Ian Smith (Scottish rugby player born 1965)
Birth name | Ian Richard Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 16 March 1965 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Gloucester, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 94 kg (14 st 11 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Sir Thomas Rich's School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | civil engineer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ian Richard Smith (born 16 March 1965) is a rugby union coach who formerly played as a flanker and gained 25 caps for Scotland 1992–97.
Early life
Smith was born 16 March 1965 in Gloucester, England.[1] He was educated at the Sir Thomas Rich's School in Longlevens.[2]
He worked as a civil engineer.[3]
Playing career
Smith made his senior debut aged 18 and by 1996 had played more than 350 games for them.[4]
He represented England B against Spain in 1989. He also qualified for Scotland through his paternal grandparents and Ian McGeechan persuaded him to play for Scotland.[4]
In 1991 he played for Scotland in the Hong Kong Sevens tournament.[5]
He made his full test debut for Scotland against England at Murrayfield on 18 January 1992.[1] He played one match at the 1995 World Cup. His last international appearance was against South Africa at Murrayfield on 6 December 1997.
He played 7 matches for the Barbarian F.C. and scored 9 points between 1990 and 1993. He captained the team against Newport in 1992.[2]
Coaching career
In 2004 returned to Moseley RFC as head coach.[5] In 2009 Mosely beat Leeds at Twickenham to win the EDF Energy National Trophy.[6]
In 2011 he went on to a coaching role with the Georgia national rugby union team.[7] He was appointed interim head coach of Portugal going into the World Rugby Nations Cup.[8]
References
- 1 2 "Rugby: players: Iain Smith. Scotland". ESPN. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
- 1 2 "Player Archive - I. R. Smith". Barbarian F.C. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
- ↑ Hewett, Chris (1 February 1997). "Rugby Union: Return of the natives with attitude". The Independent. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
- 1 2 Bale, Steve (2 March 1996). "Smith helps endangered species". The Independent. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
- 1 2 Vicary, Tom. "Ian Smith". www.gloucesterrugbyheritage.org.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
- ↑ Dick, Brian (20 April 2009). "Moseley win EDF Energy National Trophy at Twickenham". Birmingham Post. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
- ↑ Dick, Brian (3 September 2011). "Former Moseley coach Ian Smith joins Georgia set-up". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
- ↑ Morrison, Iain (17 January 2016). "Scots coaches have key role in 'the other six nations'". The Scotsman. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
External links
- profile on ESPN