Brian Smith (rugby league, born 1954)

Brian Smith
Personal information
Full nameBrian Theo Smith
Born (1954-03-14) 14 March 1954 (age 70)
Maclean, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight76 kg (12 st 0 lb)
PositionHalfback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1974 St. George Dragons 14 1 0 1 4
1975–79 South Sydney 17 0 0 0 0
Total 31 1 0 1 4
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
1984–87 Illawarra Steelers 96 32 0 64 33
1988–90 Hull F.C. 50 32 0 18 64
1991–95 St. George Dragons 118 69 3 46 58
1995–96 Bradford Bulls 28 21 0 7 75
1997–06 Parramatta Eels 243 138 7 99 57
2007–09 Newcastle Knights 48 21 0 27 44
2010–12 Sydney Roosters 76 35 1 40 46
2015–16 Wakefield Trinity 20 6 0 14 30
Total 679 354 11 315 52
Representative
Years Team Gms W D L W%
2001–03 NSW Country 3 1 0 2 33
2013 United States 0 0 0 0
2017 Thailand 1 0 0 1 0
Source: [1][2]
RelativesTony Smith (brother)
Rohan Smith (son)

Brian Smith (born 14 March 1954) is an Australian rugby league coach and former player. He was also the Football Manager for the New Zealand Warriors.

Smith played for St. George from 1973 to 1974 and for South Sydney in 1975, 1976 and 1979, appearing in a total of 31 first grade games. However, Smith is best known as a coach, having been at the helm of Illawarra, where he took over for the 1984 season,[3] before moving to Hull, St. George, Bradford, Parramatta, Newcastle and, most recently, the Sydney Roosters and the NSW Country side. Although Smith had a successful career in Australia, he fell short of becoming a premiership winning coach, being on the losing end of all four grand finals he coached in (1992 and 1993 with St George, 2001 with Parramatta and 2010 with Eastern Suburbs.)[4]

  1. ^ Rugby League Project
  2. ^ Brian Smith rugbyleagueproject.org
  3. ^ Lester, Gary, ed. (1984). Rugby League: Action '85. Sydney: Fairfax Publishing. p. 30. ISBN 0-909558-83-3.
  4. ^ "Best coach to never win one: Why an NRL premiership eluded sacked Sydney Roosters coach Brian Smith". 5 September 2012.

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