Education
In 2009, Asiata was a member of the Parramatta Eels side that finished runners-up in the Harold Matthews Cup.
In 2009, Asiata was a member of the Parramatta Eels side that finished runners-up in the Harold Matthews Cup.
Primarily a lock or second rower, Asiata was part of the Cowboys" 2015 NRL premiership and 2016 World Club Challenge winning sides. Born in Penrith, New South Wales, Asiata is of Samoan descent and played his junior football for the Wentworthville Magpies, attending Patrician Brothers" College, Blacktown. In 2010, he played with the Western Sydney Academy in the South.G. Ball Cup before being signed by the Sydney Roosters.
He played for the Roosters" South.G. Ball team in 2011 and moved up to their New York City team in 2012 and 2013.
At the end of 2013, Asiata was named at lock in the 2013 New York City Team of the Year. In November 2013, Asiata signed a 2-year contract with the North Queensland Cowboys starting in 2014, following his Roosters New York City coach, Paul Green, to the Cowboys.
2014 Asiata started the year playing for the Cowboys Queensland Cup affiliate, the Mackay Cutters. He would play 18 games for them in 2014, scoring 5 tries.
Asiata finished his debut year in the NRL with 6 matches for the Cowboys.
2015 On 31 January and 1 February, Asiata played for the Cowboys in the 2015 NRL Auckland Nines. On 27 April, he was named in Samoa"s 18-man squad to face Tonga in the 2015 Polynesian Cup. He was the side"s 18th man and did not partake in the match.
In Round 9, he made his first run on start in the NRL, in the Cowboys" 23-16 victory over the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.
On 21 May, he re-signed with the Cowboys on a 2-year contract to the end of the 2017 season. He finished off his premiership winning 2015 season having played in 25 matches.
2016 On 2 February, Asiata was named in the Cowboys" 2016 NRL Auckland Nines squad. Individual Team.
On 21 February, he was a member of the Cowboys" 2016 World Club Challenge winning side, coming off the bench in the side"s 38-4 victory over the Leeds Rhinos at Headingley Stadium.