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Tom Smith (rugby union, born 1971)

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467:. His rugby skills were honed by the school's science teacher. Smith stated: "The things I learnt while playing rugby at Rannoch were work ethic and fitness. Our pitch was covered in snow and frozen solid for three months of the year, so there was a lot of running up and down hills. We were pretty well drilled and were made to work hard. There were times when it was pretty tough and cold out here but at the end of the day rugby is a hard game and you need to be tough to play it". 483:
prior to the professionalism of the old Scottish District teams. Of these pre-professional times, Smith was to say: "You find out about survival the hard way. When I joined my first senior club in Dundee, there was an old prop called Danny Herrington, a bit of a local legend, who basically shoved my
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and captaining the side throughout the 2001 Autumn Internationals. Smith was also Scotland's Player of the Season in 2000–01. He was included in the Zurich World XV for 2002, a notional team list that was compiled based on ratings from detailed video analysis of performances during the past year.
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making his Northampton debut on 1 September 2001. Over the subsequent eight seasons his appetite for the action never diminished and neither did his popularity with the Saints' fans. His time at Franklin's Gardens included two Powergen Cup finals, a Heineken Cup semi-final and three Heineken Cup
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After an international career that included two World Cups and six consecutive Lions tests, Smith's final match in the blue jersey came, appropriately enough, against England in the 2005
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head up my arse in training, twice a week every week for what seemed like years. Now, that's what you call a learning curve. Those training sessions were my classroom."
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On 21 November 2019, it was announced that Smith had been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer, with tumours in his colon, brain and liver. He died on 6 April 2022, aged 50.
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were disbanded and the districts merged with Glasgow and Edinburgh respectively. Smith was one of the lucky players that moved to the renamed Glasgow Caledonians, now
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and played all three test matches of that series, to become the only Scot to play the six consecutive Lions tests matches of 1997 and 2001.
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For the next eight years, Smith was to be a first choice starter for Scotland and talismanic figure for the team, winning the
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faithful, with many considering him the greatest loose head prop the team had ever had, alongside Grand Slam-winning captain
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tour to South Africa. Surprising many, Smith was selected to start all three test matches alongside
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decided it could not afford to run the traditional four Scottish districts at a professional level.
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season, the first Inter-District championship of Scotland's professional era. He played in the
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Smith's career spanned the amateur and professional game. He started out at the amateur clubs
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In May 2012, it was announced that he had been appointed forwards coach with the French club
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quarter finals. He remained at Northampton until his retirement from playing in 2009.
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Born to a Scottish mother and an English father, Smith is the great-grandson of
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Having retired from playing in 2009, he took on the role of forwards coach at
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Smith's father died when Tom was six years old. He was first educated at
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British Lions & Scotland international rugby union player (1971–2022)
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as the game changed from amateur to professional. A brief spell at
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British & Irish Lions rugby union players from Scotland
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in London before being given a boarder's education at
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For the Scotland international rugby union lock, see
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Index

Tom Smith (rugby union, born 1953)
Prop
Dundee High School FP
Watsonians
Caledonia Reds
Glasgow Warriors
CA Brive
Northampton Saints
Scotland
1997
2001
British and Irish Lions
Edinburgh
Lyon OU
Doncaster Knights
rugby union
loosehead prop
Scottish Highlands
Dundee HSFP
Watsonians
Caledonia Reds
Glasgow Warriors
Brive
Northampton Saints
Scotland
British & Irish Lions
Scottish international
Jack Bell
Emanuel School
Rannoch School

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