Career
His position is scrum-half. He previously played for Street Helens and Salford, and spent time on loan at Widnes Vikings and Celtic Crusaders. Before converting to rugby league, Smith had a youth career with Premier League association football club Everton, occasionally appearing in the reserve team
Street Helens (2006-2010)
After coming through the junior ranks at Street Helens, Smith made his Super League debut for the club in 2006 in a match against Huddersfield Giants.
After a loan spell in the Championship with Widnes in 2008, Smith joined Celtic Crusaders on a season-long loan and played for the Welsh franchise in their first season in Super League. He later had a loan spell at Salford, for whom he eventually signed on a permanent basis.
Salford (2010-2012)
Following his successful loan spell at the club, Smith signed for Salford after the 2010 season and spent all of 2011 and the first half of 2012 with the club, before moving to his current club, Wigan. Wigan (2012-present)
Two days after making his England debut against The Exiles, Smith completed his switch to Wigan on 6 July 2012, after a successful negotiation between the clubs to the early release from his Salford contract.
He made his debut on 3 August 2012 against Hull, with Wigan winning the match 48-10.
In 2013, Matty received the number 7 jersey formerly worn by the likes of Thomas Leuluai, Adrian Lam, Shaun Edwards and Andy Gregory. He was also part of the Wigan team that beat Warrington Wolves 30-16 in the Super League Grand Final as Wigan earned the rare distinction of a Super League and Challenge Cup double. He ended the year with selection in the Super League Dream Team.
After goalkicker Pat Richards returned to the NRL at the end of the 2013 season, Matty Smith was given the goalkicking duties for Wigan.
On Friday 19 September, a night after Smith scored 21 points in the 57-4 playoff rout against the Huddersfield Giants, he signed a new four-year contract with the Warriors. After a stellar 2014 season Smith was selected in England"s 24-man squad for the 2014 Four Nations held in Australia and New Zealand.
Smith played in all 3 of England"s matches. In 2015 Smith was selected in England"s 24-man team for the end-of-year internationals but did not feature in the test against France or in the first two tests of the three-match test-series against New Zealand.
He was a late call-up in the final test-match at the Wigan Warriors"s home ground, DW Stadium, in place of Wigan teammate George Williams.
He was influential in the final game delivering a man-of-the-match performance.