Brian Smith (rugby, born 1966) explained

Brian Anthony Smith
Birth Date:9 September 1966
Birth Place:St George, Queensland, Australia
Height:5feet
School:Brisbane State High School
Ru Position:Fly-half
Years1:1990–91
Clubs1:Leicester Tigers
Provinceyears1:1985/87
Province1:Queensland
Repyears1:1987
Repyears2:1989-91
Repteam2:Ireland
Repcaps1:5
Reppoints1:25
Repcaps2:9
Reppoints2:27
Coachteams1:Ricoh Rugby Club
Coachteams2:New South Wales
Coachteams3:ACT Brumbies
Coachteams4:Australia Sevens
Coachteams5:Eastern Suburbs
Coachteams6:Bath Rugby
Coachteams7:London Irish
Coachteams8:The Scots College
Module:
Embed:yes
Year1start:1991
Year1end:93
Year2start:1994
Club1:Balmain Tigers
Club2:Eastern Suburbs
Appearances1:37
Points1:198
Appearances2:6
Points2:30

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.

Early life

Smith 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

Smith 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 and also as a .[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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bath Rugby Appoint Brian Smith. Bath Rugby. 13 August 2002. 13 May 2008. dead. https://archive.today/20070611110751/http://www.bathrugby.com/4007_1377.php. 11 June 2007. dmy-all.
  2. Web site: Bath Expected To Sign Brian Smith (archived). https://web.archive.org/web/20060824223313/http://aru.rugby.com.au/news/2002_july/bath_expected_to_sign_brian_smith_14327,6390.html. dead. 24 August 2006. ARU. 18 June 2002. 13 May 2008.
  3. News: Smith plays down Ireland job link. BBC. 20 March 2008. 13 May 2008.
  4. Web site: New director of rugby appointed (archived). https://web.archive.org/web/20050408015225/http://www.irishabroad.com/news/irishpost/sport/endoflondonirish.asp. dead. 8 April 2005. Irish abroad. 17 July 2002. 13 May 2008.
  5. News: Bath confirm Smith signing. The Telegraph. 17 July 2002. 13 May 2008. London. Rob. Wildman.
  6. News: London Irish director of rugby Brian Smith joins Martin Johnson's England set-up. https://web.archive.org/web/20080723041544/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/international/england/2376903/London-Irish-director-of-rugby-Brian-Smith-joins-Martin-Johnson%27s-England-set-up.html. dead. 23 July 2008. The Telegraph. 14 July 2008. 2008-07-22. Chris. Irvine.