Springbok no. 746 · Flank

Juan Smith

Juan Hugo Smith · Cheetahs, Toulon

70Tests

12Tries

8Tours

21Age at debut

Test career

200320082014

First test

7 Jun 2003, age 21 · Reserve v Scotland, Kings Park, Durban

Last test

23 Aug 2014, age 33 · Flank v Argentina, Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta

Biography

Juan Smith was a tireless, powerful flanker who played 70 Tests between 2003 and 2014 and won 49. Born in Bloemfontein on 30 July 1981, he played for the Cheetahs and Toulon.

He formed a superb back row with Schalk Burger and Danie Rossouw at the 2007 World Cup, scoring a hat-trick against Namibia and a try in the quarter-final against Fiji, and played in the final. A serious Achilles injury kept him out for years, but he returned for one last Test in 2014.

Test history

70 tests · 60 points

Date	Opponent	Venue	Position	Result	Province
07 Jun 2003	Scotland	Kings Park, Durban	Reserve	W 29–25	Cheetahs
14 Jun 2003	Scotland	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	Reserve	W 28–19	Cheetahs
12 Jul 2003	Australia	Newlands, Cape Town	Eighthman	W 26–22	Cheetahs
19 Jul 2003	New Zealand	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	Eighthman	L 16–52	Cheetahs
02 Aug 2003	Australia	Brisbane Stadium (Lang Park), Brisbane	Eighthman	L 9–29	Cheetahs
09 Aug 2003	New Zealand	Carisbrook, Dunedin	Eighthman	L 11–19	Cheetahs
11 Oct 2003	Uruguay	Subiaco Oval, Perth	Eighthman	W 72–6	Cheetahs
18 Oct 2003	England	Subiaco Oval, Perth	Eighthman	L 6–25	Cheetahs
01 Nov 2003	Samoa	Brisbane Stadium (Lang Park), Brisbane	Eighthman	W 60–10	Cheetahs
08 Nov 2003	New Zealand	Docklands Stadium, Melbourne	Eighthman	L 9–29	Cheetahs
06 Nov 2004	Wales	Millennium Stadium (Cardiff Arms Park), Cardiff	Flank	W 38–36	Cheetahs
11 Jun 2005	Uruguay	Basil Kenyon Stadium, East London	Reserve	W 134–3	Cheetahs
25 Jun 2005	France	Boet Erasmus, Port Elizabeth	Reserve	W 27–13	Cheetahs
23 Jul 2005	Australia	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	Flank	W 33–20	Cheetahs
30 Jul 2005	Australia	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	Flank	W 22–16	Cheetahs
06 Aug 2005	New Zealand	Newlands, Cape Town	Flank	W 22–16	Cheetahs
20 Aug 2005	Australia	Subiaco Oval, Perth	Flank	W 22–19	Cheetahs
27 Aug 2005	New Zealand	Carisbrook, Dunedin	Flank	L 27–31	Cheetahs
05 Nov 2005	Argentina	Vélez Sarsfield Stadium, Buenos Aires	Flank	W 34–23	Cheetahs
19 Nov 2005	Wales	Millennium Stadium (Cardiff Arms Park), Cardiff	Flank	W 33–16	Cheetahs
26 Nov 2005	France	Stade de France, Paris	Flank	L 20–26	Cheetahs
10 Jun 2006	Scotland	Kings Park, Durban	Flank	W 36–16	Cheetahs
17 Jun 2006	Scotland	Boet Erasmus, Port Elizabeth	Flank	W 29–15	Cheetahs
24 Jun 2006	France	Newlands, Cape Town	Flank	L 26–36	Cheetahs
15 Jul 2006	Australia	Brisbane Stadium (Lang Park), Brisbane	Flank	L 0–49	Cheetahs
22 Jul 2006	New Zealand	Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington	Flank	L 17–35	Cheetahs
05 Aug 2006	Australia	Stadium Australia, Sydney	Flank	L 18–20	Cheetahs
11 Nov 2006	Ireland	Aviva Stadium (Lansdowne Road), Dublin	Flank	L 15–32	Cheetahs
25 Nov 2006	England	Twickenham, London	Flank	W 25–14	Cheetahs
26 May 2007	England	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein	Flank	W 58–10	Cheetahs
