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Craig Smith (rugby union)

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Craig Smith
Birth nameCraig James Smith
Date of birth (1978-08-30) 30 August 1978 (age 46)
Place of birthFulford, York, England
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight122 kg (19 st 3 lb)
SchoolBerwick County High School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Berwick ()
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)


2000–2008
2008–2010
2010–2011
2011–2013
2013–
Melrose
Nelson Bays
Edinburgh
Racing-Métro
Dax
Narbonne
Hagetmau



26
27
38



(0)
(5)
(15)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2002–08 Scotland 25 (0)
Correct as of 15 March 2008

Craig James Smith (born 30 August 1978) is a Scottish professional rugby union player, currently in the French second-level Rugby Pro D2. club Narbonne. Previously, he had spent nine seasons in Scotland with Edinburgh Rugby and also played for Racing Métro.

Career

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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 2000–01 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.

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