Leroy Van Dam (born 7 November 1993) is a professional

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player. He can play at

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and full-back and is currently playing for

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in the

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Career

Van Dam first played rugby for an Under 6 team in

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

. Van Dam has also played junior rugby for the following sides; Auckland U18s, Blues U18s and Auckland under 20's. He has featured with the New Zealand U20s and appeared at three Mitre 10 Cup teams – Manawatu, Bay of Plenty and

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making a handful of senior appearances for each. He briefly played for

Valley RFC Valley RFC is a sports club based in Hong Kong with a rugby section ( known as Societe Generale Valley RFC for sponsorship reasons) as well as Netball and Hockey sections. It also has a junior rugby academy called Valley Fort. The club is histo ...

in the Hong Kong Premiership, before being signed by

Jersey Reds Jersey Reds is a rugby club based in Jersey, Channel Islands that currently competes at the RFU Championship, which is the second tier of English professional rugby. Until season 2022/23, the professional arm of Jersey Reds was part of Jers ...

, ahead of the 2018-2019 RFU Championship Season. Van Dam capped a successful debut year at Jersey Reds. Scoring 40 points, in 20 appearances for the RFU Championship side. On 3 April 2020, Van Dam left Jersey to join

outfit

in France from the 2020-21 season.

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