Aussies Abroad: Hayden Smith, the universal athlete | Gavin Willacy

Hayden Smith began his unique sporting odyssey playing basketball in the Blue Mountains. Now he is seeking Rugby World Cup redemption with the USAHayden Smith didn’t play in the USA’s 64-0 hammering by South Africa in London’s Olympic Stadium on Thursday but then, as a basketball player from the Blue Mountains, you would not expect him to. However, only a knee injury, sustained in the defeat to Scotland, ruled him out of the Eagles’ biggest Rugby World Cup challenge. Smith has had more than enough special moments in his unique sporting career, though, and is looking forward to whatever life-en…