David Solomona

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David Solomona

Personal information
Full name	David Solomona
Date of birth	26 January 1978 (1978-01-26) (age 30)
Place of birth	Auckland, New Zealand
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	17 st 0 lb (108 kg)
Nickname(s)	Sola The master of offloads
Club information
Position(s)	Second Row
Current club	Bradford Bulls
Number	11
Youth clubs
Years	Club
	Richmond
Senior clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (points)
1999–2000 2001–2003 2004–2006 2007–	Sydney Parramatta Eels Wakefield Trinity Wildcats Bradford Bulls	22 (12) 57 (24) 74 (25) 35 (60)
Representative teams**
2000– 2001–2005	Samoa New Zealand	7 (0)
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only and correct as of April 5th, 2008. ** Representative team caps and points correct as of April 5th, 2008.

David Solomona (born 26 January 1978 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a professional rugby league player from New Zealand. He currently plays for Super League (Europe) club Bradford Bulls. He is noted for his creativity and is regarded by many^[who?] to be one of the best players currently in Super League (Europe). He is regularly amongst the top off-loaders in the competition. A truly gifted player he is one of the few genuine World Class players in the British game.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Australia

Solomona started his career in Australia with Sydney Roosters and Parramatta Eels.

[edit] England

Solomona spent three years at Wakefield Trinity Wildcats where his skills helped keep them in Super League, before moving to the Grattan Stadium.

[edit] Bradford Bulls

He signed for Bradford Bulls on 24 October 2006 for the 2007 season. Solomona is seen as the man to give the Bulls the X Factor.^[who?] He's been ever present in 2007.^{[citation needed]}

Solomona was the Bulls only ever present 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. Strong and skilful he is undoubtedly the Ace in the Bulls pack when it comes to creating tries.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] 2008

Solomona missed the first 5 games of 2008 due to injury picked up in pre season.

[edit] New Zealand

Represented New Zealand on many occasions and help them to defeat Australia to win the tri nations in 2005.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Club Career

Year	Club	Apps	Pts	T	G	FG
1999	Sydney	2	-	-	-	-
2000	Sydney	19	12	3	-	-
2001	Parramatta Eels	25	20	5	-	-
2002	Parramatta Eels	20	-	-	-	-
2003	Parramatta Eels	12	4	1	-	-
2004	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	29	56	14	-	-
2005	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	20	16	4 -	-
2006	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	26	32	8 -	-
2007	Bradford Bulls	28	48	12	-	-
2008	Bradford Bulls	7	8	2 -	-

[edit] Representative Career

Year	Team	Matches	Tries	Goals	Field Goals	Points
2000	Samoa	4	0	0	0
2001	New Zealand	1	0	0	0
2002	New Zealand	1	0	0	0
2005	New Zealand	4	0	0	0

[edit] External links

• David Solomona Player Profile
• Bradford sign David Solomona
• Solomona tipped to be hot stuff
• Stars might turn out for Toa Samoa