
Old Collegians Rugby Union Club
Sean Smith
A former Old Collegian, Sean and Nat Traeger used to turn out with the 4's.
According to Richard Waddicor, Sean was susceptible to injuries but not necessarily Rugby related.
His younger brother Adam was a bit of a talent as a Junior.
Their father Paul gave years of support and effort to the Juniors.
Currently plays for Woollahra Colleagues in Sydney as loose-head prop.
The Woollahra Colleagues
The pin Sean had in his leg after a motorcycle accident in 1997
In Sean's own words:
25th May 2003
In 1986 I played for the Waratahs (Burnside Juniors) but wanted to play for Old Colls.
When I contacted OCs, Howard Clay (Junior President that year from memory) at the end of 1986, he told me that there wasn't a team for U16s but if I could put together a dozen players the club would do the rest.
At the time I played rugby for St Peters College and scraped together several of my school mates plus a few from PAC, Pembroke etc to make up the team. Results were mixed that year with many of our games played with only 11 or 12 players, but we still managed to get to the finals series where we narrowly lost to my old team from Burnside.
That afternoon we were watched by the Wallabies' Team Manager (whose name eludes me - all I remember is he died suddenly of a heart attack two weeks later), who presented me with a trophy on behalf of the club for "Best Team Member" (for contributions both on and off the field) as well as presenting the trophies for best forward and best back.
I also went on to play SA Schoolboys from 1987 through to 1990 as well as playing for the Saints championship winning First XV of 1988 and runners-up in 1989.
I played for Old Colls from 1987 through to 1997 (when I had a motorbike accident a week before the 4th grade won their Grand Final)."