Rhys Smith
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| Born |
13 March 1997 England | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Club information | |||||||||||||||||
| Current club | Hamburger Polo Club | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
| 2013-2015 | East Grinstead | ||||||||||||||||
| 2015-2018 | Durham University | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018-2019 | East Grinstead | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2023 | Wimbledon | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Hamburger Polo Club | ||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–17 | England & GB U-21 | 23 | |||||||||||||||
| 2018– | England & GB | 17 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Last updated on: 15th April 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
Rhys Smith (born 13 March 1997) is an English field hockey player who plays in midfield for German BUndesliga club Hamburger Polo Club and the England and Great Britain national teams.
Biography
[edit]He was educated at Whitgift School, South Croydon, London. He completed his higher education at Durham University.[1]
Smith played club hockey in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division for East Grinstead. While at East Grinstead, he made his senior international debuts in October 2018, for Great Britain v Belgium on 2 October 2018 and for England v France on 16 October 2018.
He transferred to Wimbledon and played there from 2019 until 2023.[2] During this spell he won a bronze medal with England in the Men's tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.[3]
In 2023 he left England and started playing for Hamburger Polo Club in Germany.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Durham University students play hockey on the highest stage". Palatinate. 21 February 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
- ^ "EGHC Men Welcome Rhys Smith as he Returns for 2018/2019 Season".
- ^ "Commonwealth Games: England's men win hockey bronze against South Africa". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
- ^ "Hockey-Herren mit einigen neuen Gesichtern".
External links
[edit]- Rhys Smith at the International Hockey Federation
- Rhys Smith at England Hockey
- Rhys Smith at Team England
- Rhys Smith at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
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- 1997 births
- Living people
- English male field hockey players
- East Grinstead Hockey Club players
- Wimbledon Hockey Club players
- Men's England Hockey League players
- Alumni of St Mary's College, Durham
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey
- Field hockey players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Men's Feldhockey Bundesliga players
- Hamburger Polo Club players
- English expatriate field hockey players
- English expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Black British sportsmen
- 21st-century English sportsmen
- English field hockey biography stubs