Early career In 2013, Katoa joined the
Penrith Panthers 2015 In 2015, Katoa graduated on to the Panthers'
New South Wales Cup team and captained the side later. On 2 May, he played for the
Junior Kiwis against the
Junior Kangaroos. On 10 June, he re-signed with the Panthers on a 2-year contract. In Round 26 of the
2015 NRL season, he made his
NRL debut for the Panthers against the
Newcastle Knights. On 11 September, he was named in the 58-man
Tonga squad to play the
Cook Islands on 17 October. On 7 May, he made his international debut for Tonga against
Samoa in the 2016
Polynesian Cup.
2017 Katoa was a member of the
Penrith Panthers side that won the 2017
Intrust Super Premiership NSW and the 2017
NRL State Championship.
2018 Katoa made 20 appearances for Penrith in the
2018 NRL season as the club finished 5th and reached the elimination final before being defeated by Cronulla-Sutherland 21-20 at the
Sydney Football Stadium.
2019 Katoa made a total of 15 appearances for Penrith in the
2019 NRL season as the club finished 10th on the table and missed out on the finals for the first time since 2015.. It was a disappointing end to the season for Penrith as they had been tipped by many to reach the finals series and be one of the contenders for the premiership. At one stage of the season, the club sat last on the table before a mid-season revival lifted them off the bottom to finish just outside the finals places. In September 2019, Katoa signed a two-year deal to join
Canterbury-Bankstown.
2020 & 2021 On 31 August, Katoa was one of twelve players who were told by Canterbury that they would not be offered a contract for the 2022 season and would be released at seasons end. ==References==