Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Andrew Jacob Leeds
- Born
- Sunday, 19th September, 1965
- Current Age
- 60 years and 192 days
- Place Of Birth
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Biography
P’matta junior played in 14 RU Tests between 1986-88, proving a versatile and accomplished backline player at winger, centre and predominantly fullback. Leeds switched codes to play for P’matta in 1989 but did not fire when the club attempted to play him at centre and five-eighth. Moving to Penrith, Leeds grew in confidence at fullback - safe, reliable and a match-winner with the boot (as shown with his 50m goal after full-time to beat Balmain at Penrith Stadium in 1992). Signing with Wests, Leeds was one of the form fullbacks in 1993 and rejected offers from rival clubs to stay with the battling Magpies under new coach Tom Raudonikis in 1995. After six seasons in which he had to do a lot of defending in struggling Wests teams Leeds announced his retirement in early 1999.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Playing Career Statistics
All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.
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| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSWRL/ARL/NRL Premiership | - | 177 | 36 | 363 | 5 | 875 | 71 | 103 | 3 | 40.11% | List | ||||
| NSWRL/ARL/NRL Finals | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Midweek Cup | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Challenge Cup AU | - | 9 | 1 | 12 | - | 28 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 44.44% | List | ||||
| Club Career - UK | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Regal Trophy | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| UK Second Division | - | 7 | 4 | 13 | - | 42 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 71.43% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 179 | 37 | 366 | 5 | 885 | 71 | 106 | 3 | 39.66% | List | |||||
NSWRL/ARL/NRL Premiership - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Parramatta | NSWRL 1989 | 17 | 2 | 40 | / | 62 | 64.52% | - | 88 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 35.29% | List | |
| Parramatta | NSWRL 1990 | 8 | 1 | 14 | / | 21 | 66.67% | - | 32 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |
| Parramatta | NSWRL 1991 | 19 | 3 | 28 | / | 43 | 65.12% | - | 68 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 26.32% | List | |
| Penrith | NSWRL 1992 | 19 | 3 | 41 | / | 56 | 73.21% | - | 94 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 52.63% | List | |
| Western Suburbs | NSWRL 1993 | 20 | 4 | 4 | / | 5 | 80.00% | - | 24 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 35.00% | List | |
| Western Suburbs | NSWRL 1994 | 22 | 7 | 54 | / | 87 | 62.07% | - | 136 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 27.27% | List | |
| Western Suburbs | ARL 1995 | 21 | 8 | 58 | / | 85 | 68.24% | 1 | 149 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 47.62% | List | |
| Western Suburbs | ARL 1996 | 19 | 3 | 58 | / | 74 | 78.38% | 1 | 129 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 52.63% | List | |
| Western Suburbs | ARL 1997 | 22 | 3 | 47 | / | 76 | 61.84% | 3 | 109 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 45.45% | List | |
| Western Suburbs | NRL 1998 | 8 | 2 | 19 | / | 26 | 73.08% | - | 46 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 37.50% | List | |
| Western Suburbs | NRL 1999 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
NSWRL/ARL/NRL Premiership - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Parramatta | 1989-91 | 44 | 6 | 82 | / | 126 | 65.08% | - | 188 | 15 | 29 | 0 | 34.09% | List | |
| Penrith | 1992 | 19 | 3 | 41 | / | 56 | 73.21% | - | 94 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 52.63% | List | |
| Western Suburbs | 1993-99 | 114 | 27 | 240 | / | 353 | 67.99% | 5 | 593 | 46 | 65 | 3 | 40.35% | List | |
| Overall | 1989-1999 | 177 | 36 | 363 | / | 535 | 67.85% | 5 | 875 | 71 | 103 | 3 | 40.11% | List | |
English Career - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Wakefield | 1995/96 | 8 | 4 | 16 | - | 48 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 62.50% | List | ||||
English Career - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Wakefield | 1995 | 8 | 4 | 16 | - | 48 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 62.50% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, AJ Lucantonio, Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin, Paul Carter, Alan Katzmann, Max Turner, Steven Russo, Bill Bates, Tim Costello
Sources:
David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present), Big League, Match Video, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook (1981-82 to 1999)
Your Say
4 Feb 2012 1:17am
a great player legend at fullback, who knows what he may have been had he played behind a stronger team !!
12 Apr 2020 9:03pm
Very underrated great goalkicker and five eight styled fullback. Should have played some rep footy
27 Apr 2024 7:05pm
He was an absolute rock for Penrith in their troubled 1992 season. I wish he'd stayed with us longer
28 Dec 2025 10:03pm
His original name was andrew Ledbetter
Latvian background from memory
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