Sale Sharks
Cueto made his début for Sale Sharks against Bristol Shoguns in 2001 and made the England tour to Argentina in 2002, playing against Argentina A.
Cueto saw success at club level in his first five years at the club, winning the European Challenge Cup twice, first in 2002 (then known as the Parker Pen Challenge Shield) when Sale beat Pontypridd 25–22 at the Kassam Stadium on 26 May 2002. He was also part of the Sale team that beat Pau, the champions in 2000, by 27 points to 3, also at the Kassam Stadium on 21 May 2005. Cueto scored a try in the victory. Cueto helped Sale Sharks to top the league in the 2005–06 season and carry that form through to win the season ending play-offs, beating Leicester Tigers in the final, to become Premiership champions for the first time.
In May 2010, Ceuto was voted into Sale Shark's Hall of Fame. He played his 150th match for Sale in their 54–21 defeat to Leicester in late December 2010. A few days later, Cueto was appointed club captain by the new coach Pete Anglesea; Anglesea replaced Mike Brewer as Sale had won just three out of nine matches in the 2010/11 season by mid-December. Cueto was Sale's sixth captain of the season. In April, Cueto was banned by the Rugby Football Union for nine weeks after pleading guilty to "making contact with the eye or eye area". The incident involved Christian Day and occurred in a match against Northampton on 2 April. At the start of the 2011/12 season, in August, Cueto was replaced as Sale captain, with Sam Tuitupou taking over role.
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