David Solomona

David Solomona

Personal information
Full name	David Joseph Solomona
Nickname	Sola
Born	(1978-01-26) 26 January 1978 (age 39) Auckland, New Zealand
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	110 kg (17 st 5 lb)
Playing information
Position	Second-row
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1999–00 Sydney City Roosters 21 3 0 0 12 2001–03 Parramatta Eels 57 6 0 0 24 2004–06 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 76 26 0 0 104 2007–09 Bradford Bulls 60 21 0 0 84 2010–12 Warrington Wolves 65 19 1 0 78 Total 279 75 1 0 302 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2000–10 Samoa 7 3 0 0 12 2001–06 New Zealand 13 0 0 0 0
As of 27 September 2009 Source:

David Joseph Solomona (born 26 January 1978 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a former professional rugby league footballer, last playing for the Warrington Wolves of Europe's Super League. He was regularly amongst the top off-loaders in the competition. Solomona also attended St. Paul's College, Auckland, a school known for consistently producing the best rugby league team in the national secondary school competition.

Solomona started his career in Australia with the Sydney City Roosters. He played from the interchange bench for the Roosters in their 2000 NRL grand final loss to the Brisbane Broncos. He played for Samoa in the 2000 Rugby League World Cup.

Solomona also played for the Parramatta Eels from the interchange bench in their 2001 NRL Grand Final loss to the Newcastle Knights.

Solomona spent three years at Wakefield Trinity Wildcats (Heritage № 1217) where his skills helped keep them in Super League. In 2004 he was named in the Super League Dream Team. He helped New Zealand to defeat Australia to win the 2005 Rugby League Tri Nations tournament.

Solomona signed for Bradford Bulls on 24 October 2006 for the 2007 season. He was the Bulls only ever-present player in 2007, making 32 appearances in his first year at the club. Blessed with tremendous ball handling skills he also has the ability to score tries himself and he scored 14 tries in 2007, including a hat trick.