Craig Simon

Craig Simon (born 17 April 1973) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played first-grade in Australia for the Illawarra Steelers and the South Sydney Rabbitohs. In the Super League he played for Gateshead Thunder and Hull FC. He played as a five-eighth and centre.^[2]

Craig Simon

Personal information
Full name	Craig Simon
Born	(1973-04-17) 17 April 1973 (age 52)
Playing information
Position	Centre, Five-eighth
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1992–96 Illawarra Steelers 54 8 0 0 32 1997 South Sydney 18 1 0 0 4 1998 Illawarra Steelers 7 0 0 0 28 1999 Gateshead Thunder 30 7 0 0 28 2000 Hull FC 29 13 0 1 53 Total 138 29 0 1 145
Source: [1] As of 15 September 2016

Playing career

Craig Simon is the brother of former Australian international John Simon. Simon made his first grade debut for Illawarra in round 5 of the 1992 NSWRL season against Penrith at Penrith Stadium. After five years with Illawarra, he transferred to South Sydney but only played one season with the club before moving back to Illawarra. Simon played for Illawarra in their final season in the NRL as a stand-alone entity. He also played in the clubs final ever game, a 25-24 loss against Canterbury at WIN Stadium. In 1999, Simon moved to English side Gateshead but the club only lasted one season and folded, shortly thereafter they merged with Hull F.C. Simon played one season with Hull F.C. before he was released.^[3][4][5]

Post playing

Simon had coached in the lower grades with Shellharbour.^[6]