Steve Simpson (rugby league)

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Steve Simpson
Personal information
Full name	Steve Simpson
Born	27 September 1979 (1979-09-27) (age 29)
	Maitland, Australia
Playing information
Height	187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	104 kg (16 st 5 lb)
Position	Second-row
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1999–	Newcastle Knights	197	30	0	0	120
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2001–2005	Country Origin	2	0	0	0	0
2002–2008	New South Wales	13	0	0	0	0
2002–2007	Australia	7	1	0	0	4
As of 30 August 2008
Source: Rugby League Project

Steve Simpson (born 27 September 1979 in Maitland, New South Wales) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. He has also been selected to represent Country Origin, New South Wales and Australia. He primarily plays at second-row.

Simpson was first selected to represent New South Wales as a second-rower for all three games of the 2002 State of Origin series. Although injuries prevented Simpson from being available for the 2003 and 2004 series, he played in all games of the 2005, 2006 and 2007 series.

Simpson made his test debut in Australia's 64–10 defeat of Great Britain in July, 2002. He also participated in the 2003 Ashes tour as well as the 2006 and 2007 ANZAC Tests against New Zealand.

In August, 2008, Simpson was named in the preliminary 46-man Kangaroos squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.^[1][2]

[edit] References

• Whiticker, Alan and Hudson, Glen (2007). The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. Wetherill Park, New South Wales: Gary Allen Pty Ltd, 609. ISBN 9781877082931. 

[edit] Footnotes

[edit] External links

• Newcastle Knights profile
• Steve Simpson NRL Player Profile
• Steve Simpson (rugby league) at the State of Origin official website.
• Steve Simpson at the Rugby League Project

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