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Lavinia Kitai
Personal information
Full nameLavinia Kitai
Born (2004-08-18) 18 August 2004 (age 21)
Auckland, New Zealand
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight85 kg (13 st 5 lb; 187 lb)
Playing information
PositionProp
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2025 New Zealand Warriors 11 0 0 0 0
2026– St. George Illawarra Dragons 0 0 0 0 0
Total 11 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2022–25 Cook Islands 7 0 0 0 0
Source: [1][2][3][4]
As of 27 November 2025

Lavinia Kitai (born 18 August 2004) is a Cook Islands professional rugby league footballer who currently contracted to play for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the 2026 season of the NRL Women's Premiership.[5] Primarily a Prop, Kitai is a Cook Islands representative.[2]

Club career

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2022 to 2024

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Recruited from the Parkwood Sharks, Kitai played for the Brisbane Tigers in both the Under 19 (three matches) and open-age QRL Women's Premiership (four matches) in 2022.[2][6][7][8]

Following a transfer to Souths Logan Magpies in 2023, Kitai played four matches for that club in the QRL Women's Premiership.[9]

In 2024, Kitai played seven matches for the Burleigh Bears in the QRL Women's Premiership between March and May, including in a semi-final loss, and then nine matches for the Cronulla Sharks in the NSWRL Women's Premiership between July and September.[10][11][12][13][14]

2025

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Katai was signed by the New Zealand Warriors in December 2024 ahead of their return to the NRLW in the 2025 NRL Women's season.[2] Katai made her NRLW debut in Round 1.[15]

2026

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Kitai signed with the St. George Illawarra Dragons on a three-year deal in October 2025.[5]

Representative

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Pathways

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In 2021, Kitai was selected to play for the Queensland City Under 17 team in an early October match against a Queensland Country team.[16] In June 2022, Kitai played for the Queensland Rubys Under 19 in the National Championships.[17] Following the tournament, Kitai was selected for and played in the Queensland Under 19 team.[18][19]

International

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Kita was selected in the Cook Islands squad for the postponed 2021 Women's Rugby League World Cup held in October-November 2022.[20] Her first appearance for the Cook Islands was against the England Knights, in which both teams played extended benches.[21]

Kitai made her senior international debut for the Cook Islands in as a starting edge forward against the Australian Jillaroos in the opening round at LNER Community Stadium in York. The Cook Islands lost 74–0 to the eventual tournament winners.[22][23] Katai also played in the second round loss to New Zealand and third and final round win over France.[24][25]

Kitai played in the Cook Islands' single matches in the 2023 and 2024 Pacific Championships.[26][27] Playing in both matches as the Cook Islands won the Women's Pacific Bowl in the 2025 tournament, Katai made her seventh consecutive appearance for her international team.[28][29][30]

References

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  1. ^ "Lavinia Kitai - Cook Islands Rugby League". NRL. 22 October 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d "Six players added to NRLW squad". Warriors.Kiwi. 20 December 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  3. ^ "Lavinia Kitai – Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project.
  4. ^ "Lavinia Kitai". Rugby League Records. 2 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Cook Islands international Lavinia Kitai joins Red V". Dragons.com.au. 16 October 2025. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
  6. ^ "Team List Tuesday: 5-6 March". Tigers Brisbane. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
  7. ^ "BMD Premiership: Suzuki Brisbane Tigers Full squad list for 2022". Tigers Brisbane. 27 March 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
  8. ^ "Team List Tuesday: 1-3 April". Tigers Brisbane. 29 March 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
  9. ^ Arnold, Rikki-Lee (10 March 2023). "Souths Logan Magpies: BMD Premiership gains and losses for 2023". QRL. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
  10. ^ Arnold, Rikki-Lee (26 February 2024). "Burleigh Bears: BMD Premiership gains and losses for 2024". QRL. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
  11. ^ "BMD Premiership - Round 1 - Bears v Devils". QRL. 9 March 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
  12. ^ "BMD Premiership - Semi-Final - Devils v Bears". QRL. 18 May 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
  13. ^ "Harvey Norman NSW Women's Premiership - Round 2 - Sharks v WV Magpies". NSWRL. 14 July 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
  14. ^ "Harvey Norman NSW Women's Premiership - Round 2 - Sea Eagles v Sharks". NSWRL. 15 September 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
  15. ^ "Telstra Women's Premiership - Round 1 - Roosters 30 v 6 Warriors". NRL. 6 July 2025. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
  16. ^ Brinums, Jorja (9 September 2021). "All four City v Country teams named". QRL. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
  17. ^ Hillier, Michael (17 May 2022). "Final Queensland teams named for Harvey Norman Women's National Championships". QRL. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  18. ^ Edwards, Colleen (16 June 2022). "Rubys headline strong Queensland Under 19 women's team". QRL. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  19. ^ "Women's State of Origin U19s - NSW U19s Women v QLD U19s Women". NRL. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  20. ^ "2021 Rugby League World Cup squad lists". League Unlimited. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  21. ^ "England Knights 14 v 24 Cook Islands". European Rugby League. 28 October 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  22. ^ "Women's Rugby League World Cup - Australia 74 v 0 Cook Islands". NRL. 2 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
  23. ^ "Women's World Cup 2021 - 74 Australia v 0 Cook Islands". Rugby League Records. 2 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
  24. ^ "Women's Rugby League World Cup - France 18 v 26 Cook Islands". NRL. 10 November 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  25. ^ "France 18 v 26 Cook Islands - Match report". European Rugby League. 10 November 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  26. ^ Lucantonio, AJ (22 October 2023). "Orchids shine bright despite late Moana comeback". League Unlimited. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  27. ^ "Pacific Championships Team Lists: Week 2". NRL. 22 October 2024. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
  28. ^ Becht, Richard (8 October 2025). "Warriors quartet in Cook Islands squad for Pacific Championships". Warriors.Kiwi. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
  29. ^ "Griffiths unveils Cook Islands Moana squad for Pacific Bowl". NRL. 8 October 2025. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
  30. ^ "Pacific Championships Women - Cook Islands Moana". NRL. 25 October 2025. Retrieved 21 November 2025.