Tyran Smith
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tyran Carl Smith | |||||
| Born | 15 March 1974 Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Playing information | ||||||
| Height | 196 cm (6 ft 5 in) | |||||
| Weight | 112 kg (17 st 9 lb) | |||||
| Position | Second-row, Lock | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1993–96 | South Sydney | 52 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| 1997 | North Queensland | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1997 | Hunter Mariners | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | Auckland Warriors | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1999 | Balmain Tigers | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000–01 | Wests Tigers | 42 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| 2002–05 | Canberra Raiders | 57 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Total | 188 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 84 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1996–00 | New Zealand | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2000 | Aotearoa Māori | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: Yesterday's Hero RLP | ||||||
Tyran Carl Smith[1] is a former New Zealand rugby league player. He now works as a player agent.
Playing career
During his long career he played in the NSWRL Premiership, Australian Rugby League, Super League (Australia) and finally the National Rugby League. During this time he competed for seven clubs and represented both New Zealand and the Aotearoa Māori, competing for the later at the 2000 World Cup. He retired in 2005 with a long term neck injury.[2][3]
A member of the inaugural Wests Tigers side at the start of the 2000 season, Smith was named the club's player of the year.[4]
Later years
Smith is the brother-in-law of fellow NRL footballer Anthony Mundine, having married his sister, Kellie.[5]
He is now a Director of Sportsplayer Management alongside John Hopoate.[6][7]
References
- ↑ SMITH, TYRAN CARL 1994, 1996 - 97, 2000 - KIWI #658 nzleague.co.nz
- ↑ Neck injury ends Tyran Smith's career ABC Sport, 31 August 31, 2005
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- ↑ Tyran Smith is all business Sunday Star Times, 6 July 2008.
- ↑ Tyran Smith SportsPlayer Management
Tyran Smith Rugby League Project
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- 1974 births
- New Zealand Māori rugby league team players
- New Zealand national rugby league team players
- South Sydney Rabbitohs players
- New Zealand Warriors players
- Canberra Raiders players
- North Queensland Cowboys players
- Hunter Mariners players
- Balmain Tigers players
- Wests Tigers players
- Rugby league second-rows
- Rugby league player agents
- Living people
