| Date of birth | 7 February 2001 [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Simon Désert (born 7 February 2001) is a French rugby union player. He plays as a winger for US Carcassonne and the France national rugby sevens team. He was nominated for try of the year for the 2024-25 SVNS series.
He started playing rugby as a six year-old in Trèbes, encouraged by his father Yannick who was also a rugby player. He attended RC Alaric rugby school in Capendu on a weekly basis, before his family relocated to Barbaira. [3]
Désert plays club rugby union for US Carcassonne as a winger. He joined Carcassonne as a 15 year-old, before having spells at Béziers and then Stade Toulousain before returning to Carcassonne. [4] He also played for France at under-18 level. [5]
He was a member of the France rugby sevens Development team which won the first stage of the 2024 Rugby Europe Sevens Championship Series which took place from June 7-9 2024, in Makarska, Croatia, defeating Ireland 12-7 in the final. [6] In the second leg of the championships in Hamburg, Germany the same month he scored a try in the final as France lost to Ireland, but the French side were crowned European champions, on scoring difference across the two events. [7]
He made his debut at the South Africa Sevens in Cape Town for the France national rugby sevens team in December 2024. [8] During that tournament he scored a try against Fiji in the semi-final for which he earned a nomination for the best try of the year for the 2024-25 SVNS series. [9] He also played as France reached the final of the Hong Kong sevens in March 2025. [10]