Simon Picone

Simon Picone
BornSimon Picone
(1982-09-26) 26 September 1982
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight92 kg (203 lb)
Rugby union career
Position Scrum-half
Current team Benetton Treviso
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1998–2000 Viterbo 1 (0)
2000–2001 Rugby Roma 1 (5)
2001–2002 Rugby Silea 19 (40)
2002– Treviso 87 (70)
Correct as of 31 January 2010
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2008– Italy 23 (5)
Correct as of 10 September 2010

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]

References

  1. ^ "Parisse handed Italy captaincy". BBC. 23 January 2008. Retrieved 2 February 2008.