Ian Smith (rugby union, born 1965)

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Ian Smith
Birth nameIan Richard Smith
Date of birth (1965-03-16) 16 March 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth Gloucester, England
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight94 kg (14 st 11 lb)
School Sir Thomas Rich's School
Occupation(s) Civil engineer
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- Gloucester ()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- Scottish Exiles ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1989 England 'B'
1990-92 Scotland 'B' 3 (0)
1992–95 Scotland 'A' 6 (0)
1992–97 Scotland 25 (0)
National sevens team
YearsTeamComps
1991 Scotland 7s
Coaching career
YearsTeam
2004 Moseley
2011 Georgia (Asst. Coach)
2016 Portugal

Ian Richard Smith (born 16 March 1965) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. He is now a rugby union coach. [1]

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Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He was educated at the Sir Thomas Rich's School in Longlevens. [2] He went on to play for Gloucester. He formerly played as a flanker. Smith made his senior debut aged 18 and by 1996 had played more than 350 games for them. [3]

Provincial career

He played for the Scottish Exiles district in the Scottish Inter-District Championship. Smith stated: "I always wanted to play for Scotland, from the days of watching the Five Nations sat on my grandfather’s knee." [4]

International career

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. [3]

He played for Scotland 'B' against Ireland 'B' on 22 December 1990.

In 1991 he played for Scotland 7s 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 gained 25 caps for Scotland in the period 1992–97.

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 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 and later effective head coach of Portugal going into the World Rugby Nations Cup in 2016. [8]

Outside of rugby union

He worked as a civil engineer. [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Rugby: players: Iain Smith. Scotland". ESPN. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Player Archive - I. R. Smith". Barbarian F.C. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  3. 1 2 Bale, Steve (2 March 1996). "Smith helps endangered species". The Independent. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "Back in the Day: Gloucester hero Ian Smith's rugby journey started with Longlevens". thelocalanswer.co.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  5. 1 2 Vicary, Tom. "Ian Smith". www.gloucesterrugbyheritage.org.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  6. ↑ Dick, Brian (20 April 2009). "Moseley win EDF Energy National Trophy at Twickenham". Birmingham Post. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  7. ↑ Dick, Brian (3 September 2011). "Former Moseley coach Ian Smith joins Georgia set-up". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  8. ↑ Morrison, Iain (17 January 2016). "Scots coaches have key role in 'the other six nations'". The Scotsman. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  9. ↑ Hewett, Chris (1 February 1997). "Rugby Union: Return of the natives with attitude". The Independent. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
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