Brian Smith
Brian Smith
Formerly played for South Sydney from 1975 to 1979 and is best known as the coach of teams like the Illawarra Steelers and Parramatta Eels.
ProfessionRugby Player
Date of Birth14 March 1954
sad tears
It's been a sad day. There have been a lot of tears and hugs.
focused loving
It's been a real blast. We're loving (this trip), but we're focused on a goal.
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It's been really, really big this year. We already ran out of to-go boxes and the new pecan pancakes have been huge.
deal five guys hard shows state top
It wasn't too long ago that we were at the bottom. This is a big deal for our program. Being in the top five in the state shows how hard these guys have worked.
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It was close throughout. They got a 10-point lead on us in the first half; I think I had four starters with two fouls. Our shooting was not good. I think we were seven of 23 from the field in the first half, and it's not like they weren't good shots.
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That got us out of a hole. We had some good blocks by Devin Hudson, Brandon Casteel and T.J. Casteel to spring him. All of our running backs ran hard. Our lead blockers, linemen and tight ends did a great job of blocking at the point of contact.
chance depth gives sure test
It's important we find the right person. This gives us a chance to re-evaluate and make sure we're going with the right guy. This will test the depth we do have.
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It's a move designed to finish people. I've never been able to use it in a major competition, but I used it twice today. It can mentally break people and I could tell that he didn't want to try to get off his back when I used it the second time.
bright nice sunny ways
It's a nice bright sunny day in more ways than one.
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We have quite a bit of nursing experience. We almost feel like we're kind of the experts in the retirement living area.
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We have kept faith with the players that performed so well last Saturday. As in that match against the French we are expecting a tough, forward dominated battle, but if our backs get a chance to run with the ball then we know that we have plenty of pace out wide.
good matches positive state sure tournament win won
We won some matches we weren't sure about, so that's a positive for us. Everyone getting a win at the state tournament is good for the program.
turn
We're going to go down there, turn over every stone.
double figures guys three win
When we get at least three guys in double figures we win pretty big.