Solomon Kiri (born 26 October 1972) is a New Zealand former professional

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby 13/XIII in non-Anglophone Europe, is a contact sport, full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular Rugby league playin ...

footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s for the

Adelaide Rams The Adelaide Rams was an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Adelaide, South Australia. The team was formed in 1995 for the planned rebel Super League competition. The Rams lasted two seasons, the first in the Super Lea ...

and the

Western Reds The Western Reds were a rugby league football club based in Perth, Western Australia. Founded in 1992 as the Western Reds, they entered into the Australian Rugby League competition in 1995 before defecting to the rival Super League (Australia), ...

New Zealand

Kiri played for the

Counties Manukau Heroes The Counties Manukau rugby league team represents the Counties Manukau zone in the Albert Baskerville Trophy. Previously, teams representing Southern Auckland and the Franklin (district), New Zealand, Franklin district of New Zealand have competed ...

in the 1994 Lion Red Cup before joining the

Auckland Warriors The Warriors are a professional rugby league football club based in Auckland, New Zealand that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership and is the League's only team from outside Australia. They were formed in 1995 as the Aucklan ...

and playing for the Warriors Colts in the 1995 Lion Red Cup grand final. Kiri also represented the

New Zealand Māori rugby league team The New Zealand Māori rugby league team is a rugby league representative side made up of Māori people, New Zealand Māori players. With some controversy, the team participated in the 2000 Rugby League World Cup, 2000 World Cup as Aotearoa M ...

Australia

In 1996 Kiri played for the

, playing two first grade games for the club. Kiri joined the new

franchise in the 1997

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competition. Kiri played in Adelaide's first ever match which was against

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in round 1 at

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. Kiri played ten times for the Rams in total.

Later years

Kiri then returned to New Zealand and played for the

Otahuhu Leopards The Otahuhu Leopards are a rugby league club based in Ōtāhuhu, Auckland. Founded in 1911 Auckland Rugby League season, 1911, the club has produced 49 New Zealand national rugby league team players. The club competes in the Fox Memorial compet ...

. He represented

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and the

New Zealand Residents The New Zealand Residents (also previously known as New Zealand 'A', New Zealand XIII, the Lion Red Cup XIII and currently known as the Bartercard Premiership Selection) are a New Zealand rugby league football representative side that is selected ...

in 2000.Otahuhu Rovers Rugby League Football and Sports Club Inc
''Auckland Rugby League'' Kiri was again selected for New Zealand Māori but did not make the team for the

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References

External links

Rugby League project
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kiri, Solomon 1972 births Living people Adelaide Rams players Auckland rugby league team players New Zealand rugby league players New Zealand Māori rugby league players New Zealand Māori rugby league team players Otahuhu Leopards players Counties Manukau rugby league team players Mangere East Hawks players Junior Kiwis players Rugby league centres Rugby league players from Auckland Western Reds players