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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: RLPAs of 20 October 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
Primarily a prop, she has represented New South Wales.
Playing career
Born in Auckland, Katoa played her junior rugby league for the Griffith Waratah Tigers and Yenda All Stars.
In June 2019, she represented NSW Country at the Women's National Championships on the Gold Coast. On 14 June 2019, Katoa signed with the St George Illawarra Dragons NRL Women's Premiership team.
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.
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.
On 9 October 2019, Katoa was named the Country Rugby League women's Representative Player of the Year.
In 2020, she missed the 2020 NRL Women's season due to pregnancy.
References
- "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.