02 Jun 2007	England	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	Flank	W 55–22	Cheetahs
16 Jun 2007	Australia	Newlands, Cape Town	Flank	W 22–19	Cheetahs
15 Aug 2007	Namibia	Newlands, Cape Town	Flank	W 105–13	Cheetahs
25 Aug 2007	Scotland	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	Flank	W 27–3	Cheetahs
09 Sep 2007	Samoa	Parc des Princes, Paris	Flank	W 59–7	Cheetahs
14 Sep 2007	England	Stade de France, Paris	Flank	W 36–0	Cheetahs
22 Sep 2007	Tonga	Stade Felix Bollaert, Lens	Reserve	W 30–25	Cheetahs
30 Sep 2007	USA	Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier	Flank	W 64–15	Cheetahs
07 Oct 2007	Fiji	Stade Velodrome, Marseilles	Flank	W 37–20	Cheetahs
14 Oct 2007	Argentina	Stade de France, Paris	Flank	W 37–13	Cheetahs
20 Oct 2007	England	Stade de France, Paris	Flank	W 15–6	Cheetahs
24 Nov 2007	Wales	Millennium Stadium (Cardiff Arms Park), Cardiff	Flank	W 34–12	Cheetahs
07 Jun 2008	Wales	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein	Flank	W 43–17	Cheetahs
14 Jun 2008	Wales	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	Flank	W 37–21	Cheetahs
21 Jun 2008	Italy	Newlands, Cape Town	Flank	W 26–0	Cheetahs
05 Jul 2008	New Zealand	Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington	Flank	L 8–19	Cheetahs
12 Jul 2008	New Zealand	Carisbrook, Dunedin	Flank	W 30–28	Cheetahs
19 Jul 2008	Australia	Subiaco Oval, Perth	Flank	L 9–16	Cheetahs
09 Aug 2008	Argentina	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	Flank	W 63–9	Cheetahs
16 Aug 2008	New Zealand	Newlands, Cape Town	Flank	L 0–19	Cheetahs
23 Aug 2008	Australia	Kings Park, Durban	Flank	L 15–27	Cheetahs
30 Aug 2008	Australia	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	Flank	W 53–8	Cheetahs
08 Nov 2008	Wales	Millennium Stadium (Cardiff Arms Park), Cardiff	Flank	W 20–15	Cheetahs
15 Nov 2008	Scotland	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	Flank	W 14–10	Cheetahs
20 Jun 2009	Britain	Kings Park, Durban	Flank	W 26–21	Cheetahs
27 Jun 2009	Britain	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	Flank	W 28–25	Cheetahs
04 Jul 2009	Britain	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	Flank	L 9–28	Cheetahs
25 Jul 2009	New Zealand	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein	Flank	W 28–19	Cheetahs
01 Aug 2009	New Zealand	Kings Park, Durban	Flank	W 31–19	Cheetahs
08 Aug 2009	Australia	Newlands, Cape Town	Flank	W 29–17	Cheetahs
29 Aug 2009	Australia	Subiaco Oval, Perth	Flank	W 32–25	Cheetahs
05 Sep 2009	Australia	Brisbane Stadium (Lang Park), Brisbane	Flank	L 6–21	Cheetahs
21 Aug 2010	New Zealand	National Stadium, Johannesburg	Flank	L 22–29	Cheetahs
28 Aug 2010	Australia	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	Flank	W 44–31	Cheetahs
04 Sep 2010	Australia	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein	Flank	L 39–41	Cheetahs
06 Nov 2010	Ireland	Aviva Stadium (Lansdowne Road), Dublin	Flank	W 23–21	Cheetahs
13 Nov 2010	Wales	Millennium Stadium (Cardiff Arms Park), Cardiff	Flank	W 29–25	Cheetahs
20 Nov 2010	Scotland	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	Flank	L 17–21	Cheetahs
27 Nov 2010	England	Twickenham, London	Flank	W 21–11	Cheetahs
23 Aug 2014	Argentina	Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta	Flank	W 33–31	Toulon