Ashton Sims
Sims playing for Fiji in the RLWC 2008
Personal information
Full name	Ashton Sims
Nickname	Simmo
Born	26 February 1985 (1985-02-26) (age 24)
	Sutherland, New South Wales, Australia
Height	192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	109 kg (17 st 2 lb)
Playing information
Position	Second-row, Prop
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2003–2007	St. George Illawarra	81	9	0	0	36
2008–	Brisbane Broncos	47	2	0	0	8
	Total	128	11	0	0	44
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2008–	Fiji	4	0	0	0	0
As of 2 November, 2009
Source: NRL Stats

Ashton Sims (born 26 February 1985 in Sutherland, New South Wales) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League competition. He primarily plays at prop forward.

[edit] Playing career

While attending Kiama High School in 2002, Sims was selected to play for the Australian Schoolboys team.^[1] He played his junior football for the Gerringong Lions. Sims made his first grade debut against the Penrith Panthers in round 9 of the 2003 season.

[edit] St. George-Illawarra career

Sims played for St George-Illawarra from 2003-2007. The Dragons chose not to renew Sims contract and he signed with the Brisbane Broncos for 3 seasons from 2008.

[edit] Brisbane Broncos career

Sims made his Brisbane Broncos debut in the Round 1, 2008 clash against reigning wooden spooners, the Penrith Panthers, in the 48-12 win. In the Semi Final that year against Melbourne, Sims dropped the ball one minute and twenty seconds before the siren sounded, following a hit by Israel Folau and Sika Manu. The Broncos went on to lose the game 16–14 in the final minute, following a try to Greg Inglis.

[edit] Representative career

In October of 2008, Sims was named in the Fiji squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup^[2] and was later confirmed for the final squad. He was in the starting line-up for all four of Fiji's games, playing in the second row for each game.^[3]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Ashton Sims at the Brisbane Broncos official website.