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David Solomona

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Playing Career

All information provided below is based only on data available in the RLP database and should be used as a guide only.

Vital Statistics

Born
Thursday, 26th January, 1978
Current Age
48 years and 139 days
Place Of Birth
Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Competitions Won

Tri-Nations
2005
Test Series
2002 Baskerville Shield
Challenge Cup
2010

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

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Representative Career - International   Comp Wins Starts Int APP ST PT T G   A GK % 1FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Tests (Senior International Matches) - 12 9 21 3-3 -     - - 12 - - - 11 10 - 52.38% List
Tri-Nations 1 3 2 5 --- -     - - - - - - 3 2 - 60.00% List
World Cup - 5 1 6 3-3 -     - - 12 - - - 3 3 - 50.00% List
Tour Matches New ZealandNZL - 2 4 6 --- -     - - - - - - 5 1 - 83.33% List
Test Series 1 - 2 2 --- -     - - - - - - 1 1 - 50.00% List
Club Career - Australia   Comp Wins Starts Int APP ST PT T G   A GK % 1FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
NRL Premiership - 12 66 78 9-9 -     - - 36 - 1 - 45 30 3 57.69% List
NRL Finals - - 7 7 --- -     - - - - - - 4 3 - 57.14% List
Club Career - UK   Comp Wins Starts Int APP ST PT T G   A GK % 1FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Super League - 125 61 186 61-61 1 / 1 100.00% - - 246 - 4 1 104 80 2 55.91% List
Challenge Cup 1 12 6 18 5-5 -     - - 20 - - - 14 4 - 77.78% List
Super League Finals - 4 4 8 4-4 -     - - 16 - 1 - 2 6 - 25.00% List
UK Top Division - 125 61 186 61-61 1 / 1 100.00% - - 246 - 4 1 104 80 2 55.91% List
Super League Magic Weekend - 2 2 4 1-1 -     - - 4 - - - 1 3 - 25.00% List
Overall   Starts Int APP ST PT T G   A GK % 1FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
First Class  163 142 305 78-78 1 / 1 100.00% - - 314 - 5 1 176 124 5 57.70% List

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP ST PT T G   A GK % 1FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Samoa 2000, 2008, 2010   7 1 8 3-3 -     - - 12 - - - 4 4 - 50.00% List
New Zealand 2001-02, 2005-06   5 8 13 --- -     - - - - - - 7 6 - 53.85% List

World Cup Matches - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP ST PT T G   A GK % 1FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Samoa 2000, 2008   5 1 6 3-3 -     - - 12 - - - 3 3 - 50.00% List

NRL Premiership - By Year

Team Season   Starts Int APP ST PT T G   A GK % 1FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Sydney CitySydney City 19991999 NRL Premiership   - 2 2--- -     - - - - - - 1 1 - 50.00% List
SydneySydney 20002000 Telstra NRL Premiership   - 19 193-3 -     - - 12 - - - 13 6 - 68.42% List
ParramattaParramatta 20012001 Telstra NRL Premiership   4 21 255-5 -     - - 20 - - - 20 4 1 80.00% List
ParramattaParramatta 20022002 Telstra NRL Premiership   2 18 20--- -     - - - - 1 - 6 12 2 30.00% List
ParramattaParramatta 20032003 Telstra NRL Premiership   6 6 121-1 -     - - 4 - - - 5 7 - 41.67% List

NRL Premiership - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP ST PT T G   A GK % 1FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Sydney City 1999-00   - 21 21 3-3 -     - - 12 - - - 14 7 - 66.67% List
Parramatta 2001-03   12 45 57 6-6 -     - - 24 - 1 - 31 23 3 54.39% List

English Career - By Year

Team Season   Starts Int APP ST PT T G   A GK % 1FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Wakefield T.Wakefield Trinity 2004   32 - 3214-14 -     - - 56 - 1 - 19 15 - 59.38% List
Wakefield T.Wakefield Trinity 2005   18 2 204-4 -     - - 16 - - 1 9 11 - 45.00% List
Wakefield T.Wakefield Trinity 2006   26 1 278-8 -     - - 32 - 1 - 10 17 - 37.04% List
BradfordBradford 2007   31 1 3214-14 -     - - 56 - 1 - 20 13 1 62.50% List
BradfordBradford 2008   19 5 245-5 -     - - 20 - 1 - 13 13 - 54.17% List
BradfordBradford 2009   1 3 42-2 -     - - 8 - - - 1 2 1 25.00% List
WarringtonWarrington 2010   5 27 3211-11 -     - - 44 - - - 24 11 - 75.00% List
WarringtonWarrington 2011   5 23 285-5 -     - - 20 - - - 22 9 - 78.57% List
WarringtonWarrington 2012   - 5 53-3 1 / 1 100.00% - - 14 - - - 3 2 - 60.00% List

English Career - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP ST PT T G   A GK % 1FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Wakefield Trinity 2004-06   76 3 79 26-26 -     - - 104 - 2 1 37 42 - 46.84% List
Bradford 2007-09   51 9 60 21-21 -     - - 84 - 2 - 34 24 2 56.67% List
Warrington 2010-12   10 55 65 19-19 1 / 1 100.00% - - 78 - - - 47 18 - 72.31% List

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Contributions: Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter, Alan Katzmann, AJ Lucantonio, Tony McCarron, Max Turner, Cymru RL, Tim Costello, Bill Bates

Sources: David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present), Richard Bailey's Rugby League World , Warrington Rugby Heritage , Wakefield Trinity Heritage