Brian Anthony Smith (born 9 September 1966) is an Australian rugby union coach and former rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played for both Australia and Ireland in rugby union.
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| Date of birth | 9 September 1966 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | St George, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Brisbane State High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Five-eighth, Halfback | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early life
editSmith was born in St George, Queensland. He completed secondary school at Brisbane State High School before being selected to play rugby union for Queensland.[1]
In 1983, Smith represented Australian Schools when they defeated New Zealand Schools 12–9 in Sydney, Australia.
Career
editSmith won six caps for Australia in 1987.[2] He played in two Varsity matches for Oxford University as well as captaining them. He played for Wests Bulldogs. He also played nine times for Ireland between 1989 and 1991 as a fly-half.[3] For the 1990/91 season he played club rugby for Leicester Tigers in England.
He later played rugby league for the Balmain Tigers (1991 to 1993) and Eastern Suburbs (1994) in the NSWRL competition. In 1992, he played City Origin. Smith played for the Maroons in 1992 and 93. He played mainly as a five-eighth and also as a halfback.[4]
He has coached rugby union at the Ricoh Rugby Club in Japan, Eastern Suburbs in Sydney,[5] Bath Rugby, the youth setup in New South Wales, and was coaching co-ordinator at the ACT Brumbies. He has coached at representative level with the Australia Sevens side. While Director of Rugby at London Irish in the Guinness Premiership, Smith was linked with the Ireland job as a replacement for Eddie O'Sullivan.[3] In July 2008 he was appointed England attack coach.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Bath Rugby Appoint Brian Smith". Bath Rugby. 13 August 2002. Archived from the original on 11 June 2007. Retrieved 13 May 2008.
- ^ "Bath Expected To Sign Brian Smith (archived)". ARU. 18 June 2002. Archived from the original on 24 August 2006. Retrieved 13 May 2008.
- ^ a b "Smith plays down Ireland job link". BBC. 20 March 2008. Retrieved 13 May 2008.
- ^ "New director of rugby appointed (archived)". Irish abroad. 17 July 2002. Archived from the original on 8 April 2005. Retrieved 13 May 2008.
- ^ Wildman, Rob (17 July 2002). "Bath confirm Smith signing". The Telegraph. London. Retrieved 13 May 2008.
- ^ Irvine, Chris (14 July 2008). "London Irish director of rugby Brian Smith joins Martin Johnson's England set-up". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 23 July 2008. Retrieved 22 July 2008.