Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Saturday, 18th August, 1956
- Current Age
- 69 years and 223 days
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- Midweek Cup
- 1977
Known Family Links
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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| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) | - | 179 | 51 | 4 | - | 168 | 82 | 92 | 5 | 45.81% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL/NSWRL Finals | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 0 | 14.29% | List | ||||
| Preseason Cup | - | 8 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Midweek Cup | 1 | 21 | 8 | - | - | 24 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 208 | 61 | 4 | - | 198 | 101 | 109 | 5 | 48.56% | List | |||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSW City Seconds | 1978 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1976 | 14 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1977 | 13 | 3 | 2 | - | 13 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 30.77% | List | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1978 | 23 | 9 | - | - | 27 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 69.57% | List | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1979 | 23 | 13 | - | - | 39 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 60.87% | List | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1980 | 22 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 59.09% | List | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1981 | 6 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1982 | 26 | 7 | - | - | 21 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 57.69% | List | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1983 | 21 | 4 | 1 | - | 18 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 19.05% | List | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRL 1984 | 13 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 12 | 0 | 7.69% | List | ||||
| Cronulla | NSWRL 1985 | 15 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 40.00% | List | ||||
| Cronulla | NSWRL 1986 | 3 | - | 1 | / | 1 | 100.00% | - | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |
NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Western Suburbs | 1976-84 | 161 | 48 | 3 | - | 154 | 76 | 80 | 5 | 47.20% | List | ||||
| Cronulla | 1985-86 | 18 | 3 | 1 | - | 14 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1976-1986 | 179 | 51 | 4 | 0 | 168 | 82 | 92 | 5 | 45.81% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter, Alan Katzmann, Shawn Dollin, AJ Lucantonio, Tony McCarron
Your Say
23 Aug 2017 11:38am
Wayne taught at Kareela Public School for many years and retired in 2016. He was a very enthusiastic and dedicated teacher who contributed a lot of time in promoting and training school children in sport and was involved in Sutherland area public schools Rugby League Representative teams. During his period of coaching D sutherland /Cronulla won the championship in 2010 and 2012 alan powditch
9 Nov 2018 8:21pm
He taught me in year 6 at Belmore North Primary and was my coach.
He was a man of principal who always told us to respect each other and our opponents.
I remember we were playing Wiley Park Public School at Parry Park and losing 20-0 at half time. Mr Smith told us to pack our stuff because we were disgracing the school with our performance. We started pleading with him, not to call off the 2nd half and that we were going to try harder. We stayed on losing 20-18 at the end but I remember him telling us that he was prouder for us for fighting back despite losing, than bashing Belmore South Primary 30-0 the week before. That still sticks with me.
14 Mar 2020 12:22pm
Brother of Rod Smith who also played for Wests.
18 Aug 2023 1:53pm
Joined Wests from Thirroul as he was studying at Uni to become a teacher but was a Wests junior, playing for Granville Diggers.
His brother Rod Smith played for Wests in the early 1970’s.
27 Dec 2023 5:11pm
Although joined Wests in 1976 from Thirroul, was a Wests junior from Granville Diggers.
30 Mar 2024 6:59pm
Besides plying for Granville Diggers, also played for Enfield Federals.
9 Aug 2024 7:50am
Was my primary school teacher at belmore north public school between 1985 to 1988 and also taught me the game of rugby league.a great teacher who demanded the best out of his students.i have great memories with mr smith. Winning the Canterbury Bankstown knockout competition when we were underdogs in 1988 was a great achievement for us that day.also winning 3 grand finals as well.a great coach and teacher.
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