Mark Smith (rugby league)
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Full name | Mark Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | England | 18 August 1981||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 13 st 8 lb (86 kg) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Hooker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mark Smith (born 18 August 1978) is an English former professional rugby league footballer. He was signed by Swinton after captaining Widnes in National League One. Primarily a hooker, he previously played in the Super League for the Wigan, with whom he won the 2002 Challenge Cup.
Career[]
Smith played for the Wigan Warriors from the interchange bench in the 2003 Super League Grand Final which was lost to the Bradford Bulls.
Smith was captain of the Widnes Vikings side since the retirement of Terry O'Connor in 2006. He has on very rare occasion spent time as a loose forward.
Career statistics[]
Club | Season | |||||
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Apps | Tries | Goals | Field Goals | Points | ||
Wigan | 1999 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Wigan | 2000 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Wigan | 2001 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wigan | 2002 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Wigan | 2003 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Wigan | 2004 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
Widnes | 2005 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
Widnes | 2006 | 32 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 105 |
Widnes | 2007 | 31 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 56 |
Widnes | 2008 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Widnes | 2009 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 29 |
Widnes | 2010 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
Swinton | 2011 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Swinton | 2012 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Swinton | 2013 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
References[]
- ^ "RLFANS.COM Super League Statistics". web page. RLFANS.COM. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
- ^ loverugbyleague
- ^ Cherryandwhite
- ^ Rugby League Project
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mark Smith (rugby league). |
- (archived by web.archive.org) Profile at Widnes Vikings profile
- [permanent dead link] ĎŔƑ "My life in rugby league: Mark Smith" interview at TotalRL.com
Categories:
- 1981 births
- Living people
- English rugby league players
- Rugby league hookers
- Swinton Lions players
- Widnes Vikings captains
- Widnes Vikings players
- Wigan Warriors players