Zac Santo

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Zac Santo
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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
Position Fullback
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2014 North Qld Cowboys 10000
2016–17 Canberra Raiders 21004
2019–23 Limoux Grizzlies 20000
2023– Toulouse Olympique 1311400
Total1812404
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2019 Queensland Residents 10000
Source: [2]
As of 8 January 2024

Zachary Santo (born 8 April 1993) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays for Toulouse Olympique in the RFL Championship. He plays at fullback and wing, and formerly played for the Limoux Grizzlies, North Queensland Cowboys and the Canberra Raiders.

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Background

Of Indigenous Australian Italian and Ni-Vanuatu 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 defeat by 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 playing for the Mount Pritchard Mounties in 2016 Zac Santo.jpg
Santo playing for the Mount Pritchard Mounties in 2016

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 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] Santo was a member of The Mounties side which lost in The NSW Cup Grand Final to Illawarra 21-20 [10]

2017

Santo was named in the Canberra Raiders squad for the 2017 NRL Auckland Nines. [11] On 25 May, Santo was immediately released from his final year of his Canberra contract, and signed a one and a half year deal with the New Zealand Warriors. [12]

2018

On 16 May, Santo was granted a release from his Warriors' contract and re-joined the Townsville Blackhawks for the remainder of the season. During his time at the Warriors he didn't feature in a single NRL game. [13]

2019

On 7 August, it was revealed that Santo had signed a contract to join the Limoux Grizzlies in the Elite One Championship. [14]

2023

On 21 June, it was revealed that Santo had signed a contract to join the Toulouse Olympique in the RFL Championship. [15] On 15 October, Santo played in Toulouse Olympique's upset RFL Championship final loss against the London Broncos. [16]

Statistics

NRL

SeasonTeamMatchesTGGK %F/GPts
2014 North Queensland 10000
2016 Canberra 10000
2017 Canberra 11004
Career totals31004

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