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Takilele Katoa
New Zealand rugby league & union player
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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| Born | (1991-03-13) 13 March 1991 (age 33) Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 167 cm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg (12 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: RLP As of 20 October 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primarily a prop, she has represented New South Wales.
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]
- "Griffith star Takilele Katoa into NRLW Grand Final". Arena News. 2 October 2019.
- "Finalised Dragons 2019 Women's Premiership signing tracker". St George Illawarra Dragons. 2 July 2019.
- "Line-ups named for Women's National Championships". NRL. 22 May 2019.
- "Dragons announce first 2019 Women's Premiership signings". St George Illawarra Dragons. 14 June 2019.
- "Harvey Norman NSW Women's Origin team announced". NSWRL. 8 June 2019.
- "NRLW team announcement: Grand final v Broncos". St George Illawarra Dragons. 1 October 2019.
- "Takilele Katoa takes out CRL Women's Representative Player of the Year". Arena News. 9 October 2019.
- "Cherrington hungry for more after NRLW debut catches Origin attention". NRL. 8 October 2020.