Brian Smith (born 9 September 1966) is an Australian rugby union

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and former

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and

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footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played for both Australia and

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in rugby union. Smith was born in St George, Queensland. He played

for

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, and won six caps for Australia in 1987. 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

between 1989 and 1991 as a

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. For the 1990/91 season he played club rugby for Leicester Tigers in England. He later played

for the

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(1991 to 1993) and

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(1994) in the

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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 . He has coached rugby union at the Ricoh Rugby Club in Japan,

in Sydney, Bath Rugby, the youth setup in

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, and was coaching co-ordinator at the

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. He has coached at representative level with the Australia Sevens side. While Director of Rugby at

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in the Guinness Premiership, Smith was linked with the

job as a replacement for

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. In July 2008 he was appointed

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attack coach.

References

External links

London Irish profile (archived)Sportingheroes profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Brian 1966 births Living people Australian rugby union coaches Australian rugby union players Australia international rugby union players Australian rugby league players Balmain Tigers players Australian people of Irish descent New South Wales City Origin rugby league team players Irish rugby union players British people of Irish descent Rugby union fly-halves Rugby union scrum-halves Sydney Roosters players Oxford University RFC players People educated at Brisbane State High School Ireland international rugby union players Leicester Tigers players Rugby league players from Queensland Rugby union players from Queensland