Brian Smith (rugby, born 1966)
Date of birth | 9 September 1966 | ||
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Place of birth | St George, Queensland, Australia | ||
School | Brisbane State High School | ||
Rugby league career | |||
Position | five-eighth/halfback | ||
Professional clubs | |||
Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
Balmain Tigers Eastern Suburbs |
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Rugby union career | |||
Playing career | |||
Position | Fly-half | ||
Professional / senior clubs | |||
Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
1990/91 | Leicester Tigers | ||
Provincial/State sides | |||
Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
1985/87 | Queensland | ||
National team(s) | |||
Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
1987 1989–1991 |
Australia Ireland |
5 9 |
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Coaching career | |||
Years | Club / team | ||
Ricoh Rugby Club New South Wales ACT Brumbies Australia Sevens Eastern Suburbs Bath Rugby London Irish England |
Brian Smith (born 9 September 1966) is an Australian retired rugby football player and current coach. He was Director of Rugby at Aviva Premiership team London Irish. He was the attack coach for England between 2008 and 2011.
Smith was born in St George, Queensland. He played rugby union for Queensland,[1] and won six caps for Australia in 1987,.[2] He played in two Varsity matches for Oxford Uni as well as captaining them before playing 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 Balmain Tigers and Eastern Suburbs in the NSWRL competition. 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
- ↑ "Bath Rugby Appoint Brian Smith". Bath Rugby. 13 August 2002. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- ↑ "BATH EXPECTED TO SIGN BRIAN SMITH". ARU. 18 June 2002. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- 1 2 "Smith plays down Ireland job link". BBC. 20 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- ↑ "New director of rugby appointed". Irish abroad. 17 July 2002. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- ↑ Wildman, Rob (17 July 2002). "Bath confirm Smith signing". London: Telegraph. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- ↑ Irvine, Chris (14 July 2008). "London Irish director of rugby Brian Smith joins Martin Johnson's England set-up". Telegraph. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
External links
- London Irish profile
- Scrum.com profile
- Rugby League Project stats
- Sportingheroes profile
- The life of Brian : International Rugby News
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