Samisoni Langi
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| Nickname | Soni | |||||
| Born | 11 June 1993 Auburn, New South Wales, Australia | |||||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | |||||
| Weight | 103 kg (16 st 3 lb) | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Five-eighth, Centre, Second-row, Lock | |||||
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| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2013–14 | Sydney Roosters | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2013–15 | Tonga | 6 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 30 |
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Samisoni Langi (born 11 June 1993) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the North Sydney Bears in the Intrust Super Premiership NSW competition. He plays at five-eighth and previously played for the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League.[2]
Personal life
He was born in Auburn, New South Wales and he is of Tongan heritage. Coconut at heart.
Playing career
Langi started playing junior Rugby League for the Berala Bears. He then went onto be selected to play for the 2011 NSW Combined Catholic Colleges Schoolboys and the 2011 Australian Schoolboys Rugby League teams whilst attending Trinity Catholic College, Auburn.
Langi then was signed by the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs to play for their National Youth Competition team. In 2012 he was signed by the Sydney Roosters but would only start playing for them in 2013. In 2013 he will be a member of the Sydney Roosters first grade squad although he is still eligible to play in the National Youth Competition.
During the 2013 pre-season he was selected to be in the NSW Origin Pathways camp.
In round 23 of the NRL, Langi made his first grade debut for the Roosters playing as centre in a 56-14 thumping of the Tigers.
On 27 August 2013, Langi was named at five-eighth in the 2013 NYC Team of the Year.
On the 20th of April 2013, Samisoni made his international début, playing for Tonga with their Pacific Rugby League International clash with fierce Pacific rivals Samoa. Samisoni was outstanding on début, scoring 2 tries, kicking 4 goals, setting up tries, and other big chances. He was named the Man of the Match in Tonga's 36-4 thrashing victory.
Later in the year, he appeared for Tonga in their 2013 Rugby League World Cup campaign. He played in all 3 of Tonga's matches, and once again he was an outstanding player, by kicking crucial conversions, setting up tries and other big opportunities. Sadly though even his great performances couldn't make Tonga advance to the Knockout Stage of the World Cup. Samisoni's outstanding international form in his début year shows that he is a great player who could potentially become a legendary Tongan rugby league player. His form showed he was going to be a brilliant rugby league player, both provincially and internationally, in the future.
On 2 May 2015, Langi played for Tonga in the 2015 Polynesian Cup against pacific rivals Samoa. Langi missed the first two goals in the match so coach Rohan Smith decided to alter plans and allow Solomone Kata who isn't a natural goal-kicker to attempt the remaining goals that presented itself in the rest of the match.
References
- ↑ "Samisoni Langi - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
- ↑ Langi, Samisoni. "Player Profile". www.roosters.com.au. Sydney Roosters. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
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