Brian Smith craves NRL Results for Knights

Sent to Newcastle to get them performing again, former Eels coach Brian Smith started with a bang in 2007 - orchestrating a major clean-out of players at Knights in the hope he could start getting some more favourable NRL Results. With the retirement of Andrew Johns, the Rugby League world was in shock - but more so was Newcastle, they needed a star player or star team to replace the loss and the current crop of players simply wouldn't cut it. Enter Brian Smith, long term players were sent packing from the footy club and Smith knew, a new younger and more talented brand of player was needed to get things going.