Gareth Simpson joined the Three Pears Warriors Academy in the summer of 2019 having spent the second half of the 2018/19 season on trial at Sixways.

The fly-half or scrum-half played regularly for the Cavaliers in the Premiership Rugby Shield and for Stourbridge in National Two North.
Having impressed in the first three months of the 2019/20 season, Simpson signed a two-year contract, his first full-time professional deal.

Simpson played Currie Cup rugby for Kwa-Zulu Natal in his native South Africa before he paid his way to England to further his rugby career.

Simpson also had a stint playing for Wellington RFC in New Zealand before he moved to England.