Nigel Tausie Ashton Simpson (born 25 April 1975) is a former English rugby union player.

Biography

Simpson was born in

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and is of Rotuman and English descent. His mother is Rotuman from Malha'a, Rotuma and his father is English.

Rugby career

Simpson played for the England sevens team from 2000 to 2002. He scored 29 tries from 33 games for the side. He captained the team at the

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. Simpson usually played on the wing. He spent the

1999–2000 Premiership Rugby The 1999–2000 English Premiership (known as the Allied Dunbar Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the thirteenth full season of rugby union within the first tier of the English leagues, known as the Premiership. The league was reduced f ...

season playing for

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. He then joined Rotherham for a season before moving to Pontypridd. He has also played for

Plymouth Albion Plymouth Albion Rugby Football Club are a rugby union club who play in Plymouth, England. The present club was founded in 1920 from a merger between Plymouth RFC (founded 1876) and Devonport Albion RFC (founded 1876). Since 2003 they have pl ...

and Launceston.

References

1975 births Living people Bath Rugby players English rugby union players Plymouth Albion R.F.C. players Pontypridd RFC players Rotherham Titans players Rugby union players from Suva Fijian people of English descent Fijian people of Rotuman descent Fijian expatriate sportspeople in England Fijian expatriate sportspeople in Wales Rugby union wings {{Fiji-rugbyunion-bio-stub