Benjamin Simm Explained

Benjamin Simm
Birth Name:Benjamin Simm
Birth Date:6 January 1986
Birth Place:Hanover, Germany
Height:1.86m (06.1feet)
Weight:93kg (205lb)
Ru Position:Centre
Repyears1:2004 - present
Repcaps1:26
Ru Ntupdate:28 April 2013

Benjamin Simm (born 6 January 1986 in Hanover)[1] [2] is a German international rugby union player, playing for the DSV 78 Hannover in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team. He made his debut for Germany in 2004.[3]

His club, DSV 78/08 Ricklingen, won the 2nd Bundesliga title in 2008-09 and earned promotion to the Rugby-Bundesliga, now playing as DSV 78 Hannover.

Simm has also played for the Germany's 7's side in the past, like at the 2008 and 2009 Hannover Sevens[4] and the 2006 and 2009 London Sevens.[5]

Honours

Club

National team

Stats

Benjamin Simm's personal statistics in club and international rugby:[6]

Club

YearClubDivisionGamesTriesConPenDGPlace
2008-09DSV 78/08 Ricklingen2nd Rugby-Bundesliga12190001st - Promoted
2009-10DSV 78 HannoverRugby-Bundesliga1640009th
2010-111440007th
2011-12730007th

National team

YearTeamCompetitionGamesPointsPlace
2006-2008European Nations Cup Second Division30Champions
2008-2010European Nations Cup First Division806th - Relegated
2010–2012GermanyEuropean Nations Cup Division 1B404th
2012–2014GermanyEuropean Nations Cup Division 1B55ongoing

Friendlies & other competitions

YearTeamCompetitionGamesPoints
2007GermanyFriendly10
200915
201015

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.scrum.com/statsguru/rugby/player/91282.html Benjamin Simm profile at scrum.com
  2. http://www.hannover-sevens.de/index.php?mnu=1200#747 Benjamin Simm
  3. http://www.rugby-verband.de/?data[pageid]=51&data[subpage]=spielkader&data[kader]=1&data[playerid]=r1hkr4 Benjamin Simm
  4. http://www.hannover-sevens.de/index.php?mnu=1104 Germany roster 2008 Hannover Sevens
  5. http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/news/newsid=2031411.html Germany ready to take on world's best
  6. http://www.totalrugby.de/component/option,com_joomleague/func,showPlayer/p,6/pid,18/Itemid,250/ Benjamin Simm profile at totalrugby.de