A Tonga and Australia international, and New South Wales State of Origin representative front-row forward, he played club football for the St. George Illawarra Dragons, Manly Warringah Sea Eagles and Penrith Panthers.

Kite was named the Clive Churchill Medallist for his performance in the 2008 NRL Grand Final, in which he helped steer Manly-Warringah to a 40–0 thumping of the Melbourne Storm, scoring a try.

[6][7] In late 2000 he travelled to Europe to play for the Tonga national rugby league team alongside Willie Mason in the 2000 World Cup tournament.

[8][9] Kite made his NRL debut for the St George Illawarra Dragons against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks at Sydney Football Stadium on 17 March 2002.

Kite left the Dragons at the end of the 2004 NRL season with both parties citing salary cap constraints as the reason for his move to the Manly Sea Eagles.

[14] Kite was selected to play for the Australian national team at prop forward in the 2007 ANZAC Test victory against New Zealand.

[26] In May 2009, Kite was named in the 17-man squad to represent New South Wales in the opening State of Origin match on 3 June 2009, in Melbourne.

In 2015, Kite announced it would be his final year as a professional rugby league footballer and retired at the end of the season.