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Nickname | Soni Langi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Auburn, New South Wales, Australia |
11 June 1993 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 104 kg (16 st 5 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Five-eighth, Centre, Lock, Second-row | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Samisoni Langi (born 11 June 1993) is a Tongan rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Leigh Centurions in the Super League. A Tongan international representative five-eighth, Langi previously played professionally for the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League.
Langi was born in Auburn, New South Wales and is of Tongan descent. He played his junior rugby league for the Berala Bears. While attending Trinity Catholic College, Auburn, he was selected to play for the NSW Combined Catholic Colleges Schoolboys and the Australian Schoolboys teams, both in 2011.
Langi played for Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Youth Competition before being signed by the Sydney Roosters. On 20 April 2013, Langi made his international debut for Tonga in their Pacific International against Samoa, scoring scoring two tries and kicking four goals in a man-of-the-match performance. Playing at centre, Langi made his NRL debut for the Roosters on 19 August 2013, in their round 23 match against the Wests Tigers. On 27 August 2013, Langi was named at five eighth in the 2013 NYC Team of the Year. Langi was a member of Tonga's squad for the 2013 World Cup. He played in all three of Tonga's matches, kicking a total of 7 goals.