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Full name | Zachary Santo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Townsville, Queensland, Australia |
8 April 1993 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 85 kg (13 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing information
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Position | Fullback, Wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As of 25 February 2018
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Zachary Santo (born 8 April 1993) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who 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.
Of Indigenous Australian 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.
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.
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.