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Full name | Rinaldo Palumbo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia | 22 April 1991|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 15 st 4 lb (97 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As of 28 October 2023 |
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.
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]
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.[citation needed]
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.[citation needed]
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.[citation needed]
He joined London Broncos at the start of the 2022 season.[7]
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]