Simon Wiggins

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**Simon Wiggins**
Personal information

Birth	September 11, 1982 (1982-09-11) (age 25),
Recruited from	Glenorchy/ Tasmania U18
Height and weight	187cm / 88kg
Playing career¹
Debut	Round 5, April 28, 2001, Carlton vs. St. Kilda, at Princes Park (Now MC Labour Stadium)
Team(s)	Carlton (2002-) 94 games, 25 goals
¹ Statistics to end of Rnd 11, 2008 season
Career highlights
Carlton Pre-season premiership side 2005.

Simon Wiggins (born September 11, 1982) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.

He was recruited as the number 15 draft pick in the 2000 AFL Draft from Glenorchy. He made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 5, 2001 against St. Kilda.

Wiggins has been an inconsistent player for Carlton. He only played 6 games in his debut season, and has never managed to play a full season since. He broke into the Blues' lineup for the last month of the 2005 season.

Despite his inconsistency, he has been retained on the list for several seasons, and is one of the few survivors from the club's 1999-2001 horror recruiting period. The faith shown in him has been repaid, with solid form shown midway through the 2006 season, in a role as a marking forward (similar to Aaron Hamill), both in leading and tall roles. He typically plays beyond the 50m arc, setting up attacks rather than finishing them. He played fourteen games in 2006, with three triple-doubles amongst some forgettable outings.

He is the brother of former AFL player Patrick Wiggins and is married to Australian diver, Loudy Tourky.