Brian Smith
Australia / Ireland
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Full name Brian Anthony Smith
Born September 9, 1966, St George
Current age 57 years 192 days
Major teams Oxford University, Australia, Ireland, Ireland XV
Position Scrum-half

Test career
Span Mat Start Sub Pts Tries Conv Pens Drop Won Lost Draw %
All Tests 1987-1991 15 14 1 52 4 9 4 2 6 7 2 46.66
Australia 1987-1987 6 5 1 25 3 5 1 0 4 1 1 75
Ireland 1989-1991 9 9 0 27 1 4 3 2 2 6 1 27.77
Five/Six Nations 1990-1991 7 7 0 21 1 4 1 2 1 5 1 21.42
IRB Rugby World Cup 1987-1987 4 3 1 8 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 75

Career statistics
Test debut Australia v Korea at Brisbane, May 17, 1987 match details
Last Test Scotland v Ireland at Murrayfield, Mar 16, 1991 match details
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Profile

A former rugby union international for both Australia and Ireland, Brian Smith is the director of rugby at London Irish.

Born in St George, New South Wales, Smith played rugby union for the Queensland Reds and won 6 caps for Australia in 1987 before playing 9 times for Ireland between 1989 and 1991 as a fly-half. Smith later played rugby league for Balmain Tigers and Eastern Suburbs in the NSWRL competition mainly as a five-eighth and halfback.

He has coached rugby union at the Ricoh Rugby Club in Japan, Eastern Suburbs in Sydney, Bath, the youth setup in New South Wales and was coaching co-ordinator at the ACT Brumbies. Smith has also 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 before he was appointed England attack coach in July 2008.

After a dreadful World Cup campaign, where England's lack of attacking prowess came into question, Smith's role came in for criticism as a result of the infamous leaked reports to the press. And on November 24, 2011, Smith announced he would not seek a new contract with the RFU and was rumoured to be pursuing a new contract in Australia.

However he took up the role of director of rugby at former club London Irish. He oversaw an overhaul of the coaching team with head coach Toby Booth among those to leave and Shaun Edwards among those to come into the club.

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Jul 4, 2014
London Irish's Brian Smith alongside the Premiership trophy
London Irish's Brian Smith alongside the Premiership trophy
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Aug 23, 2011
The England management and coaching team
The England management and coaching team
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May 18, 2010
England manager Martin Johnson and assistants Mike Ford and Brian Smith
England manager Martin Johnson and assistants Mike Ford and Brian Smith
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Feb 14, 2010
England backs coach Brian Smith
England backs coach Brian Smith
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