Wayne Smith (rugby player)
| Full name | Wayne Ross Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 19 April 1957 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Putaruru, Waikato, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 78 kg (12 st 4 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Putaruru High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | First five-eighth | ||
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| New Zealand No. | 806 | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1980–85 | New Zealand | 17 | (6) |
| Teams coached | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1986-88 1992-94 1997–99 2000–01 2001–04 2004–11 2012–14 2015–present |
ASD Rugby Casale Benetton Rugby Treviso Crusaders All Blacks Northampton Saints All Blacks (asst. coach) Chiefs (asst. coach) All Blacks (asst. coach) |
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Wayne Ross Smith CNZM (born 19 April 1957) is a New Zealand rugby union coach and former player. He is currently assistant coach of the All Blacks, alongside Ian Foster. He helped coach the All Blacks to victory at the 2011 and 2015 Rugby World Cups, and the Chiefs to win the 2012 and 2013 Super Rugby titles.
Smith played for Canterbury domestically, and made his international debut in 1980. He played first five-eighth, gaining 35 caps for the All Blacks, 17 in Tests.
Smith's first major coaching role was for the Crusaders in the Super 12 competition in 1997. He coached the Crusaders to two titles in 1998 and 1999 before being appointed All Blacks coach after the 1999 Rugby World Cup. After losing his position as head coach of the All Blacks in late 2001 he went to coach the Northampton Saints in England. He coached there until being appointed backs coach in early 2004 by the then All Blacks coach Graham Henry.
In 2010, All Black scrum half Justin Marshall commented that the best piece of coaching advice he'd received came from Smith: "I was going through a bad patch and he told me to go out and trust my instincts and be decisive – you need to trust what you do is going to be the right thing and if you do it decisively you'll make good of it even if it's the wrong option because you'll do it with purpose. That's the best piece of advice I've been given."
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