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Birth name | Conrad Gerard Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 12 October 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Hāwera, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 95 kg (209 lb; 14 st 13 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Francis Douglas Memorial College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | Victoria University of Wellington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Conrad Gerard Smith MNZM (born 12 October 1981) is a New Zealand rugby union coach and former player, who played predominantly at centre. He captained the Hurricanes in Super Rugby, and played for New Zealand from 2004 until 2015. He was a key member of New Zealand's 2011 and 2015 Rugby World Cup winning teams. Following the 2015 World Cup he retired from international rugby and took up a contract with Pau in France, before retiring in 2018.
After retiring, he began a defence coaching role with Pau, and extended his contract as the club's High Performance Manager in 2020. He eventually returned to New Zealand in 2021, but still worked for Dublin-based International Rugby Players.[2]