Maseese (Se'e) David Solomona (born 9 March 1965) is a New Zealand former professional
rugby league footballer who represented both
New Zealand and
Western Samoa.
Background
Solomona was born in
New Zealand.
Playing career
Solomona started his career with the
Richmond Bulldogs, and the
Glenora Bears, playing 21 games for
Auckland between 1988 and 1993. Solomona spent 1989 with the
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs as part of the
New Zealand Rugby League's "Rookie Scheme".
Solomona played the majority of his career in England. He played for
Oldham from 1992 to 1994. before returning home to play for the
Auckland Warriors in their début season in the
Australian Rugby League competition. He spent 1996 with the
North Queensland Cowboys, and still resides in Australia.
Representative career
Solomona represented the Kiwi Colts in 1991.
His four tests for the
New Zealand national rugby league team came in 1993. He also represented
Western Samoa at the
1990 Pacific Cup
The 1990 Pacific Cup was the fifth edition of the Pacific Cup, a rugby league tournament held between Pacific teams. The tournament was hosted by Tonga and eventually won by Western Samoa, who defeated New Zealand Māori 26–18 in the final, a r ...
, and in the
1995 World Cup.
Personal life
Se'e Solomona is the father of the rugby league footballer who has played for the
North Queensland
North Queensland or the Northern Region is the northern part of the Australian state of Queensland that lies just south of Far North Queensland. Queensland is a massive state, larger than many countries, and its tropical northern part has been ...
club and has represented the Queensland Under-19s as a in 2003, and the Queensland Country side in 2007;
Wallace Solomona,
''City Country Player Profiles'' QRL
/ref> and he is the uncle of Malo Solomona.
References
External links
Statistics at orl-heritagetrust.org.uk
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1965 births
Living people
Auckland rugby league team players
Expatriate rugby league players in Australia
Glenora Bears players
New Zealand expatriate rugby league players
New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Australia
New Zealand national rugby league team players
New Zealand sportspeople of Samoan descent
New Zealand rugby league players
New Zealand Warriors players
North Queensland Cowboys players
Oldham R.L.F.C. players
Place of birth missing (living people)
Richmond Bulldogs players
Rugby league props
Samoa national rugby league team players
Samoan rugby league players
Samoan sportspeople
Sheffield Eagles (1984) players
Se'e
Widnes Vikings players