Ian Smith (rugby union, born 1965)

Ian Richard Smith (born 16 March 1965) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. He is now a rugby union coach.[1]

Ian Smith
Birth nameIan Richard Smith
Date of birth (1965-03-16) 16 March 1965
Place of birthGloucester, England
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight94 kg (14 st 11 lb)
SchoolSir Thomas Rich's School
Occupation(s)Civil engineer
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Gloucester ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Scottish Exiles ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1989 England 'B'
1990-92 Scotland 'B' 3 (0)
1992–95 Scotland 'A' 6 (0)
1992–97 Scotland 25 (0)
National sevens team(s)
Years Team Comps
1991 Scotland 7s
Coaching career
Years Team
2004
2011
2016		 Moseley
Georgia (Asst. Coach)
Portugal

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He was educated at the Sir Thomas Rich's School in Longlevens.[2] He went on to play for Gloucester. He formerly played as a flanker. Smith made his senior debut aged 18 and by 1996 had played more than 350 games for them.[3]

Provincial career

He played for the Scottish Exiles district in the Scottish Inter-District Championship. Smith stated: "I always wanted to play for Scotland, from the days of watching the Five Nations sat on my grandfather’s knee."[4]

International career

He represented England 'B' against Spain in 1989. He also qualified for Scotland through his paternal grandparents and Ian McGeechan persuaded him to play for Scotland.[3]

He played for Scotland 'B' against Ireland 'B' on 22 December 1990.

In 1991 he played for Scotland 7s in the Hong Kong Sevens tournament.[5]

He made his full test debut for Scotland against England at Murrayfield on 18 January 1992.[1] He played one match at the 1995 World Cup. His last international appearance was against South Africa at Murrayfield on 6 December 1997. He gained 25 caps for Scotland in the period 1992–97.

He played 7 matches for the Barbarian F.C. and scored 9 points between 1990 and 1993. He captained the team against Newport in 1992.[2]

Coaching career

In 2004 returned to Moseley as head coach.[5] In 2009 Mosely beat Leeds at Twickenham to win the EDF Energy National Trophy.[6]

In 2011 he went on to a coaching role with the Georgia national rugby union team.[7] He was appointed interim and later effective head coach of Portugal going into the World Rugby Nations Cup in 2016.[8]

Outside of rugby union

He worked as a civil engineer.[9]

References
  1. "Rugby: players: Iain Smith. Scotland". ESPN. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  2. "Player Archive - I. R. Smith". Barbarian F.C. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  3. Bale, Steve (2 March 1996). "Smith helps endangered species". The Independent. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  4. "Back in the Day: Gloucester hero Ian Smith's rugby journey started with Longlevens". thelocalanswer.co.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  5. Vicary, Tom. "Ian Smith". www.gloucesterrugbyheritage.org.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  6. Dick, Brian (20 April 2009). "Moseley win EDF Energy National Trophy at Twickenham". Birmingham Post. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  7. Dick, Brian (3 September 2011). "Former Moseley coach Ian Smith joins Georgia set-up". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  8. Morrison, Iain (17 January 2016). "Scots coaches have key role in 'the other six nations'". The Scotsman. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  9. Hewett, Chris (1 February 1997). "Rugby Union: Return of the natives with attitude". The Independent. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
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