Keith Smith

Keith Smith (19 November 1952 – 2 June 2006) was an English dual-code international rugby footballer who played in the 1970s. He played representative rugby union (RU) as a centre, for England, England (Under-23s), Yorkshire, and Yorkshire (Colts), and at club level for Moortown RUFC and Roundhay RUFC, and he played representative rugby league (RL) as a for England, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity.

His first English appearance was in a draw against France played at Parc des Princes in Paris on 2 March 1974. In this game his centre pairing was Coventry's Geoff Evans. Peter Squires and Alan Old also played alongside him, they were both from his Yorkshire club.

Smith then went on the play for England against Wales at Twickenham two weeks later and added two more caps against Wales in Cardiff in 1975 and then playing against Scotland at Twickenham the following game.

Rugby league On Saturday 16 March 1979, Smith played at and scored a try in England’s 15–7 victory over Wales in the 1979 European Rugby League Championship match at Lowerhouse Lane, Widnes. On Saturday 5 May 1979, he played at centre in Wakefield Trinity’s 3–12 defeat by Widnes in the 1978–79 Challenge Cup Final during the at Wembley Stadium, London, in front of a crowd of a crowd of 94,218.