Smith was born and raised in
New Zealand but he qualified to play for
Fiji because his father was born there. He was first selected for Fiji by former coach
Brad Johnstone on the recommendation of
Waikato's John Boe. He toured the UK with the
Fiji team in 1995 and he made his debut against
Wales which
Fiji lost by 21–22. He joined the
Waikato Rugby Union after that and he made it into the
Chiefs squad for the
Super 12 competition. He played for the
Chiefs for six years before leaving
New Zealand and going to Europe to play for the
Swansea club in
Wales. He returned a year later to play in the
NPC match against
Auckland but lost in the final. A neck injury kept him out of the 2001 tour to
Italy and
France and then a foot injury saw him miss the
2003 Rugby World Cup qualifiers in June and July 2002 and he also missed the test against
Australia and
Argentina but he recovered in time for the
2003 Rugby World Cup and he was made captain of the
Fiji team. After retiring in 2005, he was made a resource coach for the
Black Ferns, and was recently appointed as an assistant coach to
Samoa. He has coached for nine years in Japan and held a number of provincial coaching roles including a specialist resource coach role for the
Chiefs. In December 2014, he was made the head coach for the
Black ferns team through to the next Women's Rugby World Cup in 2017. Smith voluntarily stepped down as
New Zealand women's head coach on 16 June 2015. ==Fiji Team ==