Samisoni Langi


Samisoni Langi is a Tongan rugby league footballer who plays and for the Catalans Dragons in the Betfred Super League and Tonga at international level.
Langi previously played for the Sydney Roosters in the NRL. He played for the Leigh Centurions in the Super League, signing from the Penrith Panthers in June 2017.

Early life

Langi was born in Auburn, New South Wales, Australia and is of Tongan descent.
He played his junior rugby league for the Berala Bears. While attending Trinity Catholic College, Auburn, he was selected to play for the NSW Combined Catholic Colleges Schoolboys and the Australian Schoolboys teams, both in 2011.

Playing career

Langi played for Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Youth Competition before being signed by the Sydney Roosters. On 20 April 2013, Langi made his international debut for Tonga in their Pacific International against Samoa, 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. On 27 August 2013, Langi was named at in the 2013 NYC Team of the Year.
In 2016, Langi joined the South Sydney Rabbitohs' feeder team, the North Sydney Bears, in the New South Wales Cup.
Langi joined the Penrith Panthers in 2017, playing for their New South Wales Cup team. In June 2017 he moved to Leigh Centurions on a deal lasting until the end of the season.
In November 2017, Langi signed with the Catalans Dragons on a two-year deal.
He played in the 2018 Challenge Cup Final victory over the Warrington Wolves at Wembley Stadium.

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. On 2 May 2015, he played for Tonga in the 2015 Polynesian Cup against Samoa. He missed Tonga's first two conversion attempts, and the goal-kicking duties were given to Solomone Kata for the remainder of the match.
On 7 May 2016, he played for Tonga against Samoa in the 2016 Polynesian Cup, suffering a game ending injury inside the opening 10 minutes.
He was named as 18th man for Tonga's 2017 Pacific Test against Fiji.