Английская Википедия:Ian Smith (rugby union, born 1965)
Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:EngvarB Шаблон:Infobox rugby biography Ian Richard Smith (born 16 March 1965) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. He is now a rugby union coach.[1]
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]
References
External links
- profile on ESPN
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- Rugby union players from Gloucester
- People educated at Sir Thomas Rich's School
- Scotland international rugby union players
- Scottish rugby union players
- Scotland 'A' international rugby union players
- Scotland international rugby sevens players
- Scottish rugby union coaches
- Barbarian F.C. players
- Rugby union flankers
- Male rugby sevens players
- Scotland 'B' international rugby union players
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