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Liana Leota

New Zealand netball player

Field	Value
name	Liana Leota
updated	13 June 2011
fullname	Née: Barrett-Chase
birth_date
birth_place	Taihape, New Zealand
height
spouse	Johnny Leota
positions	C, WA
clubyears1	2003–05
clubteam1	Western Flyers
clubyears2	2006
clubteam2	Waikato/Bay of Plenty Magic
clubyears3	2007
clubteam3	Southern Sting
clubyears4	2008–2011
clubteam4	Southern Steel
clubapps4	41
clubyears5	2012-2015
clubteam5	Central Pulse
clubyears6	2016
clubteam6	Manchester Thunder
nationalyears1	2003–2004
nationalteam1	New Zealand U21
nationalyears2	2005
nationalteam2	New Zealand A
nationalyears3	2008–2015
nationalteam3
nationalcaps3	22

Liana Leota (née Barrett-Chase; born 31 October 1984) is a New Zealand netball player. She is a member of the national netball team, the Silver Ferns, and plays for Severn Stars in the British Netball Superleague.

Leota was a member of the Southern Sting in 2007, which won the National Bank Cup that year. She also played for the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic in 2006 and the Western Flyers from 2003–2005. She continued playing in Invercargill with the Southern Steel in the new ANZ Championship, which started in 2008. That same year, Leota debuted in the Silver Ferns against Australia. Since her debut, she has cemented her position in the Silver Ferns' midcourt. For the 2010 ANZ Championship season, Leota received the Most valuable Player award. Leota and Wendy Frew were named as co-captains of the Southern Steel for 2011.

She signed for Netball Superleague side Manchester Thunder for the 2016 Season on 27 October 2015. Following a championship winning season with Thunder, Leota signed for Severn Stars in September 2019

She is of Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Ngāti Maniapoto descent.

References

"2010 Silver Ferns profile".
Egan, Brendon. (4 March 2010). "Barrett-Chase set to anchor Steel midcourt". [[The Southland Times]].
NZPA. (8 July 2010). "Barrett-Chase named Trans-Tasman MVP". [[Stuff.co.nz]].
Southern Steel. (November 2018). "Steel names co-captains for 2011".
Manchester Thunder. (27 October 2015). "Thunder sign New Zealand International Liana Leota".
"Severn Stars make sensational swoop for Liana Leota from Manchester Thunder".
Tipene-Leach, Oriini. (31 July 2014). "Day 7: Update on our Māori athletes in Glasgow". Television New Zealand.

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