Maseese (Se'e) David Solomona[2] (born 9 March 1965) is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer who represented both New Zealand and Western Samoa.[1]
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| Full name | Maseese David Solomona | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 March 1965 New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 123 kg (19 st 5 lb; 271 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Prop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[3] Solomona spent 1989 with the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs as part of the New Zealand Rugby League's "Rookie Scheme".[4]
Solomona played the majority of his career in England. He played for Oldham from 1992 to 1994.[5] 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.[6]
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, 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 club and has represented the Queensland Under-19s as a centre in 2003, and the Queensland Country side in 2007; Wallace Solomona,[7] and he is the uncle of Malo Solomona.[8]