Samisoni Langi (born 11 June 1993) is a professional

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

footballer who plays as a and for

Wakefield Trinity Wakefield Trinity is a professional rugby league club in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, that plays in the Super League. One of the original twenty-two clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895, between 1999 and 2016 the c ...

in the

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. Langi previously played for the

Sydney Roosters The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional Rugby league, Rugby League Football Club based in the Eastern Suburbs (Sydney) and parts of inner Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. The Roosters have won ...

in the

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, and for the

Leigh Centurions The Leigh Leopards are a professional rugby league club based in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England, who compete in the Betfred Super League. The club was founded in 1878, and is one of the original twenty-two clubs that formed the Northern R ...

and the

Catalans Dragons The Catalans Dragons ( French: ''Dragons Catalans'', Catalan: ''Dracs Catalans'') are a professional rugby league club from Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales department, France. The team competes in the Super League and are the only team from ...

in the

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, signing from the

Penrith Panthers The Penrith Panthers are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the western Sydney suburb of Penrith that competes in the NRL. The team is based west of the centre of Sydney, at the foot of the Blue Mountains. Penrith ...

in June 2017. He has played for both

Tonga Tonga (, ; ), officially the Kingdom of Tonga ( to, Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is a Polynesian country and archipelago. The country has 171 islands – of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in ...

and

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at international level. He played as a earlier in his career.

Early life

Langi was born in

Auburn, New South Wales Auburn is a Western Sydney suburb in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Auburn is located west of the Sydney central business district and is in the local government area of Cumberland City Council, having previously been the administrativ ...

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and is of Tongan descent. He played his junior rugby league for the

Berala Bears Berala Bears Rugby League Football Club is an Australian rugby league football club based in Berala, New South Wales established in 1965. They conduct teams for both junior, senior and women tag teams. They have had senior teams participate in th ...

. While attending

Trinity Catholic College, Auburn Trinity Catholic College in Auburn is a dual-campus independent Roman Catholic co-educational secondary day school, located in the inner western suburbs of Auburn and Regents Park, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Students in Years 7 and ...

, he was selected to play for the NSW Combined Catholic Colleges Schoolboys and the

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teams, both in 2011.

Playing career

Langi played for

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in the National Youth Competition before being signed by the

. On 20 April 2013, Langi made his international debut for Tonga in their

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against

Samoa Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa; sm, Sāmoa, and until 1997 known as Western Samoa, is a Polynesian island country consisting of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu); two smaller, inhabited islands (Manono Island, Manono an ...

, scoring two tries and kicking four goals in a man-of-the-match performance. Playing at , Langi made his NRL debut for the Roosters on 19 August 2013, in their round 23 match against the

Wests Tigers The Wests Tigers are an Australian professional Rugby league, rugby league football team, based in the Inner West and South West Sydney. They have competed in the National Rugby League since being formed at the end of the 1999 NRL season as a j ...

. On 27 August 2013, Langi was named at in the 2013 NYC Team of the Year. In 2016, Langi joined the

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' feeder team, the

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, in the

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. Langi joined the

in 2017, playing for their

team. In June 2017 he moved to

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on a deal lasting until the end of the season. In November 2017, Langi signed with the

on a two-year deal. Langi played in the

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victory over the

Warrington Wolves The Warrington Wolves are a professional rugby league club based in Warrington, England, that competes in the Super League. They play rugby at the Halliwell Jones Stadium, having moved there from Wilderspool in 2004. Founded as Warrington Z ...

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. On 9 October 2021, Langi played for

in their

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defeat against St. Helens.

International career

Langi was a member of Tonga's squad for the 2013 World Cup. He played in all three of Tonga's matches, kicking a total of 7 goals. On 19 October 2014, Langi played at in Tonga's match against

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

. On 2 May 2015, he played for Tonga in the 2015 Polynesian Cup against

. He missed Tonga's first two conversion attempts, and the goal-kicking duties were given to

Solomone Kata Solomone Kata (born 3 December 1994) is a Tongan professional dual-code rugby player who plays as a wing for Gallagher Premiership club Leicester Tigers and the Tonga national team. Prior to rugby union, Kata played rugby league for the Ne ...

for the remainder of the match. On 7 May 2016, Langi played for Tonga against Samoa in the 2016 Polynesian Cup, suffering a game ending injury inside the opening 10 minutes. Langi was named as 18th man for Tonga's 2017 Pacific Test against

Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...

. In 2022, Langi switched his allegiance from

where he represented them on 7 occasions , to play for

at this years Rugby league World Cup, qualifying through residency. Langi made his debut for France in the opening round of the

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against Greece.

References

External links

Catalans Dragons profileSL profile2017 RLWC profileFrance profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Langi, Samisoni 1993 births Living people Australian sportspeople of Tongan descent Australian rugby league players Catalans Dragons players France national rugby league team players Leigh Leopards players Newtown Jets NSW Cup players North Sydney Bears NSW Cup players Rugby league five-eighths Rugby league players from New South Wales Sydney Roosters players Tonga national rugby league team players Tongan sportspeople Wakefield Trinity players Wyong Roos players