Career
Foreign people of the same name see Richard Smith (disambiguation)
A centre/wing, he plays club rugby for the Cardiff Blues. The centre signed for the Cardiff Blues in 2013 after graduating from playing for Cardiff Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Smith previously played for Neath in 2009/10 before spending a season in Australia where he turned out for Brisbane Bulldogs. Richard’s pace gained him a spot on the sevens circuit during the summer of 2011 where he played for Wales in three of the four legs of the Foreign Investment Review Agency series, playing in Bucharest, Barcelona and Moscow.
He then played in every tournament of the 2012 Household Bank world sevens series, scoring a total of 26 tries.
Smith made his debut for the Cardiff Blues at centre where he paired up with Jamie Roberts, for the teams’ victory over Munster at Musgrave Park.