Matai Leuta

He played in the Rugby World Cup Sevens in 2018 in San Francisco and was on Team USA for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

While he played rugby as a youth, his senior year in high school he helped the Seaside Spartans win the Monterey Bay League in football.

2023 Leuta remained a SoCal Loggerhead for the second-straight season, helping the team secure its second Premier Rugby Sevens Championship.

2023 he joined the San Clemente Rhinos in South Africa for the Rugby Tens Championship, to earn runners up in the Men’s Division.

The Loggerheads downed the Rocky Mountain Experts 15-12, securing their first tournament win of the season and advancing to the PR7s Championship in Washington, D.C., in August.

At the PR7s Championship at Audi Field, the Loggerheads faced the Experts in the opening match where they clinched a 21-14 win, advancing to the title game.

After falling short in the first to tournaments in San Jose, Calif., and Washington, D.C., Leuta and the Loggerheads came from behind to secure the 2022 Men’s Premier Rugby Sevens Championship title in Austin, Tx.