New Zealand rugby league footballer and coach
Brent Clifford Stuart [ 2] is a rugby league coach and former player who represented New Zealand .
Playing career
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
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
^ "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
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