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| Full name | Wayne Ross Smith | ||
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| Date of birth | 19 April 1957 | ||
| Place of birth |  Putaruru, New Zealand |
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| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Weight | 78 kg (12 st 4 lb) | ||
| School | Putaruru High School | ||
| Rugby union career | |||
| Playing career | |||
| Position | First five-eighth | ||
| New Zealand No. | 806 | ||
| Provincial/State sides | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| Canterbury | |||
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1980-1985 | New Zealand | 17 | (6) |
| Coaching career | |||
| Years | Club / team | ||
| 1997-1999 2000-2001 2001-2004 2004-present |
Crusaders All Blacks(head coach) Northampton Saints All Blacks (assistant coach) |
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| Rugby union career | |||
Wayne Ross Smith (born 19 April 1957 in Putaruru, New Zealand) is a former rugby union footballer, and currently a rugby union coach. He is currently the backs coach for New Zealand's national rugby union team the All Blacks. He played provincial rugby for Canterbury and became an All Black in 1980. He played first five-eighth, gaining 35 caps for the All Blacks, 17 of those Tests. His first major coaching position was for the Crusaders in the Super 12 in 1997. He coached them 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 current All Blacks coach Graham Henry. It was rumoured that he was in discussions to take over as Ospreys head coach on 1 January 2009, but nothing happened.
[edit] Coaching
The former All Blacks 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."[1]
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[edit] References
- ^ Doyle, Paul (2010-05-21). "Small Talk - Justin Marshall". Guardian (UK: Guardian News and Media). http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/may/21/justin-marshall-small-talk. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
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