Dan Ward-Smith
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| Full name | Daniel Ward-Smith |
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| Date of birth | 2 January 1978 |
| Place of birth | Palmerston North, New Zealand |
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) |
| Weight | 112 kg (17 st 9 lb) |
| School | Budehaven Community College Waiopehu College Awatapu College |
| University | Massey University |
Daniel "Dan" Ward-Smith (born 2 January 1978) is a former New Zealand-born English rugby union player who played at number eight for London Wasps. He also covered flanker and second row, which made him a useful forward to have in the Wasps squad.
Ward-Smith was born in Palmerston North but spent his early childhood in Cornwall in the United Kingdom. He moved back to his hometown with his family when he was 13.
After attending both Awatapu College and Waiopehu College he studied at Massey University.
Ward-Smith has played for Manawatu under-19s and played twelve provincial games for Manawatu in 1999.
He made one appearance representing the New Zealand Maori Colts, with the aim of achieving a Super Rugby contract with the Wellington Hurricanes. This did not happen.
While on a working holiday back in the UK Ward-Smith played some rugby in a local cup tie in Devon. He suffered an ankle ligament injury which ended thoughts of an immediate contract in pro rugby back in New Zealand.
As a result, Plymouth Albion gave Ward-Smith the offer of rugby in tier 4 of the English club game and in 2000-01 he was part of the all conquering Albion team under the tutelage of Graham Dawe that took the league title with a perfect record of 26 wins out of 26, with Ward-Smith finishing as joint top try scorer in the division with 20 tries. A second successive promotion followed at Albion during the 2001-02 season where the club finished second to Orrell with Ward-Smith again becoming top try scorer in the division, this time with 23 tries.
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