# Mark Leafa
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{{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
{{birth date and age|df=yes|1980|12|4}}
|birth_place = New Zealand
|height =
|weight =
|club1 = [Sydney Roosters](/source/Sydney_Roosters)
|year1start = 2002
|year1end =
|appearances1 = 3
|tries1 = 0
|goals1 = 0
|fieldgoals1 = 0
|points1 = 3
|club2 = [South Sydney](/source/South_Sydney_Rabbitohs)
|year2start = 2004
|year2end =
|appearances2 = 5
|tries2 = 0
|goals2 = 0
|fieldgoals2 = 0
|points2 = 0
|club3 = {{nowrap|[Leigh Centurions](/source/Leigh_Centurions)}}
|year3start = 2005
|year3end =
|appearances3 = 28
|tries3 = 2
|goals3 = 0
|fieldgoals3 = 0
|points3 = 8
|club4 = {{nowrap|[Castleford Tigers](/source/Castleford_Tigers)}}
|year4start = 2007
|year4end = 08
|appearances4 = 40
|tries4 = 11
|goals4 = 0
|fieldgoals4 = 0
|points4 = 44
|teamA = [Samoa](/source/Samoa_national_rugby_league_team)
|yearAstart = 2000
|yearAend =
|appearancesA = 4
|triesA = 0
|goalsA = 0
|fieldgoalsA = 0
|pointsA = 0
| teamB = {{nowrap|[Queensland Residents](/source/Queensland_Residents)}}
| yearBstart = 2011
| yearBend =
| appearancesB = 1
| triesB = 0
| goalsB = 0
| fieldgoalsB = 0
| pointsB = 0
|updated = 5 January 2024
|source = [{{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}}]
|new = yes
}}
'''Mark Vaiao''' (formerly Mark Leafa) (born 4 December 1980) is a former [Samoa](/source/Samoa_national_rugby_league_team) international [rugby league](/source/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](/source/Otahuhu_Leopards) (junior), [Canterbury Bulldogs](/source/Canterbury-Bankstown_Bulldogs), [Sydney Roosters](/source/Sydney_Roosters), [Easts Tigers](/source/Eastern_Suburbs_Tigers), [South Sydney Rabbitohs](/source/South_Sydney_Rabbitohs), [Leigh Centurions](/source/Leigh_Centurions), [Wynnum Manly](/source/Wynnum_Manly_Seagulls) in the [Queensland Cup](/source/Queensland_Cup), [Whitehaven](/source/Whitehaven_R.L.F.C.), [Castleford Tigers](/source/Castleford_Tigers) and the [Norths Devils](/source/Norths_Devils) in the [Queensland Cup](/source/Queensland_Cup).[{{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}}][{{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}}][{{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}}]
==Playing career==
===International career===
Vaiao played for [Samoa](/source/Samoa_national_rugby_league_team) at the [2000 World Cup](/source/2000_Rugby_League_World_Cup), he was named in the [Samoa training squad](/source/Samoa_national_rugby_league_team) for the [2008 World Cup](/source/2008_Rugby_League_World_Cup) but did not make the final side.[{{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 }}]
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
{{Samoa squad 2000 Rugby League World Cup}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Leafa, Mark}}
Category:1980 births
Category:Living people
Category:21st-century New Zealand sportsmen
Category:Castleford Tigers players
Category:Brisbane Tigers players
Category:Samoan expatriate rugby league players in Australia
Category:Samoan expatriate rugby league players in England
Category:Leigh Leopards players
Category:New Zealand expatriate rugby league players in Australia
Category:New Zealand expatriate rugby league players in England
Category:New Zealand people of Samoan descent
Category:Sportspeople of Samoan descent
Category:New Zealand rugby league players
Category:Norths Devils players
Category:Otahuhu Leopards players
Category:Queensland Residents rugby league team players
Category:Rugby league locks
Category:Rugby league props
Category:Rugby league second-rows
Category:Samoa national rugby league team players
Category:Samoan rugby league players
Category:South Sydney Rabbitohs players
Category:Sydney Roosters players
Category:Whitehaven R.L.F.C. players
Category:Wynnum Manly Seagulls players
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