Craig Smith

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Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Born
Sunday, 31st October, 1971
Current Age
52 years and 140 days

Biography

Kiwi prop actually represented Queensland during the divided 1997 ARL season before representing the Rest of the World against Australia. The following year, the Steelers prop made his Test debut for the Kiwis before being named co-captain (with Nathan Brown) of the merged St George I’warra club in 1999. After the stunning loss to Melbourne in the grand final, Smith’s Australian career was ruined by a series of suspensions for illegal tackles and lifting his knee in the tackle. At the end of 2001 he opted for a fresh start in England, signing with Wigan. He was later a member of the Wigan team which contested the final of the 2004 English Challenge Cup. Smith returned to Australia and spent the final two years of his career with the Knights.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Playing 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   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NRL 153 5 -   - 20 78 71 4 50.98% List
State of Origin 3 - -   - - 1 2 0 33.33% List
NRL Finals 7 - -   - - 4 3 0 57.14% List
Test Series 1 - -   - - 0 0 1 0.00% List
Tri-Nations 3 - -   - - 2 1 0 66.67% List
Tour Matches New Zealand 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
Anzac Tests 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
World Cup 6 1 -   - 4 5 1 0 83.33% List
Challenge Cup 14 1 -   - 4 12 2 0 85.71% List
Super League 80 10 -   - 40 53 21 6 66.25% List


International

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
New Zealand 1998-01 12 1 -   - 4 7 4 1 58.33% List

International Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Rest Of The World 1997 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List

World Cup Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
New Zealand 1998-2000 6 1 -   - 4 5 1 0 83.33% List


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
QLD 1997 3 - -   - - 1 2 0 33.33% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Souths ARL 1995 7 1 -   - 4 2 5 0 28.57% List
Illawarra ARL 1996 12 1 -   - 4 6 6 0 50.00% List
Illawarra ARL 1997 20 - -   - - 9 9 2 45.00% List
Illawarra NRL 1998 17 - -   - - 9 7 1 52.94% List
St Geo Illa NRL 1999 17 - -   - - 12 5 0 70.59% List
St Geo Illa NRL 2000 20 - -   - - 11 9 0 55.00% List
St Geo Illa NRL 2001 15 1 -   - 4 8 6 1 53.33% List
Newcastle NRL 2005 22 1 -   - 4 8 14 0 36.36% List
Newcastle NRL 2006 23 1 -   - 4 13 10 0 56.52% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Souths 1995 7 1 -   - 4 2 5 0 28.57% List
Illawarra 1996-98 49 1 -   - 4 24 22 3 48.98% List
St Geo Illa 1999-01 52 1 -   - 4 31 20 1 59.62% List
Newcastle 2005-06 45 2 -   - 8 21 24 0 46.67% List
Overall1995-2006 153 5 0   0 20 78 71 4 50.98% List

English Career - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Wigan 2002 31 3 -   - 12 22 8 1 70.97% List
Wigan 2003 30 3 -   - 12 21 8 1 70.00% List
Wigan 2004 33 5 -   - 20 22 7 4 66.67% List

English Career - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Wigan 2002-04 94 11 -   - 44 65 23 6 69.15% List

Your Say

  • Anonymous
    27/05/2011

    He played 1 game for the NZ Maori in 2008 verses
    the Indigenous team.

  • Anonymous
    06/05/2014

    big hard hitting dude, was a massive target for the refs

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Contributions: Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, Nick Jones, AJ Lucantonio, Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter, Cymru RL, Bill Bates

Sources: NRL Rugby League Yearbook 1999, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2000, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2001, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2002, ARL Rugby League Yearbook 1997, ARL Rugby League Yearbook 1996, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 1998, Richard Bailey's Rugby League World, 2006 Official Rugby League Annual