Tony Smith (rugby league, born 1970)

For Australian international coach, see Tony Smith (rugby league born 1967).
Tony Smith
Personal information
Full name Antony Smith[1]
Nickname Casper
Born (1970-07-16) 16 July 1970
Castleford, England
Playing information
Weight 85 kg
Position Stand-off, Scrum-half, Hooker
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1988–97 Castleford Tigers 195 90 360
1997–00 Wigan Warriors 85 49 196
2001–03 Hull F.C. 48 26 0 0 104
Total 328 165 0 0 660
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1995–00 Yorkshire 1 1 4
1995–00 England 9 5 0 0 20
1996–98 Great Britain 5 1 0 1 5
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
2005–06 Wakefield Trinity
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk

Antony "Tony" Smith is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s, and coach of the 2000s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, England, and Yorkshire, and at club level for Castleford Tigers, Wigan Warriors, and Hull F.C., playing at Stand-off/Five-eighth, Scrum-half/Halfback, or Hooker, i.e. number 6, 7, or 9. Smith coached at club level for Wakefield Trinity Wildcats.

Playing career

While at Wigan Smith won caps for England while at Castleford in the 1995 Rugby League World Cup against France (sub), Fiji, South Africa (sub), Wales, and Australia. Smith was selected to play for England in the 1995 World Cup final at stand-off half but Australia won the match and retained the Cup.

He again played for England in the 2000 Rugby League World Cup against Australia, Fiji, Ireland (sub), and New Zealand,[2][3] and won caps for Great Britain while at Castleford in 1996 against Papua New Guinea (sub), and Fiji (sub), and while at Wigan in 1998 against New Zealand (3 matches).[4] He played for Wigan at Scrum-half/Halfback in their 1998 Super League Grand Final victory over Leeds Rhinos. Smith played for the Wigan Warriors at stand-off half back, scoring a try in their 2000 Super League Grand Final loss against St Helens RLFC.

Tony Smith played, and scored a try in Castleford's 28-6 victory over Bradford Northern in the 1991 Yorkshire Cup final during the 1991–92 season at Elland Road, Leeds on Sunday 20 October 1991.

Coaching career

Tony Smith is a former coach of Super League club Wakefield Trinity Wildcats. He was appointed in August 2005 after a successful spell as caretaker coach following the sacking of Australian Shane McNally. However, with the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats facing relegation, he was sacked in July 2006 and replaced a few days later by John Kear, he was subsequently Assistant Coach at Featherstone Rovers under head coach David Hobbs.

References

  1. ↑ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  3. ↑ "Statistics at thecastlefordtigers.co.uk". thecastlefordtigers.co.uk ℅ web.archive.org. 31 December 2013. Archived from the original on February 16, 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
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