Benjamin Simm (born 6 January 1986 in

Hanover Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany ...

)Benjamin Simm profile at scrum.com
accessed: 18 March 2010 is a German international

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

player, playing for the

DSV 78 Hannover DSV 78 Hannover, founded as ''DFV Hannover'' in 1878, is Germany's oldest rugby club. The club played in the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga under the name DSV 78/08 Ricklingen, having formed an on-the-field union with SV 08 Ricklingen, another club from ...

in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team. He made his debut for Germany in 2004. His club, DSV 78/08 Ricklingen, won the 2nd Bundesliga title in 2008-09 and earned promotion to the Rugby-Bundesliga, now playing as DSV 78 Hannover. Simm has also played for the Germany's 7's side in the past, like at the

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and 2009 Hannover SevensGermany roster 2008 Hannover Sevens
Hannover Sevens website, accessed: 2 March 2010 and the 2006 and

2009 London Sevens The London Sevens is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens (seven-a-side version of rugby union). The 2009 competition took place on May 23 and May 24 in London, England, and was the seventh Cup troph ...

.Germany ready to take on world's best
IRB website, published: 20 May 2009, accessed: 2 March 2010

Honours

Club

* 2nd Bundesliga - North ** Champions: 2009

National team

* European Nations Cup - Division 2 ** Champions:

Stats

Benjamin Simm's personal statistics in club and international rugby:Benjamin Simm profile at totalrugby.de
accessed: 18 March 2010

Club

* ''As of 30 April 2012''

National team

Friendlies & other competitions

* ''As of 8 April 2012''

References

External links

at scrum.com *
Benjamin Simm
at totalrugby.de *
Benjamin Simm
at the '' DRV'' website {{DEFAULTSORT:Simm, Benjamin 1986 births Living people German rugby union players Germany international rugby union players DSV 78 Hannover players Rugby union centres Sportspeople from Hanover