Ronny Palumbo

Ronny Palumbo (born 22 April 1991) is a Italy international rugby league footballer who last played as a second-row and centre for the London Broncos in the Betfred Championship.

Ronny Palumbo
Personal information
Full nameRinaldo Palumbo
Born (1991-04-22) 22 April 1991
Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight15 st 4 lb (97 kg)
Playing information
Rugby league
PositionSecond-row, Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2017–18 Toulouse Olympique 12 1 0 0 4
2019 London Skolars 10 1 0 0 4
2020–21 Palau Broncos
2022 London Broncos 22 2 0 0 8
Total 44 4 0 0 16
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019– Italy 6 1 0 0 4
Rugby union
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2018 Mystic River Rugby Club 7 4 0 0 20
Source: [1][2][3]
As of 17 January 2023

Background

Palumbo was born in Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia. He is of Italian descent.[4]

He played his junior rugby league for the Campbelltown Harlequins,while attending well renowned rugby league school Patrician Brothers' College, Fairfield.[5]

Playing career

Club career

He played for the New South Wales Schoolboys Rugby Union side in 2008/2009.[6]

Palumbo played in the New South Wales Cup for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and the Western Suburbs Magpies.[7][8][9]

In the 2017–18 season he played for Toulouse Olympique.

In 2018, Palumbo was granted a mid season release from Toulouse Olympique to join Mystic River Rugby Club , helping the club win the 2018 USA Rugby D1 National Championship.

In 2019 Palumbo played for the London Skolars in Betfred League 1.[10]

In the 2020–21 season he played for the Palau Broncos in the Elite 1 Championship.

He joined London Broncos at the start of the 2022 season.[7]

International career

In 2019 Palumbo made his international début for Italy against Malta. In 2022 he was named in the Italy squad for the 2021 Rugby League World Cup.[11]

In the final group match at the 2021 Rugby League World Cup, Palumbo scored Italy's only try in their 66-6 loss against Australia.[12]

References
  1. "Player Summary: Rinaldo "Ronny" Palumbo". Rugby League Records. Rugby League Record Keepers Club. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  2. "Ronny Palumbo - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  3. "Ronny Palumbo - Player statistics". It's rugby. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  4. "Rinaldo Palumbo - Italy Azzurri - NRL Player Profile". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  5. "Western Suburbs Magpies News: Player in Focus - Ronnie Palumbo". westsmagpies.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  6. "West Wales Raiders are pleased to announce the signing of West Tigers Forward Ronny Palumbo". raidersrugbyleague.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  7. "London Broncos sign Italy international Ronny Palumbo". LoveRugbyLeague. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  8. Daniel Tomlinson. "Strongest Italy line-up as Azzurri face tough challenge in Group B - YorkshireLive". examinerlive.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  9. "Ronny Palumbo". League Unlimited. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  10. "London Skolars » Skolars sign key duo for 2019". skolarsrl.com. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  11. "Full list of every squad at the Rugby League World Cup 2021". loverugbyleague.com. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  12. "Rugby League World Cup: Australia 66-6 Italy - Kangaroos cruise to quarter-finals". www.bbc.co.uk.
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