Santiago González Bonorino Explained

Santiago Bonorino
Birth Name:Santiago Hernán González Bonorino
Birth Date:5 May 1975[1]
Birth Place:Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height:1.90NaN0
Weight:116kg (256lb)
Ru Position:Prop
Ru Amateurclubs:SIC
Ru Nationalteam:Argentina
Ru Nationalyears:2001-2008
Ru Nationalcaps:15
Ru Nationalpoints:(0)
Ru Ntupdate:May 25, 2009
Ru Clubyears:


2008-2009
2009-2010
Ru Proclubs:Castres
Béziers
Unione Rugby Capitolina
Leicester Tigers
Ru Clubcaps:


6
12
Ru Clubpoints:


(0)
(0)
Ru Clubupdate:4 November 2009

Santiago Hernán González Bonorino (born May 5, 1975, in Buenos Aires) is a former Argentine rugby union player, most recently playing for Northampton Saints in the Guinness Premiership

He has represented Unione Rugby Capitolina in Italy at club level, and Argentina's national side. González Bonorino plays as a prop.

González Bonorino made his debut for the national side on May 19, 2001, in a match against, and has received 15 caps in total (as of May 2009).[2] González Bonorino was in the Argentine squad for the 2007 Rugby World Cup, and featured in the two opening matches, against France and .

In 2008, he signed a contract with English Guinness Premiership giants Leicester Tigers,[3] but after playing only 6 games for them he joined Leicester's rivals, Northampton Saints on a one-year deal for the start of the 2009 season. Injury cut short his season and he was forced to retire in January 2010.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: RWC 2007 player profile - Santiago González Bonorino . rugbyworldcup.com . 13 September 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071013033024/http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/teams/team=40/player=21210/index.html . 13 October 2007 .
  2. Web site: scrum.com player profile - Santiago González Bonorino. scrum.com. 13 September 2007.
  3. Web site: Loffreda snaps up Argentine prop . BBC.co.uk. 12 July 2008 . 2008-05-01.
  4. News: Bonorino retires, Saints draft in Morris. 18 January 2010. Northampton Saints. 18 January 2010. 20 June 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200620132713/https://www.northamptonsaints.co.uk/3831_6320.php/. dead.