Brian Anthony Smith (born 9 September 1966) is an Australian rugby union coach and former

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and

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

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and

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in rugby union.

Early life

Smith was born in

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. He completed secondary school at

Brisbane State High School Brisbane State High School (BSHS or commonly State High) is a partially selective, co-educational, state secondary school, located in South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is a member of the Great Public Schools Association of Queensland, ...

before being selected to play

for

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. In 1983, Smith represented Australian Schools when they defeated New Zealand Schools 12–9 in Sydney, Australia.

Career

Smith 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

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in England. He later played

for the

Balmain Tigers The Balmain Tigers (also known as the Sydney Tigers from 1995 to 1996) are a rugby league club based in the inner-western Sydney suburb of Balmain, New South Wales, Balmain. They were a founding member of the New South Wales Rugby League and on ...

(1991 to 1993) and Eastern Suburbs (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, Eastern Suburbs in

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Bath Rugby Bath Rugby is a professional rugby union club in Bath, Somerset, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby. Founded in 1865 as Bath Football Club, since 1894 the club has played at the Recreation Ground, Bath, Rec ...

, 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

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, Smith was linked with the

job as a replacement for

Eddie O'Sullivan Eddie O'Sullivan (born 21 November 1958) is an Irish rugby union coach, player (wing & fly-half) and a former Gaelic footballer. He is a former head coach of Buccaneers RFC the United States national rugby union team and of the Ireland nation ...

. In July 2008 he was appointed

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attack coach.

References

External links

London Irish profile (archived)
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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 People from St George, Queensland 1987 Rugby World Cup players Queensland rugby union team players Footballers who switched code Rugby league halfbacks Rugby league five-eighths 20th-century Australian sportsmen