Background
Born in Wellington, New Zealand, Asofa-Solomona grew up playing rugby union for Upper Hutt Rugby Football Club before playing rugby league.
Born in Wellington, New Zealand, Asofa-Solomona grew up playing rugby union for Upper Hutt Rugby Football Club before playing rugby league.
He plays at second-row and property His size and style of play has seen him being compared to Sonny Bill Williams. He played his junior rugby league for the Upper Hutt Tigers and Wellington Orcas junior representative team whilst playing rugby union at Wellington College.
He was then signed by the Melbourne Storm at 15-years of age.
In 2014, Asofa-Solomona played for the Melbourne Storm"s New York City team On 2 September 2014, he was named at second-row in the 2014 New York City Team of the Year.
2015
In 2015, Asofa-Solomona graduated on to the Storm"s Queensland Cup team, Sunshine Coast Falcons. In Round 8 of the 2015 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for the Melbourne Storm against the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles, playing off the interchange bench in the Storms" 12-10 loss at AAMI Park.
On 2 May, he again played for the Junior Kiwis against the Junior Kangaroos, playing at prop in the Kiwis" 22-20 loss at Cbus Super Stadium.
He finished off his debut year in the NRL having played in 12 matches and scoring 1 try. 2016
On 1 February, Asofa-Solomona was named in the Storm"s 2016 NRL Auckland Nines squad.