David Solomona

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Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Born
Thursday, 26th January, 1978
Current Age
46 years and 52 days
Place Of Birth
Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Biography

Talented, ball-playing forward made his mark with the Roosters from the interchange bench in the club’s 14-6 loss to Brisbane in the 2000 grand final. Solomona, who represented Samoa in the 2000 World Cup, signed with P’matta in 2001 when it appeared that the Roosters were bringing Test forward Steve Menzies to the club (they didn’t.) He made his Test debut for NZ in the one-off Test against Australia in July before recording his second grand final loss, the 30-24 defeat by Newcastle, in which he was again used as an impact player from the bench. After appearing in six Tests for the Kiwis in 2001-02, his career lost momentum the following year and he joined English club Wakefield Trinity in 2004. Solomona was an interchange player in NZ’s stunning 24-0 win over Australia in the final of the 2005 Tri-Nations competition.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Playing Career Statistics

All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.

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Competitions

Competition   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NRL 78 9 -   - 36 45 30 3 57.69% List
NRL Finals 7 - -   - - 4 3 0 57.14% List
World Cup 6 3 -   - 12 3 3 0 50.00% List
Tour Matches New Zealand 4 - -   - - 3 1 0 75.00% List
Test Series 2 - -   - - 1 1 0 50.00% List
Super League 186 61 1   - 246 104 80 2 55.91% List
Challenge Cup 18 5 -   - 20 14 4 0 77.78% List
Tri-Nations 5 - -   - - 3 2 0 60.00% List


International

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Samoa 2000, 2008, 2010 8 3 -   - 12 4 4 0 50.00% List
New Zealand 2001-02, 2005-06 13 - -   - - 7 6 0 53.85% List
Overall2000-2010 21 3 0   0 12 11 10 0 52.38% List

World Cup Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Samoa 2000, 2008 6 3 -   - 12 3 3 0 50.00% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Sydney City NRL 1999 2 - -   - - 1 1 0 50.00% List
Sydney NRL 2000 19 3 -   - 12 13 6 0 68.42% List
Parramatta NRL 2001 25 5 -   - 20 20 4 1 80.00% List
Parramatta NRL 2002 20 - -   - - 6 12 2 30.00% List
Parramatta NRL 2003 12 1 -   - 4 5 7 0 41.67% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Sydney City 1999-00 21 3 -   - 12 14 7 0 66.67% List
Parramatta 2001-03 57 6 -   - 24 31 23 3 54.39% List
Overall1999-2003 78 9 0   0 36 45 30 3 57.69% List

English Career - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Wakefield Trinity 2004 32 14 -   - 56 18 14 0 56.25% List
Wakefield Trinity 2005 20 4 -   - 16 9 11 0 45.00% List
Wakefield Trinity 2006 27 8 -   - 32 10 17 0 37.04% List
Bradford 2007 32 14 -   - 56 20 11 1 62.50% List
Bradford 2008 24 5 -   - 20 13 11 0 54.17% List
Bradford 2009 4 2 -   - 8 1 2 1 25.00% List
Warrington 2010 32 11 -   - 44 23 9 0 71.88% List
Warrington 2011 28 5 -   - 20 21 7 0 75.00% List
Warrington 2012 5 3 1   - 14 3 2 0 60.00% List

English Career - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Wakefield Trinity 2004-06 79 26 -   - 104 37 42 0 46.84% List
Bradford 2007-09 60 21 -   - 84 34 24 2 56.67% List
Warrington 2010-12 65 19 1   - 78 47 18 0 72.31% List
Overall2004-2012 204 66 1   0 266 118 84 2 57.84% List

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Contributions: Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter, Cymru RL, Bill Bates

Sources: NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2001, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2002, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2003, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2000, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2004, Richard Bailey's Rugby League World