Nelson Asofa-Solomona

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Nelson Asofa-Solomona
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Asofa-Solomona playing for the Storm-Sharks mixed team in 2014.
Personal information
Born (1996-02-29) 29 February 1996 (age 29)
Wellington, New Zealand
Height 200 cm (6 ft 7 in)
Weight 115 kg (18 st 2 lb)
Playing information
Position Second-row, Prop
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2015– Melbourne Storm 19 1 0 0 4
As of 24 May 2016
Source: [1]

Nelson Asofa-Solomona (born 29 February 1996) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League. He plays at second-row and prop. His size and style of play has seen him being compared to Sonny Bill Williams.[2][3][4]

Early years

Born in Wellington, New Zealand, Asofa-Solomona grew up playing rugby union for Upper Hutt Rugby Football Club before playing rugby league. He played his junior rugby league for the Upper Hutt Tigers and Wellington Orcas junior representative team whilst playing rugby union at Wellington College. He was then signed by the Melbourne Storm at 15-years of age. In 2014, Asofa-Solomona played for the Melbourne Storm's NYC team.[5] On 2 September 2014, he was named at second-row in the 2014 NYC Team of the Year.[6] On 18 October 2014, Asofa-Solomona played for the Junior Kiwis against the Junior Kangaroos at second-row in the Kiwis 15-14 win at Mt Smart Stadium.[7]

Playing career

2015

In 2015, Asofa-Solomona graduated on to the Storm's Queensland Cup team, Sunshine Coast Falcons.[8] In Round 8 of the 2015 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for the Melbourne Storm against the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles, playing off the interchange bench in the Storms' 12-10 loss at AAMI Park.[9][10][11] On 2 May, he again played for the Junior Kiwis against the Junior Kangaroos, playing at prop in the Kiwis' 22-20 loss at Cbus Super Stadium.[12][13] In Round 20 against the St George Illawarra Dragons, he scored his first NRL career try in the Storm's 22-4 win at McLean Park.[14] He finished off his debut year in the NRL having played in 12 matches and scoring 1 try.[15]

2016

On 1 February, Asofa-Solomona was named in the Storm's 2016 NRL Auckland Nines squad.[16]

References

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