Craig Salvatori
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| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Craig Salvatori | |
| Date of birth | b. 1966 | |
| Nickname(s) | Salvo | |
| Club information | ||
| Position(s) | Front row | |
| Current club | Retired | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Years | Club | |
| Nelson Hotel (Woollahra) | ||
| Senior clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (points) |
| 1986–1995 1996 |
Eastern Suburbs South Sydney Rabbitohs |
119 (92) 22 (8) |
| Representative teams | ||
| 1991–1993 1991 |
New South Wales Australia |
5 (4) 2 (0) |
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* Professional club appearances and points |
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Craig Salvatori (born 1966) is an Australian former professional rugby league player who spent most of his career at the Eastern Suburbs club. His position of choise was in the front row. Salvatori also played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs as well as representing for Australia and New South Wales.
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[edit] Playing career
In 1985, Salvatori was graded by Eastern Suburbs from the Nelson Hotel club and he first broke into the top grade in 1986. During his time with Easts, Salvatori played more than 100 matches for the club, many as captain. Salvatori was a large and 'fiery' front row forward but he possessed skill and some pace, scoring 21 tries. In the 1991 season Salvatori won the Dally M award for Front rower of the Year. In the later part of his playing career, Salvatori suffered several knee injuries and he spent his final year of first grade with the South Sydney Rabbitohs.
[edit] Representative career
In 1991, Salvatori first gained selection for Australia, playing in two matches against New Zealand. Salvatori was also selected for an Australian tour of Papua New Guinea at the end of the year but he sustained an injury in the first tour match which prevented him from playing in any of the tests.
Salvatori was selected to represent New South Wales as a reserve for:
- game III of the 1991 State of Origin series
- games I, II and III of the 1992 State of Origin series, scoring a try in game I
- game I of the 1993 State of Origin series
[edit] Post-playing career
Since his retirement, Salvatori took on a role coaching rugby league's emerging nations. He coached the Italian side in the 1997 World Sevens competition and the 1999 Mediterranean Cup competition.[1]
In 2001, Salvatori was named as a reserve in the Indigenous Team of the Century, captained by Artie Beetson.[2]
Salvatori currently runs a guest house in Byron Bay.[3]
His second wife, Kathy Salvatori, was killed in the 2002 Bali bombings.[4]
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ "Lebanon thrashes Morocco", AAP Sports News (Australia), 1999-11-19. Retrieved on 2007-12-23.
- ^ "Factbox on Indigenous Team of the Century", AAP Sports News (Australia), 2001-06-16. Retrieved on 2007-12-23.
- ^ Cooper's Shoot. Bangalow Heartbeat (2007-05-01). Retrieved on 2007-12-23.
- ^ "Husband discovers wife", Sydney Morning Herald, 2002-10-15. Retrieved on 2007-12-23.
[edit] References
- Whiticker, Alan and Hudson, Glen (2007). The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. Wetherill Park, New South Wales: Gary Allen Pty Ltd, 609. ISBN 9781877082931.
