Brent Clifford Stuart[2] is a rugby league coach and former player who represented New Zealand.
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| Full name | Brent Clifford Stuart | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 August 1965 Greymouth, West Coast Region, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing career edit
Stuart was originally from the West Coast. He was educated at Marist Brothers High School, Greymouth.[3]
A West Coast and Canterbury representative, Stuart spent two years in the Northern Territory in the mid-1980s and represented the Territory against Parramatta.[4] In 1993 he was invited to be part of an Auckland Invitational XIII side that drew 16-all with the Balmain Tigers.[5] Stuart was then selected to go on the 1993 New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain and France, playing in all five test matches. He then played for the Western Suburbs Magpies in the Australian competition.[citation needed]
Brent Stuart was a New Zealand international and played at the 1995 Rugby League World Cup.[citation needed]
In 1998 he returned to play for Canterbury.[6]
Coaching career edit
Since 2007 Stuart has been coaching the Canterbury Bulls in New Zealand's Bartercard Premiership. Since 2008 Stuart has coached the Papanui Tigers.[7] In 2009 he was named to coach the Bartercard Premiership Selection that took on Samoa.[8]
Since 2010 Stuart has also coached the South Island side in the National Zonal Competition.
Canterbury's 44–16 defeat by Auckland on 4 June 2012 was Stuart's last match coaching representative football.[9]
References edit
- ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ STUART, BRENT CLIFFORD 1992 - 95 - KIWI #632 Archived 2 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine nzleague.co.nz
- ^ "Greymouth Marist 90th Anniversary", Sir Peter Leitch's Newsletter No 49, 06 November 2022 (Retrieved 5 August 2022)
- ^ Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1991 New Zealand Rugby League, 1991. p.p.178-184
- ^ Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4, p.298.
- ^ Big guns return to Canty[dead link] The Press, 8 July 1998
- ^ Halswell tipped to challenge Hornby Archived 12 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine The Press, 2 April 2011
- ^ "League: Lure of home final adds incentive for Canterbury". The New Zealand Herald. 26 September 2009. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
- ^ Auckland spoil Bulls coach's finale The Press, 5 June 2012