Shannon Donato
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| Born | 3 April 1975 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 87 kg (13 st 10 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Hooker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Shannon Donato (born 3 April 1975 in Sydney, Australia) is a former rugby league player who played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and the Penrith Panthers. He also played for the Italian national side. His position of choice was at hooker.
Rabbitohs
Donato was a Rabbitohs junior for Mascot Juniors and made his first grade debut in Round One, 1995. He went on to play in 19 games for the Rabbitohs over the next several seasons.
Sharks
In 1998 Donato moved to the Sharks, seeking to become established as a starting hooker. However he only made one appearance for the club in 1998, starting in Round 21, after joining the Club mid season. His 1999 season was more successfully as he played in 14 games.
At the end of the 1999 season Donato represented Italy in the first Mediterranean Cup.[1]
Over the next two seasons Donato played in 19 more games.
Panthers
Donato moved to the Panthers in 2002, one of several players who followed coach John Lang from Cronulla. He played in 25 games for the club over four seasons, his career's later years being marred by injury. In particular his 2003 season was only 80 minutes long after breaking his hand ten minutes into a semi-final appearance.[2] This injury ruined his 2004 season and he did not play a game.
He retired at the end of the 2005 season.
Life after League
After retiring Donato moved into the back office for the Panthers. He worked as the Panthers Marketing & Chief Commercial Officer.[3]
Donato returned to his first club, the South Sydney Rabbitohs as Chief Commercial Officer and in February 2016 he became the Acting Chief Executive Officer.[4]
References
- ^ Minichiello helps Italy defeat France Total RL, 17 Nov 2007
- ^ Donato's season over just as it started Sydney Morning Herald, 15 September 2003
- ^ About Us Penrith Panthers Official Site
- ^ http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/news/2016/02/23/shannon_donato_appoi.html
External links
- Use dmy dates from July 2013
- 1975 births
- Living people
- Australian rugby league players
- Australian people of Italian descent
- South Sydney Rabbitohs players
- Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks players
- Penrith Panthers players
- Italy national rugby league team players
- Italian rugby league players
- Italian people of Australian descent