Ashley Smith (born 13 February 1987 in
Caerleon
Caerleon ( ; ) is a town and Community (Wales), community in Newport, Wales. Situated on the River Usk, it lies northeast of Newport city centre, and southeast of Cwmbran. Caerleon is of archaeological importance, being the site of a notable ...
,
Newport, Wales) is a retired
Welsh rugby union
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...
player who played as a centre for
Newport Gwent Dragons. Smith attended Caerleon Comprehensive School and represented Wales at Under 16, 18 and 19 level and captained the Wales under 20 team for the 2007 six nations tournament.
Smith made his debut for
Newport Gwent Dragons in the 2005–06 season and was appointed captain due to injury to
Luke Charteris in September 2009.
In May 2010 he was voted Newport Gwent Dragons Player of the Year in a poll of
South Wales Argus
The ''South Wales Argus'' is a daily tabloid newspaper published in Newport, South Wales. ''The Argus'' is distributed in Newport, Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, and Torfaen.
History
The paper was founded as the ''South Wales Argu ...
readers.
Ashley Smith was forced to retire at the end of the 2014–15 season because of recurring concussions.
References
External links
Newport Gwent Dragons profile
1987 births
Living people
Dragons RFC players
21st-century Welsh sportsmen
Newport HSOB RFC players
People educated at Caerleon Comprehensive School
Rugby union players from Caerleon
Welsh rugby union players
Rugby union centres
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