indifferent form in his first season at the club cost him his England place and although he regained his place in the England squad for the following summer's tour, he was forced to withdraw with a long-standing back injury. During the 2000 Six Nations Championship, he had to step in for the injured Martin Johnson. He earned his 20th cap during the 2003 Six Nations Championship, a tournament which saw England win the Grand Slam. Shaw played in all three 2003 Rugby World Cup warm up matches. He was not named in the original 30-man squad but was flown out to Australia due to an injury to Danny Grewcock, earning him an MBE as part of the World Cup-winning team. He keeps this in a drawer as he feels he didn't "win" it as he never played in a test. Shaw was called up to the squad for the 2005 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand after Irish lock Malcolm O'Kelly aggravated a groin injury in training. Shaw was selected as a member of the England 2007 World Cup squad. He played the full 80 minutes in the final. Shaw was selected by the British & Irish Lions for their 2009 tour of South Africa, his third Lions tour. He was the oldest person to be selected and to play for the Lions. He won his first Lions cap in the second test against South Africa at Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria and he was named man of the match. During the third test in Johannesburg he was yellow-carded for foul play when he knee-dropped Fourie du Preez. In 2004 he was red-carded for a similar offence against New Zealand Blacks. In August 2011 he was selected as part of England's squad for the 2011 Rugby World Cup. In 2011, Simon Shaw became a director of a rugby hospitality company, Set Piece Events. References External links Simon Shaw photo by sportingheroes.net Simon Shaw's Rugby Hospitality company 1973 births Living people English rugby union players England international rugby union players British & Irish Lions rugby union players from England Bristol Bears players Kenyan emigrants to the United Kingdom Kenyan people of English descent Wasps RFC players Barbarian F.C. players Rugby union locks Alumni of the University of the West of England, Bristol Members of the Order of the British Empire Sportspeople from Nairobi RC Toulonnais players White Kenyan people English expatriate