Potumoe Leavasa, better known as Potu Leavasa, (born 27 November 1971 in Apia) is a Samoan former rugby union player who played as a lock and coach.

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Potu Leavasa

Birth name	Mailo Potumoe Leavasa
Date of birth	(1971-11-27) 27 November 1971 (age 52)
Place of birth	Apia, Samoa
Height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight	242 lb (110 kg)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1993-1997 Taradale () Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1993-1999 Taradale () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1993–1999 1997 1998 Hawke's Bay Central Vikings Northland 5 34 3 (0) (0) (0) Super Rugby Years Team Apps (Points) 1997 Wellington Hurricanes 1 (0) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1993–2002  Samoa 17 (0)

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He was selected for the Hurricanes in 1997 on the strength of a strong 1996 NPC season with Hawke’s Bay and an impressive tour to Britain with Western Samoa that followed.

His only appearance in the Super 12 competition was when he came as a flanker against the Crusaders in the second round.

Leavasa played for the Central Vikings five times in 1997, previously capped 29 times for Hawke’s Bay.

His first cap for Samoa was during a match against Tonga, at Nuku'alofa, on 29 May 1993. He was part of the 1995 Rugby World Cup roster, playing three matches. Leavasa took also part to the 1996 Samoa tour to Britain. His last international cap was during a match against South Africa, at Pretoria, on 6 July 2002.

He is father of Potu Leavasa Jr. (born 1996), also a rugby player, who plays as lock for Samoa A national team.^[4] He was formed at the Melbourne Rebels Academy^[5] and was recruited by the Warringah Rats.^[6]

In 1997, Leavasa Sr. was a suspect in the case of the rape of a woman by one of the Hurricanes players in Durban.^[7]