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Birth name | Simon Picone | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 26 September 1982 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Rome, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 92 kg (203 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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