Neville Smith

Club Appearances: 59

Club Debut Year: 1939

Club Final Year: 1943

Position: Second row

Club Points: 281

Club Tries: 15

Representative Honours:

  • NSW v Qld: 6
  • Qld v NSW: 1
Appearances breakdown:

  • St George: 59
Points breakdown:

  • St George: 281

Holds a special place in the St George story, as the captain-coach of the first Saints team to win a first-grade premiership. Smith joined the club in 1939 at age 23, was immediately named captain-coach, and lifted the team from last to equal second on the ladder and was the competition’s leading pointscorer. He played for NSW in 1940 and 1941, when he would have been a Test certainty, and was an inspiration in Saints’ first premiership year before stunning the league world by retiring. Smith made a comeback in 1943, but a series of leg injuries prompted him to quit once again at season’s end, this time for good

Played a total of 59 games for St George