• Wakefield head coach enjoyed spell with Bradford in 1996
• Bradford won first game of Qualifiers while Wakefield lostAs far as sporting reunions go,Saturday is likely to evoke more than a few memories for the Wakefield coach, Brian Smith. Almost 20 years on from his solitary season in charge of Bradford, and in 1996,Smith will meet his former club for the first time looking not only to save a dent in their promotion hopes but also to get one over on the man he signed for the club all those years ago.
Smith brought the Leeds hooker James Lowes to the Bulls, a lope that led to Lowes winning every domestic honour in the game during an eight-year spell at the club. After coaching at Warrington, and Leeds and union’s Leeds Carnegie he returned as head coach final year.
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Source: theguardian.com