Santiago G. Socino (born 7 May 1992) is an Argentine

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player for

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, his primary position is hooker. He previously played for

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in Premiership Rugby and in Super Rugby. Socino moved to

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in 2013 to play for

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and has also played for

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, Darlington Mowden Park, and

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. Socino originally moved to England as a back row but converted to the front row after singing for Newcastle in 2015. After impressing on loan at Darlington, Socino signed a new contract with Newcastle in May 2016. He renewed his contract again in March 2018. In March 2019 he was visited by coach

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who was contacting European based players with potential to be selected internationally. It was then announced on 20 May 2019 that Socino was to return to Argentina to join Super Rugby's Jaguares. In February 2021 it was confirmed that he had signed for

with immediate effect.

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Argentine rugby union players 1992 births Living people Newcastle Falcons players Rugby union hookers Argentina international rugby union players Jaguares (Super Rugby) players Rugby union players from Buenos Aires {{Argentina-rugbyunion-bio-stub