Denny Solomona

Denny Solomona

Personal information
Born	(1993-09-27) 27 September 1993 Auckland, New Zealand
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight	16 st 7 lb (105 kg)
Playing information
Rugby league
Position	Wing
Club 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 0
Rugby union
Position	Wing
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2016–2021 Sale Sharks 88 47 0 0 230 2022 Highlanders 5 0 0 0 0 2022-2023 North Harbour 0 Total 93 47 0 0 230 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2017 England 5 1 0 0 5
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Denny Solomona (born 27 September 1993) is a retired 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.

Youth

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.

Rugby League

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.

Solomona signed for Super League side London Broncos in January 2014 after being released from his contract with Melbourne Storm. Following the club's relegation, it was announced that he would join Castleford Tigers at the end of the season.

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. Solomona finished the season with a total of 40 tries along with another 2 in the Challenge Cup competition. On 8 October 2016 Solomona made his International début for Samoa in their historical test match against Fiji in Apia.

Rugby Union

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. 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. 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

International tries

As of 7 July 2019

Try	Opposing team	Location	Venue	Competition	Date	Result	Score
1	Argentina	San Juan, Argentina	Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario	2017 Tour of Argentina	10 June 2017	Win	38 – 34

Influences

Solomona feels that meeting senior players can be important for the motivation and development of school age players.

Post-playing Career

Solomona left North Harbour Rugby and returned to Wigan in 2023 where he commenced his plumbing apprenticeship. Solomona is the owner of Pasifika Plumbing and Heating

External links

• Denny Solomona at Premiership Rugby
• Denny Solomona at ESPNscrum
• Denny Solomona at ItsRugby.co.uk
• Sale Sharks Profile
• 2015 Castleford Tigers Profile