Barry Stewart (rugby union)
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| Birth name | Barry Douglas Stewart | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 3 June 1975 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 18 st (252 lb; 114 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Edinburgh Academy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Barry Stewart is a former Scotland international rugby union player. He played as a Prop.[1]
Rugby Union career
[edit]Amateur career
[edit]He played for Edinburgh Academicals.[2]
Professional career
[edit]He played for Edinburgh Rugby. He received a spinal injury which curtailed his Edinburgh and international career.[2]
On the favourable advice of a neurosurgeon he decided to continue playing. He moved to play for Sale Sharks. In the 2005–2006 season, Stewart played as a replacement in the final as Sale Sharks won their first ever Premiership title.[3]
He also played for Northampton Saints.
International career
[edit]He was capped 7 times for Scotland 'A' between 1996 and 2000.
He played for the full senior Scotland side and won five caps.[4] First capped in June 1996, he was the last amateur era cap to debut for Scotland; as Scottish rugby union belatedly professionalised for season 1996–97, a year behind most other nations.
Journalistic career
[edit]He has contributed articles for the rugby union online site The Offside Line.[2]
Business career
[edit]He is now an investment manager at Brewin Dolphin.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Barry Douglas Stewart". ESPN scrum.
- ^ a b c d "Barry Stewart, Author at The Offside Line". The Offside Line.
- ^ "Sale 45-20 Leicester". BBC. 27 May 2006. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ^ "Saints prop Stewart set to retire". The BBC. 24 April 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2010.