Jeremy Smith

Position:

Halfback

Height:

182cm

Weight:

85kg

Date Of Birth:

18 Jul 1982

Place Of Birth:

Huntley, NZ

Years Present:

2007, 2008

The New Zealand playmaker played 20 NRL games in 2007 in his most successful year yet. Under the tutelage of Jason Taylor, Smith developed into an ultra consistent pivot being rewarded with selection in the Kiwi squad for their tour of Great Britain and making his international debut for the Kiwis against Australia in Christchurch at the end of the 2007 season. Faces a lot of competition for the no.6 and no.7 jerseys but that has brought out the best in him so far.

Junior club:

Berala Bears

Representative honours:

3 Tests for NZ, 2007

Previous clubs and years:

Parramatta 2006

First grade debut:

Parramatta v Wests Tigers, Parramatta Stadium, 21/4/06, round 7

Rabbitohs debut:

v Roosters, Sydney Football Stadium, 19/3/07, round 1

What do you remember about your debut game:

Backing up about 20 times in the first five minutes.

What are your goals in football:

To reach the potential I feel I have.

What is the best advice anyone ever gave you:

Love what you are doing and you will never work a day in your life.

What was your first job:

Doing a chemist run.

What are you reading at the moment:

Speeches that changed the World by Sebag Montefiore.

Favourite book:

Don’t Die with the Music in You by Wayne Bennett.

Favourite CD:

Anything by Bruce Springsteen.

Favourite TV show:

Seinfeld.

Favourite food:

Fried chicken.

What is your favourite place to go on holiday:

New Zealand.

If you were not a footballer what would you be doing:

I’d be a movie star.

What makes you happy:

Other people being happy.

First Grade Games:

First Grade Tries:

First Grade Points:

Earliest football memory:

My team getting rounded up and put on the back of a ute by my coach back in New Zealand.

Favourite football moment:

Playing with my mates at the Berala Bears, it was great fun every week, it felt awesome.

Most embarrassing football moment :

When I got suspended for pushing the referee in 2006.

Game that changed my career:

In 2005 when I first became a full-time footballer when Brian Smith gave me a chance at Parramatta.

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