Zac Santo
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| Santo playing for the Mount Pritchard Mounties in 2016. | ||||||
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Zachary Santo[1] | |||||
| Born | 8 April 1993 Townsville, Queensland, Australia | |||||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |||||
| Weight | 85 kg (13 st 5 lb) | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Fullback, Wing | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2014 | North Queensland Cowboys | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016– | Canberra Raiders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| As of 9 June 2016 | ||||||
| Source: [2] | ||||||
Zac Santo (born 8 April 1993) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Canberra Raiders in the National Rugby League (NRL). He plays at fullback and wing, and formerly played for the North Queensland Cowboys.
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 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 New Zealand Warriors. At the end of 2012, Santo won the Cowboys' NYC Player of the Year award.
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 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
In September, Santo was named at fullback in the 2016 Intrust Super Premiership NSW Team of the Year.[9]
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
- ↑ "Player statistics for Zachary Santo". Fox Sports Pulse. Retrieved 2015-12-22.
- ↑ "Zac Santo - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2016-06-10.
- ↑ "Cowboys centre Antonio Winterstein endorses Santo and Rona for fullback role". Townsville Bulletin. 2014-02-19. Retrieved 2015-12-22.
- ↑ NRL. "devotes weekend to Vanuatu Appeal". QRL. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
- ↑ "Cowboys lock in talent | NRL". Zero Tackle. 2013-08-05. Retrieved 2015-12-22.
- ↑ http://www.cowboys.com.au/news/2014/07/05/team_list_cowboys_v_dragons.html. Retrieved 5 July 2014. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "Raiders sign Zac Santo to one-year deal | NRL". Zero Tackle. 2015-09-27. Retrieved 2015-12-22.
- ↑ "Photographic image" (JPEG). Raiders.com.au. Retrieved 2015-12-22.
- ↑ NSWRL.com.au (2016-03-26). "2016 Intrust Super Cup Team of the Year". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 2016-09-23.
