Simon Zebo (born 16 March 1990) is an Irish rugby union player who plays as a wing or fullback for United Rugby Championship club Munster.
Born in Cork, Zebo attended Beaumont Boys School and Presentation Brothers College, Cork.
In his youth he also played hurling for Blackrock GAA and association football for Avondale United.
2010
Zebo made his Munster debut against Connacht on 18 April 2010 and scored his first try for Munster against Scarlets in April 2011.
2011
He made his Heineken Cup debut for Munster against Scarlets on 10 December 2011.
2012
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.
2013
In January 2013, Zebo agreed a three-year contract with Munster.
He became the first ever player to score two Heineken Cup hat-tricks within a year, scoring three of Munster's five tries in the home match against Racing 92 on 20 January 2013, again being awarded the Man-of-the-Match.
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.
He also started the 16–10 semi-final defeat to Clermont Auvergne on 27 April 2013.
Zebo was named Munster Young Player of the Year for the 2012–13 season on 12 May 2013.
He was also nominated for Munster Player of the Year.
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.
2014
Zebo returned to full training on 6 January 2014.
Zebo came off the bench in the 20–7 away win against Gloucester on 11 January 2014, a win that secured quarter-final qualification in the 2013–14 Heineken Cup.
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.
Zebo scored a brace of tries against Zebre on 15 February 2014.
He started in Munster's Heineken Cup quarter-final against Toulouse on 5 April 2014, scoring a try in the 47–23 win.
Zebo started in Munster's semi-final against Toulon on 27 April 2014, scoring a try in the 24–16 defeat.
Zebo scored a try in Munster's win against Benetton on 12 September 2014.
He scored a hat-trick against Zebre on 19 September 2014, a game in which he won the Man-of-the-Match award.
Zebo started in Munster's first European Rugby Champions Cup game against Sale Sharks on 18 October 2014.
He started against Saracens in round 2 of the Champions Cup on 24 October 2014.
Zebo started in the round 3 game against Clermont Auvergne on 6 December 2014.
He also started in the reverse fixture against Clermont on 14 December 2014.
2015
Zebo started against Saracens on 17 January 2015.
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.
Zebo scored a try in Munster's 42–20 win against Connacht on 28 March 2015.
In doing so, he equaled Doug Howlett's record of 22 league tries for Munster.
Zebo scored a try in Munster's 34–3 win against Edinburgh on 11 April 2015, overtaking Howlett's record.
He scored a try in the 30–19 win against Treviso on 25 April 2015.
Zebo scored a try in Munster's 21–18 play-off semi-final win against Ospreys on 23 May 2015.
He started for Munster in the 2015 Pro12 Grand Final against Glasgow Warriors on 30 May 2015.
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.
He started against Leicester Tigers in the Champions Cup on 12 December 2015.
2016
On 16 January 2016, Zebo scored a try in Munster's round 4 Champions Cup game against Stade Français, equaling Anthony Horgan's record of 41 tries scored for Munster.
On 1 February 2016, it was announced that Zebo had signed a new two-year contract with Munster and the IRFU.
On 25 March 2016, Zebo scored two tries against Zebre.
In doing so, he overtook Anthony Horgan's try-scoring record (41) for Munster.
On 16 April 2016, Zebo earnt his 100th cap for Munster, starting at Fullback in the game against Connacht.
