Simon Zebo

Simon Zebo (born 16 March 1990) is an Irish former rugby union player who played as a wing or fullback for clubs Munster and Racing 92, and for Ireland.

[6] Zebo opened his Heineken Cup scoring account with a hat-trick against Northampton Saints on 21 January 2012, during a Man-of-the-Match performance in the round 6 fixture.

[9] He made his return from the foot injury sustained in Ireland's 2013 Six Nations in Munster's 18–12 Heineken Cup quarter-final victory against Harlequins on 7 April 2013.

[13] Zebo suffered a foot injury during Munster's opening 2013–14 Heineken Cup fixture against Edinburgh on 12 October 2013, ruling him out for 10 weeks.

[16] He also came off the bench against Edinburgh in the round 6 fixture on 19 January 2014, scoring a try in the 38–6 win that secured a home quarter-final.

[22] Zebo started in Munster's first European Rugby Champions Cup game against Sale Sharks on 18 October 2014.

[27] He started at Fullback against Sale Sharks in round 6 on 25 January 2015, scoring two tries and earning the Man-of-the-Match award in the 65–10 win.

[33] Zebo started the opening pool game of the 2015–16 European Rugby Champions Cup against Benetton on 14 November 2015, scoring a try in Munster's 32-7 win.

[44] Zebo's try in Munster's 27–22 Champions Cup semi-final defeat against Racing 92 on 22 April 2018 saw him equal Anthony Foley's club record of 23 tries in European games.

[45] He set up Keith Earls' crucial try in Munster's 20–16 win against Edinburgh in the 2017–18 Pro14 semi-final qualifier on 5 May 2018, a match that was Zebo's final appearance for his home province in Thomond Park.

[46] Zebo made his final appearance for Munster on 19 May 2018, starting in the provinces 16–15 defeat at the hands of Leinster in their Pro14 semi-final.

[47] French Top 14 club Racing 92 confirmed in January 2018 that Zebo would be joining them at the beginning of the 2018–19 season.

[48] Zebo made his competitive debut for Racing on 25 August 2018, starting at fullback in their 25–9 win against Toulon.

[52][53] Zebo started for Racing 92 in the 2020 European Rugby Champions Cup Final against English club Exeter Chiefs on 17 October, scoring two tries in their narrow 31–27 defeat and earning praise for his performance.

[55] Zebo's final game for Racing 92 was their 19–6 defeat against Ronan O'Gara's La Rochelle in the semi-finals of the 2020–21 Top 14 season on 18 June 2021.

[58] Zebo made his 'second debut' for Munster in their opening 2021–22 United Rugby Championship fixture against the Sharks on 25 September 2021, scoring two tries in their 42–17 win against the South African side.

[59] He was sent off in Munster's 18–13 home win against provincial rivals Ulster in round 10 of the United Rugby Championship on 8 January 2022;[60] no further action was taken against Zebo by a disciplinary panel following the incident.

[65] He started and scored one try in Munster's historic 28–14 win against a South Africa XV in Páirc Uí Chaoimh on 10 November 2022.

[67] He was called up into the Ireland Wolfhounds squad for their game against England Saxons after Luke Fitzgerald failed to recover from injury in time.

[73] Zebo hit the headlines when he used a back-heel flick to retain the ball in the lead-up to Cian Healy's try for Ireland against Wales.

[98] Zebo started the second warm-up against Scotland on 15 August 2015, scoring another try and earning the Man-of-the-Match award in Ireland's 28–22 win.

[117][118] After a four-year absence due to his move to play for Racing 92 in France, Zebo returned to the Ireland squad when he was selected by head coach Andy Farrell for the 2021 Autumn internationals.

[119] Zebo was called up the 2013 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia squad as injury-cover for Ireland teammate Tommy Bowe on 8 June 2013.

[124] Correct as of 5 July 2017[125] Zebo is the son of a Martinique-born French athlete, Arthur and his Irish wife, Cork-born Lynda.

Zebo playing against Harlequins in the 2012–13 Heineken Cup .