Australian rugby player (born 2005)
Rugby player
Piper Simons (born 27 July 2005)[ 1] Australia national rugby sevens team .
Early life and education
She has seven brothers. She attended Stella Maris College, Manly .[ 2] [ 3]
Club career
She played rugby for Manly Mermaids and played as part of the Australia Schoolgirls Rugby League Team in 2022.[ 3] [ 2] touch rugby growing up, with her teammates in that including future Australia 7s teammate Mackenzie Davis .[ 4]
In October 2024 she played for NSW Waratahs Women’s Sevens in the Next Gen Sevens.[ 5] [ 6]
International career
She was a member of Australia's U18s Girls Sevens side that won the Global Youth Sevens title in Auckland in 2023.[ 7] [ 8]
She made her debut for Australia national rugby sevens team at the Dubai Sevens in the 2024–25 SVNS series against Fiji.[ 9] [ 10]
References
^ "Piper Simons" . Commonwealthgames.com.au . Retrieved 30 November 2024 .^ a b Lulham, Amanda (16 Dec 2022). "Australian World School Sevens Rugby player Piper Simons born to tackle thanks to seven brothers" . Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 30 November 2024 . ^ a b Lulham, Amanda (11 August 2022). "NSW schoolgirls making Australian rugby league history, Litia Fusa, Piper Simons, Ally Bullman" . Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 30 November 2024 . ^ Williamson, Nathan (Dec 5, 2024). "Mackenzie Davis: The prodigy who started Sevens 18 months ago set for Australia debut" . Rugby.com.au . Retrieved 25 January 2025 . ^ Morton, Finn (2 October 2024). "Olympian and rising star headline squads for Australia's Next Gen Sevens" . Rugby Pass . Retrieved 30 November 2024 .
^ Morton, Finn (5 October 2024). "Rising stars shine bright in opening round of Australia's Next Gen Sevens" . Rugby Pass . Retrieved 30 November 2024 . ^ Williamson, Nathan (Dec 18, 2023). "Dominant Australia U18s Girls side blitz competition to take Global Youth Sevens title" . Rugby.com.au . Retrieved 30 November 2024 . ^ Williamson, Nathan (Aug 9, 2023). "Aussie 7s blitz Youth Commonwealth Games competition to claim gold" . Rugby.com . Retrieved 30 November 2024 . ^ Williamson, Nathan (Nov 28, 2024). "Australia Sevens call up debutant Simons in hunt to cement Dubai dynasty" . Rugby.com.au . Retrieved 30 November 2024 . ^ Morton, Finn (2 December 2024). "Australia's Dubai Sevens ratings: Maddison Levi's near-perfect weekend" . Rugby Pass . Retrieved 2 December 2024 .
