Tom Smith
May 03, 2022
2 minutes
Words Alan Pearey
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QUIET MAN but a mighty man.” Lawrence Dallaglio’s pithy summary struck a chord with all who knew Tom Smith, whose passing at the age of 50 rocked rugby on its axis. Quiet? This writer recalls a Sydney press conference at RWC 2003 when Smith had journalists straining to hear him, team-mate Kenny Logan alongside him grinning at the sea of earnest faces.
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