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Leo Lafaiali'i
Birth name	Saveasiuleo Fredrik Lafaiali'i
Date of birth	30 January 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth	Auckland, New Zealand
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	110 kg (243 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Lock
Senior career
Years	Team
2001-2004	Sanyo
2004-2005	Parma
2005-2006	Bayonne
2006-2007	Atlastars
Provincial / State sides
Years	Team
1996-	Auckland
Super Rugby
Years	Team
1997–98	Blues
1999	Chiefs
2000–01	Blues
International career
Years	Team
2001-2007	Samoa
2004	Pacific Islanders

Leo Lafaiali'i (born 30 January 1974 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a Samoan rugby union footballer.

Career

Leo Lafaiali'i made his debut for Samoa in 2001 against Tonga, going on to play in Test matches against Fiji, New Zealand, and Tonga later on in the year. After a number of appearances in 2002, he went to the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia, playing against Uruguay, Georgia, England, and South Africa. Lafaiali'i toured with the Pacific Islands in 2004 and helped Samoa to qualify for the World Cup in France. He featured in the 2007 Pacific Nations Cup for Samoa and was selected in the Samoa squad to go to the 2007 Rugby World Cup, where he played in his second global tournament.^{[citation needed]}

Earlier in his career he played for Auckland winning national titles in 1996 and 1999. He was selected for the Blues in 1997 and was part of the championship winning side for that season. Drafted to the Chiefs in 1999 he returned to the Blues in 2000 & 2001 before departing to Sanyo in Japan. He has also played for Overmach Parma in Italy, Bayonne in France and is currently playing for Yokogawa in Japan.^{[citation needed]}

He is, as of September 2024, the rugby head coach at Colby College in Waterville, Maine.