Tony Smith (rugby league b. 1967)

Tony Smith

Smith in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Tony Smith
Born	(1967-01-24) 24 January 1967 (age 51) New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Position	Five-eighth
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1987–91 Illawarra Steelers 40 9 0 0 36 1992–95 St. George Dragons 48 4 0 0 16 1996 Workington Town 5 1 0 0 4 Total 93 14 0 0 56
Coaching information
Club Years Team Gms W D L W% 2001–03 Huddersfield Giants 2004–07 Leeds Rhinos 134 98 3 33 73 2009–17 Warrington Wolves 225 152 3 70 68 Total 359 250 6 103 70 Representative Years Team Gms W D L W% 2000 Japan 3 0 0 3 0 2007 Great Britain 4 4 0 0 100 2008–09 England 14 6 0 8 43
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Tony Smith (born 24 January 1967) is a professional rugby league football coach and former player. He is formerly head coach of Super League clubs Huddersfield Giants, Leeds Rhinos and Warrington Wolves and the England national rugby league team. He is the younger brother of fellow rugby league coach, Brian Smith and uncle to former Tongan national team coach, Rohan Smith.

In 2007, Smith was included in the Southstander.com Hall of Fame.

Smith was born in Lismore, New South Wales, Australia.

He holds a British passport.

Tony Smith played rugby league with the Illawarra Steelers, for whom he made 40 appearances and scored 9 tries, as well as the St. George Dragons for whom he played 48 games under the coaching of his older brother Brian Smith, including the 1992 NSWRL season's grand final, in which he played from the interchange bench.

Tony Smith's involvement with British Rugby League began by finishing his playing career in 1996 with a spell at Workington Town in the inaugural Super League season. His initial time at Workington was hampered by achilles injury suffered two seasons previous, made all the worse by Workington's poor form which saw them relegated to National League One. He also notoriously lived above a Workington fish 'n' chip shop with his wife, commenting "every morning I trudged to training and swore we'd never come back to this country." His most notable on-field contribution was on his début as he helped the club to an 18-18 draw with Halifax Blue Sox, one of only five points that the club secured in 1996 as they finished bottom of Super League. Smith's high bomb led to the side's third try, scored by Wayne Kitchin.