Simon Zebo
Zebo warming up for Ireland during the 2015 Rugby World Cup
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| Date of birth | 16 March 1990 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Cork, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 98 kg (15 st 6 lb; 216 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Presentation Brothers College, Cork | ||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing, Fullback | ||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2010–present | Munster | 112 | (255) |
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Correct as of 22 January 2017
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2010 2012–14 2012–present 2013 |
Ireland U20 Ireland Wolfhounds Ireland British and Irish Lions |
9 2 33 0 |
(18) (5) (40) (0) |
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Correct as of 18 March 2017
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Simon Zebo (born 16 March 1990 in Cork, Ireland) is an Irish rugby union player for Munster in the Pro12 and European Rugby Champions Cup. He usually plays Wing, but has also played Fullback for Ireland and Munster. Zebo plays club rugby for Cork Constitution.
Zebo attended Beaumont Boys School and Presentation Brothers College, Cork. In his youth he also played hurling for Blackrock GAA and association football for Avondale United.
Zebo made his Munster debut against Connacht on 18 April 2010.
He scored his first try for Munster against Scarlets in April 2011.
He made his Heineken Cup debut for Munster against Scarlets on 10 December 2011. Zebo opened his Heineken Cup scoring account with a hat-trick against Northampton Saints on 21 January 2012, during a man of the Match performance in the Round 6 fixture.
In January 2013, Zebo agreed a three-year contract with Munster, which will keep him at the province until the end of the 2015–16 season. He became the first ever player to score two Heineken Cup hat-tricks within a year, scoring three of Munster's five tries in the home match against Racing Métro 92 on 20 January 2013, again being awarded the Man of the Match. He made his return from the foot injury sustained in Ireland's 2013 Six Nations in Munster's 12–18 Heineken Cup quarter-final victory against Harlequins on 7 April 2013. He also started the 16–10 semi-final defeat to ASM Clermont Auvergne on 27 April 2013. Zebo was named Munster Young Player of the Year for the 2012–13 season on 12 May 2013. He was also nominated for Munster Player of the Year.
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