Brian Smith (rugby)
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| Date of birth | 9 September 1966 | ||
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| Place of birth | St George, Queensland, Australia | ||
| School | Brisbane State High School | ||
| Rugby league career | |||
| Position | five-eighth/halfback | ||
| Professional clubs | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| Balmain Tigers Eastern Suburbs |
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| Rugby union career | |||
| Playing career | |||
| Position | Fly-half | ||
| Professional / senior clubs | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1990/91 | Leicester Tigers | ||
| Provincial/State sides | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1985/87 | Queensland Reds | ||
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1987 1989–1991 |
Australia Ireland |
5 9 |
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| Coaching career | |||
| Years | Club / team | ||
| Ricoh Rugby Club New South Wales ACT Brumbies Australia Sevens Eastern Suburbs Bath Rugby London Irish England |
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Brian Smith (born 9 September 1966) is an Australian retired rugby football player and current coach. He was Director of Rugby at Aviva Premiership team London Irish. He was the attack coach for England between 2008 and 2011.
Smith was born in St George, Queensland. He played rugby union for the Queensland Reds,[1] and won six caps for Australia in 1987,.[2] He played in two Varsity matches for Oxford Uni as well as captaining them before playing nine times for Ireland between 1989 and 1991 as a fly-half.[3] For the 1990/91 season he played club rugby for Leicester Tigers in England.
He later played rugby league for Balmain Tigers and Eastern Suburbs in the NSWRL competition. He played mainly as a five-eighth and also as a halfback.[4]
He has coached rugby union at the Ricoh Rugby Club in Japan, Eastern Suburbs in Sydney,[5] Bath Rugby, the youth setup in New South Wales and was coaching co-ordinator at the ACT Brumbies. He has coached at representative level with the Australia Sevens side. While Director of Rugby at London Irish in the Guinness Premiership, Smith was linked with the Ireland job as a replacement for Eddie O'Sullivan.[3] In July 2008 he was appointed England attack coach.[6]
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External links
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- Living people
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- Australian rugby league players
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- Australian people of Irish descent
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- Irish rugby union players
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- Rugby union fly-halves
- Rugby union scrum-halves
- Sydney Roosters players
- Oxford University RFC players
- People educated at Brisbane State High School
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