Ollie Smith (rugby union, born 2000)

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Scottish rugby union player

Rugby player

BornOliver James Smith
(2000-08-07) 7 August 2000 (age 25)

Prestwick, South Ayrshire, Scotland^[1]

Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)

Weight98 kg (216 lb; 15 st 6 lb)

SchoolStrathallan School

Ollie Smith

Born

Oliver James Smith
(2000-08-07) 7 August 2000 (age 25)

Prestwick, South Ayrshire, Scotland^[1]

Height

1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)

Weight

98 kg (216 lb; 15 st 6 lb)

School

Strathallan School

Rugby union career

Amateur team(s)
Position	Fullback / Centre
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
	Marr
–	Ayr
Senior career
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
2021–	Glasgow Warriors	54	(40)
International career
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
2019–2020	Scotland U20	13	(15)
2022-	Scotland 'A'	2	(0)
2022-	Scotland	14	(15)
2024	Emerging Scotland	1	(0)

Ollie Smith (born 7 August 2000)^[2] is a Scotland international rugby union player for Glasgow Warriors in the United Rugby Championship. Smith's primary position is full back but can also play at centre.

Amateur career

Smith first played youth rugby with Marr.^[3] He then moved to play for Ayr.^[3]

Smith was a member of the winning Strathallan School team that won the 2017-18 Scottish Rugby Schools' Cup 52–8 against Glenalmond College at Murrayfield.^[4]

Professional career

He played for the Ayrshire Bulls in the Super 6 in 2019–20 season.^[5]

Smith was named as a member of the Glasgow Warriors academy for the 2020–21 season.^[6] He made his debut for Glasgow Warriors in the re-arranged Round 9 of the 2020–21 Pro14 against Edinburgh.^[7] He is Warrior No. 321.

On 24 February 2021 it was announced that Smith had graduated from the academy to sign with Glasgow Warriors.^[3]

He won Warrior of the Month in May 2022^[8] and Young Player of the Season in 2021-22. He won Warrior of the Month again in October 2025.^[9]

International career

In February 2022 Smith was called up to the Scotland squad for the 2022 Six Nations Championship.^[10] He received his first full international cap for Scotland in the 3rd test against Argentina in Santiago del Estero on 16 July 2022.^[11] He scored his first international try against Australia on 29 October 2022 at Murrayfield Stadium.^[12]

In 2023 Smith was selected in Scotland's 33 player squad for the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France.^[13]

On his comeback from injury he played for Emerging Scotland in their first match on 14 December 2024.^[14]

He was capped by Scotland 'A' on 25 June 2022 in their match against Chile.^[15] He played for Scotland 'A' on 6 February 2026 in their match against Italy XV.^[16]

List of international tries

Try	Opposing team	Venue	Competition	Date	Score
1	Australia	Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh	2022 Autumn Internationals	29 October 2022	15 - 16
2	Romania	Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille	2023 Rugby World Cup	30 September 2023	84 - 0
3	United States	Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh	2025 Autumn Internationals	1 November 2025	85 - 0

References

↑ "Ollie Smith". Scottish Rugby. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
↑ "Ollie Smith". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
1 2 3 "Smith signs first professional deal". Glasgow Warriors. 24 February 2021.
↑ "Glenalmond 8 - 52 Strathallan: Favourites clinch U18 Cup". The Scotsman. 6 December 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
↑ @AyrshireBulls (24 February 2021). "🗣️ The Ayrshire Bulls are delighted that Ollie Smith has signed his first professional contract with Glasgow Warrio…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
↑ "FOSROC Scottish Rugby Academy to align with Scotland's professional teams". Scotland Rugby. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
↑ "Glasgow 23-22 Edinburgh: Hosts level 1872 Cup series at 1-1 with Pro14 win". BBC Sport. 16 January 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
↑ https://glasgowwarriors.org/news-and-features/smith-claims-mccrea-financial-services-warrior-of-the-month-for-may/
↑ https://glasgowwarriors.org/news-and-features/smith-voted-as-one-four-nine-wealth-warrior-of-the-month-for-october/
↑ "Six Nations 2022: Scotland coach Gregor Townsend adds six players to squad". BBC. 21 February 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
↑ "Scotland Summer Tour Squad 2022 – Team for third Test". Rugby World. 16 July 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
↑ "Scotland 15-16 Australia". Autumn-Internationals.co.uk. 29 October 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
↑ "Scotland squad named for Rugby World Cup 2023". Scottish Rugby Union. 16 August 2023.
↑ "Emerging Scotland draw positives from Italy Under-23s defeat". 14 December 2024.
↑ "Chile v Scotland A". Archived from the original on 26 June 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
↑ "Match Report: Italy XV 24-24 Scotland A".

External links

Ollie Smith at European Professional Club Rugby

Ollie Smith at Scottish Rugby Union

Ollie Smith at ItsRugby.co.uk

Ollie Smith at all.rugby/

Ollie Smith at rugbydatabase.co.nz/
The Times

v t e Glasgow Warriors – current squad
Forwards	Jamie Bhatti Gregor Brown Alex Craig Scott Cummings Rory Darge Jack Dempsey Macenzzie Duncan Matt Fagerson Zander Fagerson Euan Ferrie Angus Fraser Gregor Hiddleston Johnny Matthews Nathan McBeth Ally Miller Jare Oguntibeju Fin Richardson Alex Samuel Patrick Schickerling Seb Stephen Grant Stewart Rory Sutherland Sam Talakai Tavi Tuipulotu Sione Vailanu Murphy Walker Max Williamson
Backs	Ben Afshar Jamie Dobie Adam Hastings George Horne Kerr Johnston Huw Jones Dan Lancaster Stafford McDowall Josh McKay Duncan Munn Jack Oliver Kyle Rowe Charlie Savala Ollie Smith Kyle Steyn Sione Tuipulotu Matthew Urwin Johnny Ventisei Fergus Watson Kerr Yule
Coach	Franco Smith

v t e Scotland squad – 2023 Rugby World Cup
Forwards	Ashman Bhatti Cherry Crosbie Cummings Darge Dempsey M. Fagerson Z. Fagerson Gilchrist Gray Matthews (replaced McInally) McInally (replaced Cherry) Nel Ritchie (c) Sebastian Schoeman Skinner Sutherland Turner Watson
Backs	Graham Harris Healy Horne Jones Kinghorn Price Redpath Russell Smith Steyn Tuipulotu Van der Merwe White
Head coach: Gregor Townsend

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Professional career

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