Tom Smith (rugby union player born 1971)
| Full name | Thomas James Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 31 October 1971 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 16 st 3 lb (103 kg; 227 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Emanuel School and Rannoch School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Zoe Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | Amelie Smith, Angus Smith and Edward Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Prop | ||
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| Amateur team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1990–199? 19??–1995 |
Dundee High School FP Watsonians |
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| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1996–1998 1998–1999 1999–2001 2001–2009 |
Caledonia Reds Glasgow Warriors CA Brive Northampton Saints |
6 174 |
(0) (50) |
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1997–2005 1997, 2001 |
Scotland British and Irish Lions |
61 6 |
(30) (0) |
| Teams coached | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2009-12 2012-present |
Edinburgh (Forwards Coach) Lyon OU (Forwards Coach) |
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Tom Smith (born 31 October 1971 in London, England) is an English-born former Scotland international rugby union Loosehead Prop who played for Glasgow Warriors, Caledonia Reds and Northampton Saints and also represented the British and Irish Lions. He is a now a Rugby Coach.
Born to a Scottish mother – his English father died when he was only six – he was given a boarder's education at a Scottish school on the banks of Loch Rannoch. He was first educated at Emanuel School in London, before moving to Rannoch School. His rugby skills were honed by the school's science teacher. Smith stated: “The things I learnt while playing rugby at Rannoch were work ethic and fitness. Our pitch was covered in snow and frozen solid for three months of the year, so there was a lot of running up and down hills. We were pretty well drilled and were made to work hard. There were times when it was pretty tough and cold out here but at the end of the day rugby is a hard game and you need to be tough to play it.”
Smith's career spanned the amateur and professional game. He started out at the amateur clubs Dundee High School FP and then played for Watsonians prior to the professionalism of the old Scottish District teams. Of these pre-professional times, Smith was to say: "You find out about survival the hard way. When I joined my first senior club in Dundee, there was an old prop called Danny Herrington, a bit of a local legend, who basically shoved my head up my arse in training, twice a week every week for what seemed like years. Now, that's what you call a learning curve. Those training sessions were my classroom."
On professionalism in Scotland in 1996 he joined Caledonia Reds. The Reds won the Scottish Inter-District Championship in the 1996-97 season, the first Inter-District championship of Scotland's professional era. He played in the Heineken Cup with Caledonia Reds and also played in the 1997-98 Scottish Inter-District Championship the following season.
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