Simon Taylor (rugby union)

As of May 7, 2011 National team: March 21, 2009

Simon Marcus Taylor ( born August 17, 1979 in Stirling ) is a Scottish rugby union player who is active for Bath Rugby and the Scottish national team. He plays as a winger or number eight.

Career

Taylor was in 2000 made ​​his debut for Scotland against the United States. The following year he was nominated as still quite inexperienced players for the tour of the British and Irish Lions and scored in an unofficial friendly game a try. However, he was injured in this game and could not participate in the other games. His first try for Scotland he laid in 2002 against Canada. In the 2002/03 season he was voted player of the season in the Scottish national team. He participated in the following World Cup in Scotland reached the quarterfinals.

With the Six Nations in 2004 Taylor was injured severely and fell out for a whole year and could only at the Six Nations tournament in 2005 again represent the national team. A re-injury put him in the season 2006/ 07 initially incapacitated, but this does not prevent him from participating in the World Cup, where he was employed in four of five games. After he left Edinburgh Rugby and joined the French League Top 14 Stade Français. Since 2010 he plays for the English club Bath Rugby.