Benjamin Simm

Benjamin Simm
Full name Benjamin Simm
Date of birth (1986-01-06) January 6, 1986
Place of birth Hanover, Germany
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 93 kg (14 st 9 lb)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Centre
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
Germany DSV 78
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2004 - present  Germany 26
correct as of 28 April 2013.
Sevens national teams
Years Club / team Comps
 Germany

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

Year Club Division Games Tries Con Pen DG Place
2008-09 DSV 78/08 Ricklingen 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga 12 19 0 0 0 1st Promoted
2009-10 DSV 78 Hannover Rugby-Bundesliga 16 4 0 0 0 9th
2010-11 14 4 0 0 0 7th
2011-12 7 3 0 0 0 7th

National team

Year Team Competition Games Points Place
2006-2008 Germany European Nations Cup Second Division 3 0 Champions
2008-2010 Germany European Nations Cup First Division 8 0 6th Relegated
2010–2012 Germany European Nations Cup Division 1B 4 0 4th
2012–2014 Germany European Nations Cup Division 1B 5 5 ongoing

Friendlies & other competitions

Year Team Competition Games Points
2007 Germany Friendly 1 0
2009 1 5
2010 1 5

References

  1. Benjamin Simm profile at scrum.com accessed: 18 March 2010
  2. Benjamin Simm (German) Hannover Sevens website, accessed: 18 March 2010
  3. [http://www.rugby-verband.de/?data[pageid]=51&data[subpage]=spielkader&data[kader]=1&data[playerid]=r1hkr4 Benjamin Simm] (German) DRV website, accessed: 30 April 2012
  4. Germany roster 2008 Hannover Sevens (German) Hannover Sevens website, accessed: 2 March 2010
  5. Germany ready to take on world's best IRB website, published: 20 May 2009, accessed: 2 March 2010
  6. Benjamin Simm profile at totalrugby.de (German) accessed: 18 March 2010

External links

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