Chris Smylie

Chris Smylie

Date of birth	(1982-03-22) 22 March 1982
Place of birth	Auckland, New Zealand
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	93 kg (205 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Half-back Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 2002-2008 2009-2011 2012- Otago North Harbour Taranaki 17 41 0 (20) (35) (0) Super Rugby Years Team Apps (Points) 2006-2007 2009-2011 2012- Hurricanes Blues Hurricanes 7 28 0 (0) (10) (0) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2006-2010 Māori 11 (0)

Chris Smylie (born 22 March 1982 in Auckland) is a New Zealand rugby union player, who plays at halfback. Although he made his provincial debut for North Harbour in 2002, he currently plays for Otago in the NPC and the Highlanders in Super Rugby, and has been named in the New Zealand Māori squad for 2006.

Smylie was named NPC Division One Player of the Year for 2005, after a strong campaign which saw Otago finish runners-up behind Auckland. Despite this, he was not the first choice starting halfback for the Highlanders in 2006, with Southland halfback Jimmy Cowan often being preferred. In the 2007 Super 14 season he was drafted into the Hurricanes where he was sharing the halfback role with Alby Mathewson until Piri Weepu came back from the All Blacks protected squad. In 2007 (For the 2008 Season) he was not selected for any Super 14 team, but of note has transferred to North Harbour.

International Rugby

New Zealand Māori

Chris Smylie made his New Zealand Māori debut in 2006. Smylie has appeared in the 2006 and 2007 Churchill Cup. He has only been apart of winning the Churchill Cup once, beating Scotland A in the Final in 2006. In 2007 New Zealand Māori lost to the England Saxons in the Final going down 17-13. In 2008 we as apart of the Pacific Nations Cup. New Zealand Maori played against Australia A in the final, New Zealand Maori taking the Pacific Nations Cup winning 21-18.

Against	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Tries	Points	% Won
United States	1	1	0	0	0	0	100
Ireland Wolfhounds	2	2	0	0	0	0	100
Scotland A	1	1	0	0	0	0	100
Canada	1	1	0	0	0	0	100
Samoa	1	1	0	0	0	0	100
England Saxons	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Tonga	1	1	0	0	0	0	100
Fiji	1	1	0	0	0	0	100
Japan	1	1	0	0	0	0	100
Australia A	1	1	0	0	0	0	100
Total	11	10	1	0	0	0	90.91

External links

• Profile on Highlanders website
• Profile on allblacks.com
• Hurricanes profile
• North Harbour profile
• itsrugby.co.uk profile