Mark Smith (rugby league)

Mark Smith
Personal information
Born (1981-08-18) 18 August 1981 (age 43)
England
Playing information
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight13 st 8 lb (86 kg) [1]
PositionHooker
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1999–04 Wigan Warriors 123 12 0 0 48
2005–10 Widnes Vikings 167 59 0 2 238
2011–13 Swinton Lions 77 4 0 0 16
Total 367 75 0 2 302
Source: [2][3][4]

Mark Smith (born 18 August 1981) is an English former professional rugby league footballer. He was signed by Swinton after captaining Widnes in National League One. Primarily a hooker, he previously played in the Super League for the Wigan, with whom he won the 2002 Challenge Cup.

Career

Smith played for the Wigan Warriors from the interchange bench in the 2003 Super League Grand Final which was lost to the Bradford Bulls.

Smith was captain of the Widnes Vikings side since the retirement of Terry O'Connor in 2006. He has on very rare occasion spent time as a loose forward.[citation needed]

Career statistics

Club Season
Apps Tries Goals Field Goals Points
Wigan 1999 17 1 0 0 4
Wigan 2000 9 3 0 0 12
Wigan 2001 14 0 0 0 0
Wigan 2002 28 2 0 0 8
Wigan 2003 25 1 0 0 4
Wigan 2004 30 5 0 0 20
Widnes 2005 30 5 0 0 20
Widnes 2006 32 26 0 1 105
Widnes 2007 31 14 0 0 56
Widnes 2008 22 3 0 0 12
Widnes 2009 30 7 0 1 29
Widnes 2010 22 4 0 0 16
Swinton 2011 25 3 0 0 12
Swinton 2012 24 0 0 0 0
Swinton 2013 28 1 0 0 4

References

  1. ^ "RLFANS.COM Super League Statistics". web page. RLFANS.COM. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
  2. ^ loverugbyleague
  3. ^ Cherryandwhite
  4. ^ Rugby League Project
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