Simon Désert
| Date of birth | 7 February 2001[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Simon Désert (born 7 February 2001) is a French rugby union player. He plays as a winger for US Carcassonne and the France national rugby sevens team. He was nominated for try of the year for the 2024-25 SVNS series.
Early life
[edit]He started playing rugby as a six year-old in Trèbes, encouraged by his father Yannick who was also a rugby player. He attended RC Alaric rugby school in Capendu on a weekly basis, before his family relocated to Barbaira.[3]
Career
[edit]Désert plays club rugby union for US Carcassonne as a winger. He joined Carcassonne as a 15 year-old, before having spells at Béziers and then Stade Toulousain before returning to Carcassonne.[4] He also played for France at under-18 level.[5]
He was a member of the France rugby sevens Development team which won the first stage of the 2024 Rugby Europe Sevens Championship Series which took place from June 7-9 2024, in Makarska, Croatia, defeating Ireland 12-7 in the final.[6] In the second leg of the championships in Hamburg, Germany the same month he scored a try in the final as France lost to Ireland, but the French side were crowned European champions, on scoring difference across the two events.[7]
He made his debut at the South Africa Sevens in Cape Town for the France national rugby sevens team in December 2024.[8] During that tournament he scored a try against Fiji in the semi-final for which he earned a nomination for the best try of the year for the 2024-25 SVNS series.[9] He also played as France reached the final of the Hong Kong sevens in March 2025.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Simon Désert". Eurosport. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
- ^ "Simon Désert". All.Rugby. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
- ^ "Rugby 7s: Simon Désert from Aude aims for a new title with the Blues in Los Angeles". ladepeche.fr. 2 May 2025. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
- ^ Ormières, Lionel (26 September 2022). "Simon Désert, one of the great "Hopefuls" of US Carcassonne". Lindependant.fr. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
- ^ "SIMON DÉSERT TO STADE TOULOUSAIN RATHER THAN UBB?". Rugby/scapulaire. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
- ^ "Les nouvelles de l'association US Carcassonne : clap de fin de saison". Ladepeche.fr (in French). 14 June 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
- ^ "Ireland Men Triumph In Hamburg Rain As Olympic Countdown Continues". Irish Rugby. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
- ^ Billiard, Willy. "France 7's changes for SVNS Cape Town". Rugby Pass. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
- ^ "RUGBY 7S – BLEUS: DÉSERT AND ARTAUD NOMINATED FOR AWARDS". Rugby365. 28 April 2025. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
- ^ "Les septistes français échouent en finale du tournoi de Hong Kong contre l'Argentine". Le Dauphine (in French). 30 March 2025. Retrieved 6 May 2025.