Education
Simona was educated at Chifley College Mount Druitt Campus and Patrician Brothers" College, Blacktown.
Simona was educated at Chifley College Mount Druitt Campus and Patrician Brothers" College, Blacktown.
A Samoan international, Simona primarily plays at centre but can fill in at fullback and wing and halfback. Born in Auckland, New Zealand, Simona is of Samoan descent. Simona moved to Australia as a 6-year old. and was a Western City Tigers and Doonside Roos junior.
Simona played for the Wests Tigers New York City team in 2010-2011.
2011
Simona joined the Wests Tigers first grade squad in 2011. 2012
Simona played 3 first-grade games in 2012.
2013
Starting the season in NSW Cup, Simona returned to first grade in Round 8 after injuries to Blake Ayshford and Chris Lawrence and spent the rest of the season playing either wing or centre. On 18 July, he re-signed with the Tigers to the end of 2015.
Simona finished the year as the Tigers highest try-scorer with 12 tries in 17 matches.
At the end of the season, Simona underwent an operation on his shoulder that was expected to see him out of action for some months. Simona had been selected for New Zealand"s 2013 World Cup side, but declined in order to better prepared for the 2014 season. 2014
In April, Simona was named for Samoa against Fiji in the Pacific Rugby League International match, a qualifier for the 2014 Four Nations, but was later ruled out with suspension and replaced by Street George Illawarra Dragons player Peter Mata"utia.
Simona finished off the year with him playing in 14 matches and scoring 3 tries.
On 25 October, Simona made his international debut for Samoa against England at Suncorp Stadium, playing at fullback in Samoa’s 32-26 loss. He played in 3 matches and scored 1 try throughout the Four Nations.
2015
On 23 January, Simona was named in the Tigers Auckland Nines squad. He started the regular season by scoring 3 tries and setting up 6 more in the first 7 rounds.
In May, he played at halfback for Samoa against Tonga in the Polynesian Cup, and suffered an ankle injury during the match.
He ended the season with 5 tries and 10 try-assists from a personal-best 20 appearances. 2016
Simona again started the pre-season playing in the Auckland Nines.
He was a member of the Balmain Ryde Eastwood Tigers side that lost the NSW Cup grand final the Newtown Jets.