| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ian Smales | |||||
| Born | 26 September 1968 | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Wing, Centre, Stand-off/Five-eighth, Second-row, Loose forward/Lock | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| ≤04/1987–04/1987 | Lock Lane ARLFC | |||||
| 04/1987–1993 | Featherstone Rovers | |||||
| 1993–1997 | Castleford Tigers | 95 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 68 |
| 01/1998–≥01/1998 | Hunslet Hawks | |||||
| Total | 95 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 68 | |
| Source: rugbyleagueproject.org | ||||||
Ian Smales (born 26 September 1968 ) is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s and '90s, who at club level played for Lock Lane ARLFC, Featherstone Rovers, Castleford Tigers, and Hunslet Hawks, playing at Wing, Centre, Stand-off/Five-eighth, Second-row, or Loose forward/Lock, i.e. number 2 or 5, 3 or 4, 6, 11 or 12, or 13.
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"Ian Smales Utility player. An English Schools international at loose-forward, Smales signed for Featherstone from Lock Lane amateurs in April 1987. Can play centre, wing, stand-off and in the back row of the pack, and this versatility earned him a place in the 1990 Lions touring team to Papua New Guinea and New Zealand." [1]
Ian Smales played Right-Second-row, i.e. number 12, in Featherstone Rovers' 20-16 victory over Workington Town in the 1992–93 Division Two Premiership final at Old Trafford, Manchester on 19 May 1993.[2]
Ian Smales played Right-Second-row, i.e. number 12, in Castleford Tigers' 33-2 victory over Wigan in the 1993–94 Regal Trophy final at Headingley Stadium, Leeds on the 22 January 1994.
Ian Smales still attends Featherstone Rovers games, and now works as a Sport & Active Lifestyles’ Health & Fitness Officer, for Wakefield District Council.
Ian Smales is the son of the Wigan, Barrow and Featherstone Rovers Loose forward/Lock of the 1950s and '60s, Tommy Smales.