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Article: Injuries persuaded Smith to retire from Test rugby
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- The Scotsman
- Article date:
- May 5, 2005
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TOM Smith explained last night why he decided to retire from
international rugby after this year's Six Nations Championship.
As revealed by The Scotsman just under two months ago, Smith has
played his last game for Scotland after eight years as a rock of the
national team, during which period he won 61 caps. Scotland's most-
capped prop of all time told his international team-mates after the
Twickenham defeat that he had called it a day.
Smith said yesterday: "It's hard to walk away, but I've known for
some time this would be it for me. I was keen that the players knew
my feelings after the Six Nations Championship and there was no
reason for stretching out the announcement other than the ...