Takilele Katoa

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Takilele Katoa
Personal information
Born (1991-03-13) 13 March 1991 (age 32)
Auckland, New Zealand
Height167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight82 kg (12 st 13 lb)
Playing information
Position Prop
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2019 St George Illawarra 40000
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2019 New South Wales 10000
Source: RLP
As of 20 October 2020

Takilele Katoa (born 13 March 1991) is a New Zealand rugby league footballer who played for the St. George Illawarra Dragons Women in the NRL Women's Premiership.

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Primarily a prop, she has represented New South Wales.

Playing career

Born in Auckland, Katoa played her junior rugby league for the Griffith Waratah Tigers and Yenda All Stars. [1] [2]

In June 2019, she represented NSW Country at the Women's National Championships on the Gold Coast. [3] On 14 June 2019, Katoa signed with the St George Illawarra Dragons NRL Women's Premiership team. [4]

On 21 June 2019, she made her debut for New South Wales, coming off the bench in their 14–4 win over Queensland at North Sydney Oval. [5]

In Round 1 of the 2019 NRL Women's season, Katoa made her debut for the Dragons in their 4–14 loss to the Brisbane Broncos. On 6 October 2019, she came off the bench in the Dragons' 6–30 Grand Final loss to the Broncos. [6]

On 9 October 2019, Katoa was named the Country Rugby League women's Representative Player of the Year. [7]

In 2020, she missed the 2020 NRL Women's season due to pregnancy. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Griffith star Takilele Katoa into NRLW Grand Final". Arena News. 2 October 2019.
  2. ↑ "Finalised Dragons 2019 Women's Premiership signing tracker". St George Illawarra Dragons. 2 July 2019.
  3. ↑ "Line-ups named for Women's National Championships". NRL. 22 May 2019.
  4. ↑ "Dragons announce first 2019 Women's Premiership signings". St George Illawarra Dragons. 14 June 2019.
  5. ↑ "Harvey Norman NSW Women's Origin team announced". NSWRL. 8 June 2019.
  6. ↑ "NRLW team announcement: Grand final v Broncos". St George Illawarra Dragons. 1 October 2019.
  7. ↑ "Takilele Katoa takes out CRL Women's Representative Player of the Year". Arena News. 9 October 2019.
  8. ↑ "Cherrington hungry for more after NRLW debut catches Origin attention". NRL. 8 October 2020.
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