Richard Villasanti

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Richard Villasanti
Personal information
Full name Richard Villasanti
Date of birth 20 May 1980 (1980-05-20) (age 28)
Place of birth Canberra, Australia
Height 187 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 111 kg (17 st 6 lb)
Nickname(s) Villa
Club information
Position(s) Forward
Current club Forestville Ferrets[1]
Number 11
Youth clubs
Years Club
Canberra
Other clubs
Years Club
2008– Forestville Ferrets
Senior clubs*
Years Club Apps (points)
1999–2000
2000–2001
2001–2006
2006–2007
2007		 Balmain Tigers
Wests Tigers
NZ Warriors
Cronulla Sharks
Harlequins RL		 6 (4)
7 (4)
96 (84)
8 (8)
0 (0)
Representative teams
2000
2003		 Tonga
Australia
1 (0)

* Professional club appearances and points
counted for domestic first grade only.

Richard Villasanti (born 20 May 1980 in Canberra) is an Australian former professional rugby league player. Villasanti previously played for the Cronulla Sharks, Wests Tigers, the Balmain Tigers and the New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League competition and also for Australia. His usual position was at prop forward.

Villasanti was contracted to Harlequins RL but retired in 2007 due to a persistent knee problem. [2]

In February 2007, he secured his release from the Cronulla club, signing a two year deal with Harlequins RL but never played a first-grade game for the London based club. [3]

Villasanti was signed by the Londoners in as a replacement for Solomon Haumono after having surgery on his knee in Australia. He passed a medical on his arrival in London and was expected to be available after four to six weeks but the knee failed to respond to rehabilitation. [4]

Contents

[edit] Career highlights

  • Junior Club: Canberra
  • First Grade Debut: Round 7, Balmain v Manly at Leichhardt Oval, April 18, 1999
  • First Grade Record: 108 appearances scoring 23 tries

[edit] Representative games

  • International: One game for Australia in 2003

[edit] References

  1. ^ Kangaroo now humble Ferret. The Manly Daily (2008-04-04). Retrieved on 2008-04-04.
  2. ^ It is with tremendous disappointment that we have to announce that Richard Villasanti has had to retire. Quins.co.uk (2007-06-19). Retrieved on 2007-06-19.
  3. ^ Prop Villasanti forced to retire. BBC (2007-06-19). Retrieved on 2007-06-19.
  4. ^ Villasanti Calls It Quits. Sporting Life (2007-06-19). Retrieved on 2007-06-19.

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