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Zac Santo
Personal information
Full nameZachary Santo[1]
Born (1993-04-08) 8 April 1993 (age 31)
Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight85 kg (13 st 5 lb)
Playing information
PositionFullback, Wing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2014 North Queensland Cowboys 1 0 0 0 0
2016–17 Canberra Raiders 2 1 0 0 4
2017– New Zealand Warriors 0 0 0 0 0
Total 3 1 0 0 4
Source: [2]
As of 9 June 2016

Zachary Santo (born 8 April 1993) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League (NRL). He plays at fullback and wing, and formerly played for the North Queensland Cowboys and the Canberra Raiders.

Background

Of Indigenous Australian and Vanuatuan descent, Santo was born in Townsville, Queensland and grew up in Charters Towers. He played his junior rugby league for the Charters Towers Miners and later the Townsville Brothers, and attended Blackheath and Thornburgh College. While at Blackheath and Thornburgh, Santo was a Queensland Reds scholarship holder.[3][4]

Playing career

Early career

In 2011, Santo joined the North Queensland Cowboys NYC squad on a trial and train contract and represented the Queensland under 18s team. That year he played in the Cowboys' 2011 NYC Grand Final loss to the New Zealand Warriors. At the end of 2012, Santo won the Cowboys' NYC Player of the Year award.[citation needed]

In 2013, Santo played for the Queensland under 20s team. He finished his NYC career at the end of 2013 with 65 games, scoring 49 tries.

On 5 August 2013, Santo re-signed with the Cowboys on a 2-year contract and joined the Cowboys first grade squad in 2014.[5]

2014

Santo started the 2014 season playing for the Cowboys' Queensland Cup team, the Mackay Cutters.

In round 17 of the 2014 NRL season, Santo made his NRL debut for the Cowboys against the St. George Illawarra Dragons.[6]

2015

Santo spent the 2015 season playing for another Cowboys' feeder club, the Townsville Blackhawks, in the Queensland Cup. At the end of the 2015 season, he was released by the Cowboys.

In December, Santo signed a 1-year contract with the Canberra Raiders starting in 2016.[7][8]

2016

Santo playing for the Mount Pritchard Mounties in 2016

Santo played for the Mount Pritchard Mounties in the NSW Cup. In September, Santo was named at fullback in the 2016 Intrust Super Premiership NSW Team of the Year.[9]

2017

Santo was named in the Canberra Raiders squad for the 2017 NRL Auckland Nines.[10] On 25 May, Santo was immediately released from his final year of his Raiders contract, and signed a one-and-a-half-year deal with the New Zealand Warriors effective immediately.[11]

Statistics

NRL

Season Team Matches T G GK % F/G Pts
2014 North Queensland 1 0 0 - 0 0
Career totals 1 0 0 — 0 0

References

  1. ^ "Player statistics for Zachary Santo". Fox Sports Pulse. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Zac Santo - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Cowboys centre Antonio Winterstein endorses Santo and Rona for fullback role". Townsville Bulletin. 19 February 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  4. ^ NRL. "devotes weekend to Vanuatu Appeal". QRL. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Cowboys lock in talent | NRL". Zero Tackle. 5 August 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  6. ^ http://www.cowboys.com.au/news/2014/07/05/team_list_cowboys_v_dragons.html. Retrieved 5 July 2014. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)[dead link]
  7. ^ "Raiders sign Zac Santo to one-year deal | NRL". Zero Tackle. 27 September 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  8. ^ "Photographic image" (JPEG). Raiders.com.au. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  9. ^ NSWRL.com.au (26 March 2016). "2016 Intrust Super Cup Team of the Year". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  10. ^ "2017 Auckland Nines squads: Every player named for the tournament". The Roar. 28 February 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  11. ^ http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/league/92987960/warriors-sign-zac-santo-allowing-tuimoala-lolohea-to-go
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