Chris Smith (born 31 October 1975) is a former
Wales international
rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played at representative level for
Wales also represented GB in the Gatorade superleague 9's played in
Townsville 1997, and at club level for Redhill ARLFC (
Castleford),
Castleford (
Heritage No. 699),
St. Helens (
Heritage No. 1081),
Hull FC and
York City Knights, as a .
Background
Smith was born in
Castleford,
West Yorkshire, England.
Playing career
Started his professional career at Castleford Tigers. The youngest player to make his first team debut. He spent 5 years at Castleford before signing for St Helens in December 1997.
Smith made his début for
St. Helens in the 56–24 victory over
Featherstone Rovers at
Post Office Road,
Featherstone on Sunday 15 February 1998. He played for the club on the wing in their
1999 Super League Grand Final victory over
Bradford Bulls. He played his last match for Saints in the 30–22 victory over
Wakefield Trinity at
Belle Vue,
Wakefield on Sunday 11 June 2000.
Having won the 1999 Grand Final, Saints contested in the
2000 World Club Challenge
The 2000 World Club Challenge was contested by 1999 NRL season premiers, the Melbourne Storm and 1999's Super League IV champions, St. Helens. The match was played on 22 January at JJB Stadium, Wigan before a crowd of 13,394. The Melbourne Storm ...
against
National Rugby League Premiers
Melbourne Storm, with Smith playing on the wing in the loss.
Smith joined newly formed
York City Knights in 2003, making a total of 33 appearances during two seasons at the club.
Smith scored one try and won five caps for
Wales while at St Helens and Hull between 1999 and 2002, and played for the team at the
2000 Rugby League World Cup.
More recently he became Head coach of the Haydock open age setup. Taking the club from the first national conference league to the North West premier league.
Genealogical information
Chris Smith is the son of the rugby league footballer;
Gary Smith.
Gary played for York from 1972 to 1985. Being inducted into the hall of fame for York rugby league. And played 427 games.
References
External links
*(archived by web.archive.org
The Teams: WalesProfile at Saints Heritage Society
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*(archived by web.archive.org
Statistics at hullfc.com
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1975 births
Living people
Castleford Tigers players
English rugby league players
Hull F.C. players
Rugby league players from Castleford
Rugby league wingers
St Helens R.F.C. players
Wales national rugby league team players
Welsh rugby league players
York City Knights players