Simon Picone

Simon Picone
Birth name	Simon Picone
Date of birth	26 September 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth	Rome, Italy
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	92 kg (203 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Scrum-half
Current team	Benetton Treviso
Senior career
Years	Team
1998–2000; 2000–2001; 2001–2002; 2002–	Viterbo; Rugby Roma; Rugby Silea; Treviso
	Correct as of 31 January 2010
International career
Years	Team
2008–	Italy
	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

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

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