Brenden Santi

Brenden Santi

Santi playing for the Wentworthville Magpies in 2014.
Personal information
Born	(1993-08-05) 5 August 1993 Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia
Height	187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	101 kg (15 st 13 lb)
Playing information
Position	Lock, Second-row
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2014–	Wests Tigers	5	0	0	0	0
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2013	Italy	3	0	0	0	0
As of 28 March 2015
Source: Rugby League Project

Brenden Santi (born 5 August 1993) is an Italian Australian] professional rugby league footballer for the Wests Tigers of the National Rugby League. He primarily plays lock and second-row.

Background

Born in Bankstown, New South Wales, Santi played his junior football for the Chester Hill Hornets before being signed by the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.

Playing career

In 2010, Santi was a part of the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs' NYC squad but didn't play a game. He joined the Wests Tigers and played for their NYC team from 2011 to 2013.^[1][2][3]

During his initial period with the Wests Tigers, Santi captained the Australian Schoolboys in 2011, ^[4] and played in the Tigers' 2012 NYC Grand Final win over the Canberra Raiders. He also played for the New South Wales Under 20s team, winning the Players' Player award.^[5] At the end of 2013, Santi played for Italy at the 2013 Rugby League World Cup.

Santi signed a 2-year contract with the Parramatta Eels starting in 2014.^[6] but on 8 May 2014, Santi returned to the Wests Tigers mid-season on a contract to the end of 2015.^[7] Santi said, "I did what most young kids would do and left [Wests Tigers] for an opportunity. I wasn't filthy, because they had a lot of quality first graders in front of me. I got bought by Ricky Stuart, [but] Brad Arthur had other plans at Parramatta. And I don't think I was in them."^[8]

In Round 25 of the 2014 NRL season, Santi made his NRL debut for the Tigers against the Canberra Raiders.^[9]

References

External links

• 2014 Wests Tigers profile