Byron Smith (born 5 March 1984) is an English-born professional

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

footballer for the Batley Bulldogs in National League One. He plays as a and can operate in the . He has previously played for the

Castleford Tigers The Castleford Tigers are a professional rugby league club in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England, that compete in the Super League, the top-level professional rugby league club competition in the Northern Hemisphere. The club have competed i ...

in the

Super League The Super League (officially known as the Betfred Super League due to sponsorship from Betfred and legally known as Super League Europe), is the top-level of the British rugby league system. At present the league consists of twelve teams, of wh ...

, and Halifax. He is a

Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...

international.

Background

Byron Smith was born in Halifax,

West Yorkshire West Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. It is an inland and upland county having eastward-draining valleys while taking in the moors of the Pennines. West Yorkshire came into exi ...

, England.

International honours

Byron Smith won caps for

while at Castleford, and

Rochdale Hornets The Rochdale Hornets are a professional rugby league club from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, competing in the Championship, the second tier of European rugby league. The Rochdale Hornets are one of the original twenty-two rugby clubs ...

2005...2007. He also played for Wales in their

2014 European Cup The 2014 European Cup was an international rugby league football tournament. The tournament took place in England, Wales, France, Ireland and Scotland between 17 October and 2 November. It was announced beforehand that the winner of the tournamen ...

campaign. (4 apps, 0 points)

References

External links

Profile at batleybulldogs.co.uk
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1984 births Living people Batley Bulldogs players Castleford Tigers players Dewsbury Rams players English people of Welsh descent English rugby league players Halifax R.L.F.C. players Rochdale Hornets players Rugby league players from Halifax, West Yorkshire Rugby league props Wales national rugby league team players Welsh rugby league players Rugby articles needing expert attention {{England-rugbyleague-bio-stub