Chris Smylie rugby player
Chris Smylie rugby player

Chris Smylie

22nd Mar 1982 1.82m/93kg Scrum Half

The Four Players Who Are Set To Earn Their Test Debuts For Ireland This Weekend

4 years ago by Ulitmate Rugby

There are four uncapped players included in the Ireland matchday 23 to face Italy on Saturday.   Andy Farrell has handed starting test debuts with Will Connors earning his first cap on the...

Player Movements: Benetton Treviso

8 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Being one of the only two Italian rugby sides to compete in the Pro12 league, Benetton Treviso has been assisting with the development of Italian rugby.   For their 2016/17 campaign, the club has...

Preview: Newport Gwent Dragons vs Treviso

9 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Friday (19:15) Treviso travel to Rodney Parade on Friday in search of what would be a first win of the season for the Italian outfit. Their opponents, the Dragons, are also in desperate need of a...

Smylie has Hayward to thank for Treviso link-up

9 years ago by Benetton Treviso news

Chris Smylie is counting down the days until the GUINNESS PRO12 season gets underway and the new Benetton Treviso scrum-half claims it was fellow New Zealander Jayden Hayward who helped sell the Italian...

Crusaders stun Hurricanes

9 years ago by Rugby 365

The Crusaders produced their best performance of the season to upset Super Rugby's runaway leaders, the Hurricanes, at Trafalgar Park, in Nelson, on Friday. Outscoring the visitors by four tries to...

Preview: S15 Round 16, Part One

9 years ago by Rugby 365

The ninth-placed Crusaders could be ruled out of Super Rugby's play-offs for the first time in more than a decade. The seven-time champions last missed the knock-out stages of the competition in 2001,...

Longevity record for Nonu and Rush

9 years ago by Rugby 365

All Black veterans Ma'a Nonu and Jeremy Thrush will set new Hurricanes records for longevity when the Super Rugby pace-setters meet the Crusaders on Friday. Having equalled Tana Umaga's record as the...

Longevity record for Nonu and Thrush

9 years ago by Rugby 365

All Black veterans Ma'a Nonu and Jeremy Thrush will set new Hurricanes records for longevity when the Super Rugby pace-setters meet the Crusaders on Friday. Having equalled Tana Umaga's record as the...

Hurricanes cement top spot

9 years ago by Rugby 365

The Hurricanes all but secured top spot on the Super Rugby standings with an impressive 29-5 win over a hapless Blues team in a very wet Auckland on Saturday. Forced into a number of late changes -...

Weekend teams and predictions

9 years ago by Front Row Grunt

Bulls and Sharks to strike back on tour? Tahs to pip the Saders in Sydney? Some say yes, Tank Lanning says no. Catch all the weekend’s teams, times, collated odds and SuperBru community picks. Tank...