Simone Favaro

Simone Favaro
Full name Simone Favaro
Date of birth 7 November 1988
Place of birth Zero Branco, Italy
Height 184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 103 kg (227 lb; 16 st 3 lb)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Back row
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2007–08
2008–09
2009–10
2010–12
2012–15
2015-
Treviso
Rovigo
Crociati RFC
Aironi
Treviso
Glasgow Warriors

22
15
30
35

(10)
(0)
(0)
(10)
correct as of 3 January 2015.
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2009– Italy 24 (0)
correct as of 28 February 2015.

Simone Favaro (born 7 November 1988) is an Italian rugby union player. Favaro, who is a flanker, plays club rugby for Aironi as of June 2010.[1] He made his debut for Italy against Australia on 20 June 2009.[2]

Biography

Favaro, the son of former Italy lock Roberto Favaro, began his career playing for the Treviso under-19 team before stepping up to the Super 10 with Rovigo and Overmach Parma.[1] Favaro was an early developer and, at the age of 20, was the youngest player included in Nick Mallett's squad for the 2009 Six Nations Championship.[3] Favaro did not feature in the Championship; he subsequently made his debut against Australia in the 2009 Summer tour of the Southern Hemisphere.[2] In June 2010 he joined Aironi for their first season in the Magners League.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Favaro Simone". itsrugby.co.ukaccessdate=2 March 2010.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Simone Favaro". ESPN. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  3. "Italy name squad for England game". BBC. 29 January 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  4. http://sport.libero.it/rugby/136124/aironi-presentazione-ufficiale