Craig Smith (rugby union)

Craig Smith

Personal information
Full name	Craig James Smith
Date of birth	30 August 1978 (1978-08-30) (age 33)
Place of birth	Fulford, York, England
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	19 st 12 lb (278 lb, 126 kg)
School(s) attended	Berwick County High School
Club information
Position(s)	Prop
Current club	Racing Métro
Senior clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (points)
____ ‐ 00 2000–2009 2009–	Melrose RFC Berwick RFC Nelson Bays Edinburgh Rugby Racing Métro
Representative teams**
2001 ‐	Scotland	25 (0)
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only. ** Representative team caps and points correct as of 15 Mar 2008.

Craig James Smith (born 30 August 1978) is a Scottish professional rugby union player, currently with the French Top 14 club Racing Métro. Previously, he had spent nine seasons in Scotland with Edinburgh Rugby.

Career

Craig Smith played in all three Test matches on Scotland’s 2004 summer tour to Australia, all three autumn Test games in 2005, and came on as a replacement in every Scotland game in the 2006 RBS Six Nations Championship.

Previously, he played in both Test matches on Scotland’s 2002 tour of North America. Before the tour he had played at loose-head prop in the non-cap match against the Barbarians, but he lined up on the right of the scrum when he started matches on the tour. He first appeared for the Scottish national side as a substitute in the non-cap game against the Barbarians in May 2001.

He won his first Scotland A cap during the 2000–2001 season against Italy and has played 10 times at that level. He also played for the Stoke club in New Zealand’s South Island and was selected for Nelson Bays against Scotland during the national team’s 2000 summer tour. On his return to Scotland in 2000 he was contracted by Edinburgh. Craig has represented Scotland at all age-grade levels and was in the Scotland under-19 squad who beat England in 1997. The former pupil of Berwick County High School has also played for Scottish Students, Scotland Development XV and the Scottish Co-optimists. Before a stint with Melrose RFC, Craig played his club rugby at Berwick RFC.

External links

• Sporting Heroes profile
• Edinburgh Rugby

Persondata
Name	Smith, Craig
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	30 August 1978
Place of birth	Fulford, York, England
Date of death
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