Mickaël Simon (born 2 April 1987) is a French rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for AS Carcassonne in the Elite One Championship and for France at international level.
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| Full name | Mickaël Simon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 April 1987[1] Carcassonne, Languedoc-Roussillon, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 15 st 6 lb (98 kg)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He previously played for the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats and Catalans in the Super League.
Background
editSimon was born in Carcassonne, France.
He played for the Limoux Grizzlies as a youth.
Playing career
editSimon starter his career in the Elite One Championship with Limoux, before joining Catalans Dragons. He made his Super League début in 2010 and established himself as a regular member of the Dragons forward pack in 2011.
In November 2016 the Frenchman went back to his home country to play for Catalans Dragons again. The Wakefield Trinity Wildcats and the Dragons agreed on a two-year deal for Simon, this will last until the end of the 2018 Super League season.
He played in the 2018 Challenge Cup Final victory over the Warrington Wolves at Wembley Stadium.[4]
AS Carcassonne
editOn 11 December 2020, it was announced that he had left Catalans Dragons to join AS Carcassonne in the Elite One Championship[5]
International career
editSimon played all four of France's matches at the 2013 Rugby League World Cup. He left the Dragons to join English club Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in 2015.[6]
He played in the 2014 and 2015 European Cup competitions. During the 2015 tournament, there was a mid-tournament test-match against England. Simon played in the team which was considered a 'weakened' French side due to injury and it showed with an appalling showing against their opponents.[7] Simon played in the 2016 end of year test match against England in Avignon.
References
edit- ^ a b c "Mickael Simon Wakefield Wildcats". www.superleague.co.uk. Rugby Football League. 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- ^ RLP
- ^ Love Rugby League
- ^ "Catalans Dragons beat Warrington in Challenge Cup final to make history". Guardian. 25 August 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
- ^ "Carcassonne XIII: Mickael Simon always spits fire!". www.ladepeche.fr. 11 December 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- ^ "Wakefield sign Catalans prop Simon". BBC Sport.
- ^ "England demolish France 84-4 in record win". Skysports.com. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
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