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My Life in Rugby with Johnny Leota: ‘Playing for Samoa gave me my identity’

Wow, the last decade has flown by so quickly. It doesn’t seem that long since I left New Zealand for Manchester to start my first contract with Sale Sharks as a 27-year-old.
I’d been to England before and the thought of going back to the cold was depressing. My mindset was to play here until I was 30 and return to New Zealand. Who knew then that we’d come here as a family and settle and still be here now, with me transitioning from playing to coaching at the Sharks as an academy coach. Three of my five kids were born and raised here, and we love it; we have four little Mancs and a Kiwi girl, B...

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