Tony Smith

Coaching Career

Vital Statistics

Born
Tuesday, 24th January, 1967
Current Age
57 years and 86 days

Awards & Accolades

RLIF Coach Of The Year
2007

Known Family Links

Brother
Brian Smith
Nephew
Rohan Smith

Biography

Former Lismore pivot, the younger brother of I’warra and St George coach Brian Smith, came to the Steelers in 1986. Smith again linked with his brother when he moved to St George in 1992 and was in the starting line-up in the club's 14-6 loss to Brisbane in the 1993 grand final. A snapped Achilles tendon suffered in a trial at Maryborough ended his plans for the season but he made a brief comeback with the Dragons in 1995. Smith joined his brother’s coaching staff at P’matta in the late 1990s before pursuing his coaching career in England with Huddersfield. In his first season as coach of Leeds in 2004, Smith guided the Rhinos to a hard-fought win over Bradford in the Super League grand final.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Coaching Career Statistics

All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.

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Competitions
Competition   Games W L D Win %  
Super League 509 295 204 10 57.96% List
Challenge Cup 56 41 15 0 73.21% List
World Club Challenge 3 2 1 0 66.67% List
Test Series 3 3 0 0 100.00% List
World Cup 4 1 3 0 25.00% List
Four Nations 4 2 2 0 50.00% List
UK Second Division 7 7 0 0 100.00% List


International

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years Games W L D Win %  
Japan 2000 3 0 3 0 0.00% List
Great Britain 2007 4 4 0 0 100.00% List
England 2008-09 10 5 5 0 50.00% List
Overall2000-2009 17 9 8 0 52.94% List

World Cup Matches - By Team

Team Years Games W L D Win %  
England 2008 4 1 3 0 25.00% List


Club Career

English Career - By Year

Team Season Games W L D Win %  
Huddersfield 2001 28 6 21 1 21.43% List
Leeds 2004 33 27 4 2 81.82% List
Leeds 2005 36 28 8 0 77.78% List
Leeds 2006 33 22 11 0 66.67% List
Leeds 2007 32 21 10 1 65.63% List
Warrington 2009 28 16 12 0 57.14% List
Warrington 2010 34 25 9 0 73.53% List
Warrington 2011 32 25 7 0 78.13% List
Warrington 2012 36 27 8 1 75.00% List
Warrington 2013 34 25 8 1 73.53% List
Warrington 2014 34 22 11 1 64.71% List
Warrington 2015 34 17 17 0 50.00% List
Warrington 2016 36 25 10 1 69.44% List
Warrington 2017 33 18 13 2 54.55% List
Hull KR 2019 13 5 8 0 38.46% List
Hull KR 2020 19 4 15 0 21.05% List
Hull KR 2021 23 11 12 0 47.83% List
Hull KR 2022 20 9 11 0 45.00% List
Hull FC 2023 29 11 18 0 37.93% List
Hull FC 2024 - 1 7 0 - List

English Career - By Team

Team Years Games W L D Win %  
Huddersfield 2001 28 6 21 1 21.43% List
Leeds 2004-07 134 98 33 3 73.13% List
Warrington 2009-17 301 200 95 6 66.45% List
Hull KR 2019-22 75 29 46 0 38.67% List
Hull FC 2023-24 37 12 25 0 32.43% List
Overall2001-2024 575 345 220 10 60.00% List

Your Say

  • Anonymous
    16/06/2021

    Mentions Lismore pivot? Tony Smith played juniors at Casino. Won an U18 competition with Casino RSM Cougars before heading to Sydney.

  • Geoff Thomas
    08/04/2023

    Played for the Dragons 1992 and 1993 grand finals both lost to Brisbane. Was useful 5/8 but never reached any great heights. Went to England to coach and had the most success with Bradford Bulls.

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Contributions: Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, AJ Lucantonio, Paul Carter, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, Greg Fiveash, Max Turner, Steven Russo

Sources: ARL Rugby League Yearbook 1996, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1989-90, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1987-88, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1990-91, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1991-92, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1992-93, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1994, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1997, Newspapers, Match Video