Simon Picone Explained

Simon Picone
Birth Name:Simon Picone
Birth Date:26 September 1982
Birth Place:Rome, Italy
Weight:92kg (203lb)
Ru Currentteam:Benetton Treviso
Ru Position:Scrum-half
Youthyears1: 
Ru Clubyears:1998–2000
2000–2001
2001–2002
2002–
Ru Proclubs:Viterbo
Rugby Roma
Rugby Silea
Treviso
Ru Clubcaps:1
1
19
87
Ru Clubpoints:(0)
(5)
(40)
(70)
Ru Clubupdate:31 January 2010
Super14years: 
Ru Nationalyears:2008–
Ru Nationalteam:Italy
Ru Nationalcaps:23
Ru Nationalpoints:(5)
Ru Ntupdate:10 September 2010
Repsevensyears1: 

Simon Picone (born 26 September 1982) is an Italian rugby union player for Benetton Treviso in the Pro14 competition. He was born in Viterbo.

A Scrum-half, Picone was called up to the Italy squad for the 2008 Six Nations Championship. He came off the bench in Italy's 23–19 defeat to England in Rome to run in a try after charging down debutant England fly-half Danny Cipriani's kick.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Parisse handed Italy captaincy. BBC. 23 January 2008. 2 February 2008.