Reimis Smith


Reimis Smith is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a er and for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the NRL.
He has played for New Zealand 9s at international level.

Background

Smith was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and is of Māori and Indigenous Australian descent. Smith is the son of former New Zealand international Tyran Smith, and the nephew of boxer and former professional rugby league footballer Anthony Mundine.
Smith played his junior rugby league for the Mascot Jets, before being signed by the Parramatta Eels.

Playing career

Early career

In 2015, Smith played for the Parramatta Eels' NYC team, before joining the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs mid-season.

2016

On 7 May, Smith played for the Junior Kiwis against the Junior Kangaroos. In Round 12 of the 2016 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for the Bulldogs against the Canberra Raiders, scoring two tries. He had played for the Bulldogs' Intrust Super Premiership NSW side the day before, but due to regular Bulldogs centre Josh Morris being called up to the New South Wales State of Origin side on the day of the NRL game, Smith was called up and had to drive from Sydney to Canberra to make the game.

2017

Smith spent 2017 playing for the Bulldogs NSW Cup team, making no appearances for the first-grade team. On 6 May, Smith again played at centre for the Junior Kiwis against Junior Kangaroos in the 46-22 loss at Canberra Stadium.

2018

After the mid-season departure of Moses Mbye to the Wests Tigers, Smith earned a recall back into the Bulldogs first-grade team on the wing as Will Hopoate shifted from centre to fullback to fill in the void. He made his first appearance of the season in Round 15 against the Gold Coast Titans, playing on the wing. In Round 24 against the St George Illawarra Dragons, Smith scored a hat-trick of tries in Canterbury's shock upset 38-0 win at Jubilee Oval. He finished the season with 11 matches and 7 tries. On 3 September, he was selected in the New Zealand Kiwis training squad but didn’t make the final 24-man squad. On 3 October, Smith extended his contract with Canterbury to the end of the 2020 season.

2019

In Round 8 of the 2019 NRL season against Manly-Warringah, Smith scored 2 tries in a 18-10 defeat at Brookvale Oval. In Round 19, Smith scored 2 tries in a 20-12 loss against the Sydney Roosters at ANZ Stadium.
In Round 23 against arch rivals Parramatta, Smith was placed on report and then sent to the sin bin in the second half of the match after headbutting Parramatta player Maika Sivo during Canterbury's upset 12-6 victory at the Western Sydney Stadium.
On 11 November, Smith signed a contract extension to stay at Canterbury until the end of the 2021 season.