Samisoni Langi

Samisoni Langi (born 11 June 1993) is a Tonga international rugby league footballer who plays as a centre and stand-off for the Catalans Dragons in the Betfred Super League.

Soni Langi
Personal information
Full nameSamisoni Langi
Born (1993-06-11) 11 June 1993
Auburn, New South Wales, Australia
Height6 ft 3 in (1.90 m)[1]
Weight16 st 5 lb (104 kg)[1]
Playing information
PositionCentre, Stand-off
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2013–14 Sydney Roosters 3 0 0 0 0
2017 Leigh Centurions 9 1 0 0 4
2018– Catalans Dragons 65 12 0 0 48
Total 77 13 0 0 52
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2013–16 Tonga 7 2 11 0 30
As of 27 December 2020
Source: [2][3][4][5]

Langi previously played for the Sydney Roosters in the NRL. He played for the Leigh Centurions in the Super League, signing from the Penrith Panthers in June 2017.

Early life

Langi was born in Auburn, New South Wales, Australia and is of Tongan descent.

He played his junior rugby league for the Berala Bears.[1] While attending Trinity Catholic College, Auburn, he was selected to play for the NSW Combined Catholic Colleges Schoolboys and the Australian Schoolboys teams, both in 2011.

Playing career

Langi played for Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Youth Competition before being signed by the Sydney Roosters. On 20 April 2013, Langi made his international debut for Tonga in their Pacific International against Samoa, scoring two tries and kicking four goals in a man-of-the-match performance. Playing at centre, Langi made his NRL debut for the Roosters on 19 August 2013, in their round 23 match against the Wests Tigers. On 27 August 2013, Langi was named at five-eighth in the 2013 NYC Team of the Year.

In 2016, Langi joined the South Sydney Rabbitohs' feeder team, the North Sydney Bears, in the New South Wales Cup.

Langi joined the Penrith Panthers in 2017, playing for their New South Wales Cup team. In June 2017 he moved to Leigh Centurions on a deal lasting until the end of the season.[6]

In November 2017, Langi signed with the Catalans Dragons on a two-year deal.[7]

He played in the 2018 Challenge Cup Final victory over the Warrington Wolves at Wembley Stadium.[8]

International career

Langi was a member of Tonga's squad for the 2013 World Cup. He played in all three of Tonga's matches, kicking a total of 7 goals.

On 19 October 2014, Langi played at five-eighth in Tonga's match against Papua New Guinea.[9] On 2 May 2015, he played for Tonga in the 2015 Polynesian Cup against Samoa. He missed Tonga's first two conversion attempts, and the goal-kicking duties were given to Solomone Kata for the remainder of the match.

On 7 May 2016, he played for Tonga against Samoa in the 2016 Polynesian Cup, suffering a game ending injury inside the opening 10 minutes.[10]

He was named as 18th man for Tonga's 2017 Pacific Test against Fiji.[11]

References
  1. "Samisoni Langi". penrithpanthers.com.au. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  2. "Samisoni Langi". Penrith Panthers. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  3. "ROUND 15 PREVIEW: Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs vs Sydney Roosters". 26 Rounds. 20 June 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  4. loverugbyleague
  5. "Samisoni Langi - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project.
  6. "Samisoni Langi: Leigh sign Tonga international until the end of the season". BBC Sport. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  7. "Samisoni Langi: Catalans Dragons sign Tonga international on two-year deal". BBC Sport. 2 November 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  8. "Catalans Dragons beat Warrington in Challenge Cup final to make history". Guardian. 25 August 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  9. Lahoc, Gabriel (20 October 2014). "Kumulswin". The National. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  10. Gabor, Martin (7 May 2016). "Samoa holds on in pulsating Pacific Test". NRL.com.
  11. "Samoa and Tonga squads announced". NRL.com. 28 April 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
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