Bob Stuart (rugby)

For the New Zealand rugby union player, see Bob Stuart.

Robert Stuart (1887–1959) was an Australian rugby union and rugby league footballer and represented his country at both sports - a dual-code rugby international.

Bob Stuart

Birth name	Robert Stuart
Date of birth	(1887-06-13)13 June 1887
Place of birth	Annandale, NSW
Date of death	25 March 1959
Place of death	Drummoyne, New South Wales
Rugby league career
Position(s) Forward Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1911–17 Annandale 45 (27) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1911–12 Australia 0 ()
Rugby union career
Position(s) flanker Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) Glebe RUFC () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1910 Wallabies 2 (0)

Born in Annandale, New South Wales, Stuart represented for the Wallabies as a flanker in the drawn two Test series in 1910 against the touring All Blacks.

After switching to the professional code in 1911 he was selected to tour Great Britain with the 1911–12 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain led by Chris McKivat. He played in two tour matches. Stuart is listed on the Australian Players Register as Kangaroo No. 84.

Along with Charles McMurtie and Peter Burge, Stuart made his international league debut in a 1911 tour match but did not play in any Tests. Collectively they are likely to have been Australia's 17th to 19th dual code rugby internationals.

Robert Stuart had five children and lived in Drummoyne NSW.

Sources

• Andrews, Malcolm (2006) The ABC of Rugby League, Austn Broadcasting Corpn, Sydney
• Whiticker, Alan & Hudson, Glen (2006) The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, Gavin Allen Publishing, Sydney
• Whiticker, Alan (2004) Captaining the Kangaroos, New Holland, Sydney