Tyran Carl Smith (born 15 March 1974) is a New Zealand former

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 who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He along with

Darrien Doherty Darrien Doherty (born ) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s. He is one of three players to date (the others being Tyran Smith and Blake Green) to play first grade for a record seven different NRL clubs. Care ...

and

Blake Green Blake Green (born 18 September 1986) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a and in the 2000s, 2010s and 2020s. Green was regarded as somewhat of a journeyman during his career after playing for nine sepa ...

are the only three players in the game's history to date to have the distinction of playing first grade for seven different NRL clubs. He now works as a player agent.

Playing career

Over a 13-season career, he played in the

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and finally the

National Rugby League The National Rugby League (NRL) is an Australasian rugby league club competition which contains clubs from New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory and New Zealand. The NRL formed in 1998 as a joint partnership ...

. During this time, he competed for a record seven clubs and represented both

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and the Aotearoa Māori, competing for the later at the 2000 World Cup. He retired in 2005 with a long-term neck injury. Smith made his first-grade debut for South Sydney in Round 17, 1993 against

Manly-Warringah The Manly Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Sydney's Northern Beaches. The team colours are maroon and white, while their namesake and logo is the sea eagle. They compete in Australia's premier rugb ...

at the

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, with the match finishing in a 38-10 loss. Smith spent four years at Souths, although his time there was not very successful, with the club spending most of that period towards the bottom of the ladder. Smith played for Souths in their upset 1994

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final victory over

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. In 1997, Smith joined North Queensland who had joined the rival Super League competition during the

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. Smith then left North Queensland mid-season to join the

Hunter Mariners The Hunter Mariners were an Australian professional rugby league club based in the Hunter Region's largest city, Newcastle. Hunter was formed in mid-1995 and was later disbanded at the end of 1997. The club was formed because of the Super Leag ...

. However, Smith only featured in two games for the club, including its final-ever game which was against the

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Cronulla, in the Sutherland Shire, Southern Sydney, New South Wales. They compete in the National Rugby League (NRL), Australasia's premier rugby league ...

in Round 18, 1997. After the Hunter Mariners were liquidated, Smith joined the

Auckland Warriors The New Zealand Warriors are a professional rugby league football club based in Auckland, New Zealand that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership and is the League's only team from outside Australia. They were formed in 1995 as ...

and featured in ten games for them before signing with the

Balmain Tigers The Balmain Tigers (also known as the Sydney Tigers from 1995–96) are a rugby league club based in the inner-western Sydney suburb of Balmain. They were a founding member of the New South Wales Rugby League and one of the most successful in t ...

for the 1999 season, Balmain’s final year as a stand-alone entity before they merged with fellow foundation club Western Suburbs to form the

Wests Tigers The Wests Tigers are an Australian professional Rugby league, rugby league football team, based in the Inner West and South West Sydney. They have competed in the National Rugby League since being formed at the end of the 1999 NRL season as a j ...

as part of the NRL's rationalisation strategy. A member of the inaugural

side at the start of the 2000 season, Smith was named the club's player of the year. In 2002, Smith joined the

Canberra Raiders The Canberra Raiders are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the national capital city of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. They have competed in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugby ...

and spent four years at the club, including the Raiders’ 2003 and 2004 finals campaigns.

Later years

Smith is the brother-in-law of fellow NRL footballer

Anthony Mundine Anthony Mundine Jr. (born 21 May 1975) is an Australian former professional boxer and rugby league footballer. In boxing he competed from 2000 to 2021, and held the WBA super-middleweight title twice between 2003 and 2008. He also held the I ...

, having married his sister, Kellie. He is now a Director of Sportsplayer Management alongside

John Hopoate John Hopoate (born 16 January 1974 in Tonga) is a former professional rugby league player and boxer who was involved in numerous sport controversies and subsequently convicted for violent crimes. He played rugby league in the Tonga national ru ...

.Tyran Smith
''SportsPlayer Management'' His son

Reimis Smith Reimis Smith (born 13 May 1997) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays as a and er for the Melbourne Storm in the NRL. He previously played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Rugby League and has p ...

is currently on the roster of the

Melbourne Storm The Melbourne Storm are a rugby league club based in Melbourne, Victoria in Australia that participates in the National Rugby League. The first fully professional rugby league team based in the state, the Storm entered the competition in 1998. ...

References

External links

NRL profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Tyran 1974 births Living people New Zealand Māori rugby league team players New Zealand national rugby league team players South Sydney Rabbitohs players New Zealand Warriors players Canberra Raiders players North Queensland Cowboys players Hunter Mariners players Balmain Tigers players Wests Tigers players Rugby league players from Auckland Rugby league second-rows Rugby league player agents