Kitione Kautoga

Kitione Kautoga (born 2 September 2002) is a Fijian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row forward for the Parramatta Eels in the National Rugby League and Fiji at international level.

Kitione Kautoga

Personal information
Full name	Kitione Kautoga
Born	(2002-09-02) 2 September 2002 (age 23) Fiji
Height	187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	107 kg (16 st 12 lb)
Playing information
Position	Second-row
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2022 Wests Tigers 1 0 0 0 0 2024 Canterbury Bulldogs 2 0 0 0 0 2025– Parramatta Eels 15 2 0 0 8 Total 18 2 0 0 8 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2023–25 Fiji 6 4 0 0 16
Source: [1] As of 13 July 2025

He previously played for the Wests Tigers and Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.

Playing career

He made his debut in round 24 of the 2022 NRL season for the Tigers, debuting from the bench against the St. George Illawarra Dragons. In 2024, he joined Canterbury. Kautoga made his club debut for Canterbury in round 5 of the 2024 NRL season against the Sydney Roosters. Kautoga played one further game for the club in the following round against Melbourne.^[2] On 13 December 2024, he signed a contract to join Canterbury's arch-rivals Parramatta ahead of the 2025 NRL season.^{[citation needed]}

2025

Kautoga made his club debut for Parramatta in round 2 of the 2025 NRL season against the Wests Tigers which ended in a 32-6 loss.^[3] On 27 June, the Eels announced that Kautoga was elevated into the teams Top 30 squad and had re-signed with the team until the end of 2027.^[4] On 15 July, it was announced that Kautoga would miss the rest of the 2025 NRL season after suffering a syndesmosis injury during the clubs round 19 loss against Penrith.^[5]

See also

• Rugby league in Fiji