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) |
| 2007–2008 2008–2009 2009–2010 2010–2012 2012–2015 2015– |
Treviso Rovigo Crociati RFC Aironi Treviso Glasgow Warriors |
22 15 30 35 |
(10) (0) (0) (10) |
| correct as of 8 September 2015. | |||
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2009– | Italy | 27 | (5) |
| correct as of 11 October 2015. | |||
Simone Favaro (born 7 November 1988) is an Italian rugby union player. Favaro, who is a flanker, plays club rugby for Glasgow Warriors as of summer 2015.[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] On 18 February 2015 it was announced that Favaro would sign for the Scottish side Glasgow Warriors for the 2015–16 season in the summer of 2015. Favaro has signed until May 2017.[5]
References
- 1 2 "Favaro Simone". Glasgow Warriors accessdate=18 February 2015.
- 1 2 "Simone Favaro". ESPN. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
- ↑ "Italy name squad for England game". BBC. 29 January 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
- ↑ http://sport.libero.it/rugby/136124/aironi-presentazione-ufficiale
- ↑ http://www.glasgowwarriors.org/news/15/02/18/warriors-sign-italian-international-favaro
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