Conrad Smith
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Full name | Conrad Gerard Smith | ||
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Date of birth | 12 October 1981 | ||
Place of birth | Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Weight | 95 kg (14 st 13 lb) | ||
School | Francis Douglas Memorial College | ||
Rugby union career | |||
Playing career | |||
Position | Centre | ||
New Zealand No. | 1044 | ||
Professional / senior clubs | |||
Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
2015– | Pau | 0 | (0) |
Provincial/State sides | |||
Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
2003–15 | Wellington | 43 | (60)12t |
correct as of 7 November 2012. | |||
Super Rugby | |||
Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
2004–15 | Hurricanes | 126 | (120) |
correct as of 5 July 2015. | |||
National team(s) | |||
Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
2004–15 | New Zealand | 94 | (130) |
correct as of 31 October 2015. |
Conrad Gerard Smith MNZM (born 12 October 1981 in Hawera, New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. He plays predominantly at Centre. He captains the Hurricanes in Super Rugby, and plays for New Zealand internationally. He is a key member of 2011 and 2015 Rugby World Cup winning teams, becoming one of only twenty dual Rugby Union World Cup winners.
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Early life
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Domestic career
Smith plays for the Hurricanes in Super Rugby, and also for Wellington in the ITM Cup. He made his Wellington debut in 2003, and was signed by the Hurricanes in 2004. Smith's Hurricanes career has been plagued by injury, and having been injured in 2006, 2007 and 2011, he made just 66 appearances in his first eight seasons with the side. He is the current Hurricanes captain, having led the side for the first time in 2007 in place of the injured Rodney So'oialo.
International career
He made his All Blacks debut age 22, versus Italy in 2004, after a meteoric rise which saw him make his professional debut just a season earlier. In 2007, Smith faced a number of setbacks, mostly involving injury. However, he eventually earned his way back into a starting position, and by 2008, was the first choice centre for the All Blacks.
Smith was a member of the 2011 Rugby World Cup winning squad playing in the final against France at Eden Park in Auckland on 23 October 2011.
Against the Argentina on 28 September 2013, Smith and inside centre Ma'a Nonu achieved a record fifty international games together.[citation needed]
Smith took a six-month break from rugby during the 2013 end-of-year tour, meaning he did not travel with the All Blacks squad to Japan and Europe.[5]
Smith is to join Section Paloise after winning the 2015 Rugby World Cup for the second time.[6]
Personal
Smith married Leanne Snowdon in October 2013.[7] Smith missed a test match in Sydney for the birth of their first child, a boy, in August 2014.[8]
References
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External links
- Conrad Smith at AllBlacks.com
- Hurricanes profile
- Conrad Smith interviewed on The Rock – 22 October 2009
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- ↑ http://tvnz.co.nz/rugby-news/conrad-smith-confirms-end-year-sabbatical-5450241
- ↑ http://www.skysports.com/rugby-union/news/12040/9700871/conrad-smith-signs-two-year-contract-with-pau-in-france
- ↑ http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/9329283/All-Black-goes-bush-to-marry
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- Pages with reference errors
- Use dmy dates from November 2015
- EngvarB from November 2015
- Articles with unsourced statements from November 2013
- 1981 births
- Living people
- People educated at Francis Douglas Memorial College
- New Zealand international rugby union players
- New Zealand rugby union players
- Rugby union centres
- Victoria University of Wellington alumni
- People from Hawera
- Hurricanes (rugby union) players
- Wellington rugby union players
- Super Rugby players
- New Zealand expatriate rugby union players
- New Zealand expatriates in France
- Expatriate rugby union players in France
- Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit