Solomone Kata

Solomone Kata
Personal information
Born (1994-12-03) 3 December 1994 (age 29)
Neiafu, Tonga
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight104 kg (16 st 5 lb)
Playing information
Rugby league
PositionCentre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2015–19 New Zealand Warriors 93 46 0 0 184
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2014–19 Tonga 7 4 8 0 32
2016 New Zealand 5 1 0 0 4
Rugby union
PositionWing, Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2020–2021 Brumbies 18 5 0 0 25
2021 Auckland 2 0 0 0 0
2022 Moana Pasifika 7 1 0 0 5
2022–2023 Exeter Chiefs 20 5 0 0 25
2023– Leicester Tigers 20 4 0 0 20
Total 67 15 0 0 75
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2021– Tonga 13 4 0 0 20
Source: [1]
As of 21 September 2024

Solomone Kata (born 3 December 1994) is a professional dual-code rugby footballer who plays as a wing for Premiership Rugby club Leicester Tigers and the Tonga national team.[2]

Prior to rugby union, Kata played rugby league for the New Zealand Warriors and was contracted to the Melbourne Storm in the NRL,[3] and also played for Tonga and New Zealand at the international level.

  1. ^ "Solomone Kata – Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Moana Pasifika community celebrates historic first Super Rugby squad". Moana Pasifika (Press release). 22 November 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Tonga name 58-man squad for Cook Islands qualifier". theroar.com.au. 12 September 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2015.