Solomona was born and brought up in Auckland, and was educated first at Ōtāhuhu College then at St Peter's College where he was a member of the school's Rugby Union First XV and won the Boris Shroj Cup in 2010 as the top try scorer.[3]
Rugby Leagueedit
In 2012, Solomona became a member of the Melbourne Storm Rugby League franchise being recruited out of Melbourne's youth system. He only played 13 games during the 2012 National Youth Competition season, with a fractured fibula in Round 13. Nevertheless, the 19-year-old scored eight tries from those 13 games. Solomona joined the Melbourne Storm's senior squad in 2013.[4]
In 2016, Solomona scored a record-breaking 37th try in a single Super League season in Castleford's Super 8s win over Catalans. The try broke a 12-year record held by former dual-international, Lesley Vainikolo.[7] Solomona finished the season with a total of 40 tries along with another 2 in the Challenge Cup competition.[8] On 8 October 2016 Solomona made his International début for Samoa in their historical test match against Fiji in Apia.
Rugby Unionedit
On 13 December 2016, it was confirmed that Solomona had retired from rugby league, with two years still remaining on his contract with Castleford Tigers, to switch to rugby union, and join Sale Sharks in the Aviva Premiership. The move was subject to a legal dispute which was concluded out of court as Sale paid Castleford some £200,000 in compensation.[9] On 29 March 2017, having enjoyed a prolific start to his career with Sale (10 tries in 11 appearances), Solomona declared himself available for international selection with England.[10] He was subsequently called up to the senior England squad by Eddie Jones for their 2017 summer tour of Argentina and came on as a sub in the opening test and scored the winning try on his debut.l[11]
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Denny Solomona born 27 September 1993 is a rugby footballer who played rugby union as a winger for England at international level He previously played rugby union for Sale Sharks in Premiership Rugby and played rugby league as a winger for the Melbourne Storm Under 20s London Broncos and the Castleford Tigers He played for Samoa at international rugby league Denny SolomonaPersonal informationBorn 1993 09 27 27 September 1993 age 30 Auckland New ZealandHeight6 ft 3 in 191 cm Weight16 st 7 lb 105 kg Playing informationRugby leaguePositionWingClub Years Team Pld T G FG P 2014 London Broncos 21 10 0 0 40 2015 16 Castleford Tigers 45 60 0 0 240 Total 66 70 0 0 280 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2016 Samoa 1 0 0 0 0Rugby unionPositionWingClub Years Team Pld T G FG P 2016 2021 Sale Sharks 88 47 0 0 230 2022 Highlanders 5 0 0 0 0 2022 North Harbour 0 Total 93 47 0 0 230 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2017 England 5 1 0 0 5Source 1 2 Contents 1 Youth 2 Rugby League 3 Rugby Union 3 1 International tries 4 Influences 5 References 6 External linksYouth editSolomona was born and brought up in Auckland and was educated first at Ōtahuhu College then at St Peter s College where he was a member of the school s Rugby Union First XV and won the Boris Shroj Cup in 2010 as the top try scorer 3 Rugby League editIn 2012 Solomona became a member of the Melbourne Storm Rugby League franchise being recruited out of Melbourne s youth system He only played 13 games during the 2012 National Youth Competition season with a fractured fibula in Round 13 Nevertheless the 19 year old scored eight tries from those 13 games Solomona joined the Melbourne Storm s senior squad in 2013 4 Solomona signed for Super League side London Broncos in January 2014 after being released from his contract with Melbourne Storm 5 Following the club s relegation it was announced that he would join Castleford Tigers at the end of the season 6 In 2016 Solomona scored a record breaking 37th try in a single Super League season in Castleford s Super 8s win over Catalans The try broke a 12 year record held by former dual international Lesley Vainikolo 7 Solomona finished the season with a total of 40 tries along with another 2 in the Challenge Cup competition 8 On 8 October 2016 Solomona made his International debut for Samoa in their historical test match against Fiji in Apia Rugby Union editOn 13 December 2016 it was confirmed that Solomona had retired from rugby league with two years still remaining on his contract with Castleford Tigers to switch to rugby union and join Sale Sharks in the Aviva Premiership The move was subject to a legal dispute which was concluded out of court as Sale paid Castleford some 200 000 in compensation 9 On 29 March 2017 having enjoyed a prolific start to his career with Sale 10 tries in 11 appearances Solomona declared himself available for international selection with England 10 He was subsequently called up to the senior England squad by Eddie Jones for their 2017 summer tour of Argentina and came on as a sub in the opening test and scored the winning try on his debut l 11 International tries edit As of 7 July 2019 12 Try Opposing team Location Venue Competition Date Result Score 1 nbsp Argentina San Juan Argentina Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario 2017 Tour of Argentina 10 June 2017 Win 38 34Influences editSolomona feels that meeting senior players can be important for the motivation and development of school age players 13 References edit loverugbyleague com Rugby League Project St Peter s College Magazine 2010 p 96 Denny Solomona Official Website of the Melbourne Storm Archived 2013 10 29 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 9 July 2013 London Broncos sign Ben Ross and Denny Solomona BBC Sport 17 January 2014 Retrieved 20 September 2014 Super League Denny Solomona to leave London Broncos and join Castleford Tigers Sky Sports 15 July 2014 Retrieved 20 September 2014 Catalans 28 34 Castleford Solomona sets Super League try scoring record 17 September 2016 Retrieved 20 September 2016 Castleford 40 26 Widnes Denny Solomona breaks Super League record for most tries in a season 25 September 2016 Retrieved 7 October 2016 Castleford and Sale reach 200 000 settlement over Denny Solomona TheGuardian com 16 June 2017 Solomona ready to play for England planetrugby com 29 March 2017 Retrieved 29 March 2017 England v Argentina Dylan Hartley Joe Launchbury amp George Ford in squad BBC Sport 20 April 2017 Retrieved 20 April 2017 Denny Solomona 7 July 2019 Rugby News Latest Rugby News amp Articles RugbyPass External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Denny Solomona Denny Solomona at Premiership Rugby nbsp Denny Solomona at ESPNscrum nbsp Denny Solomona at ItsRugby co uk nbsp Sale Sharks Profile 2015 Castleford Tigers Profile Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Denny Solomona amp oldid 1219518908, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
