leafa) (born 4 December 1980) is a former Samoa international rugby league footballer who played as a {{rlp|pr|sr}} or {{rlp|lk}} in the 1990s and 2000s.

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 and the Norths Devils in the Queensland Cup.<ref name="Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org"/><ref name="Castleford RLFC A to Z Player List (All Time)">{{cite web|url=http://www.thecastlefordtigers.co.uk/alltime.php|title=Castleford RLFC A to Z Player List (All Time)|date=31 December 2017|access-date=1 January 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216084010/http://www.thecastlefordtigers.co.uk/alltime.php|archive-date=16 February 2012}}</ref><ref name="Statistics at thecastlefordtigers.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.thecastlefordtigers.co.uk/playerprofile.php?pid=215|title=Statistics at thecastlefordtigers.co.uk|date=31 December 2017|access-date=1 January 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525142128/http://www.thecastlefordtigers.co.uk/playerprofile.php?pid=215|archive-date=25 May 2012}}</ref><ref name="Profile at castigers.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.castigers.com:80/cgi-bin/showprofile.cgi?14|title=Profile at castigers.com|date=31 December 2017|access-date=1 January 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071102064805/http://www.castigers.com/cgi-bin/showprofile.cgi?14|archive-date=2 November 2007}}</ref>

==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.<ref name="Samoa name World Cup Squad">{{cite web|url=http://www.leagueunlimited.com/article.php?newsid=16750 |title=Samoa name World Cup Squad |publisher=League Unlimited |date=5 August 2008 |access-date=6 August 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717060051/http://www.leagueunlimited.com/article.php?newsid=16750 |archive-date=2011-07-17 }}</ref>

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