Simon John Forrest (born 2 August 1969) is a former
rugby league
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and
rugby union
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player who currently serves on the board of the
Crusaders
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.
He is the husband of
Commonwealth Games
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medalist
Anna Simcic.
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Playing career
Rugby Union
Forrest played for the Crusaders
The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Latin Church in the medieval period. The best known of these Crusades are those to the Holy Land in the period between 1095 and 1291 that were ...
in 1996,[ and for ]London Scottish F.C.
London Scottish Football Club is a rugby union club in England. The club is a member of both the Rugby Football Union and the Scottish Rugby Union. The club is currently playing in the RFU Championship. The club share the Athletic Ground wi ...
from 1998 to 1999.[
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Rugby League
Forrest made his debut for the South Sydney Rabbitohs
The South Sydney Rabbitohs are a professional Australian rugby league club based in Redfern, New South Wales, Redfern, a suburb of inner-southern Sydney, New South Wales. They participate in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership and are ...
in the 1998 season, in their round 9 game against the