Solomone Kata

Solomone Kata

Personal information
Born	(1994-12-03) 3 December 1994 (age 22) Neiafu, Tonga
Height	177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	97 kg (15 st 4 lb)
Playing information
Position	Centre
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2015– New Zealand Warriors 52 28 0 0 112 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2014–16 Tonga 4 3 7 0 26 2016 New Zealand 4 1 0 0 4
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Solomone Kata (born 3 December 1994) is a Tongan born New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League. A New Zealand and Tongan national representative, he plays at centre.

Born in Neiafu, Tonga, Kata moved to New Zealand in 2011 on a rugby union scholarship at Sacred Heart College, Auckland. Kata represented the Tongan under-21 side.

Kata switched to rugby league in 2013, signing with the New Zealand Warriors. Kata played for the Warriors Holden Cup team and was part of the side that lost the Grand Final 30–42 to the Penrith Panthers. Kata played in the 2014 Auckland Nines with the first grade side, before returning to the under 20s competition.

Kata played for the Warriors in the inaugural NRL Auckland Nines At the end of the regular season, Kata played at centre in the 2014 Holden Cup grand final, scoring a hat-trick in the Junior Warriors' 34–32 defeat of the Brisbane Broncos juniors. Kata won the Jack Gibson Medal as the grand final player of the match. On 20 October 2014 Kata made his international début, playing for Tonga in their end-of-year test-match against Papua New Guinea.