Mattie Stewart

Mattie Stewart

Birth name	Matthew James Stewart
Date of birth	(1973-05-18) 18 May 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth	Dartford, England
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	115 kg (18 st 2 lb)
Occupation(s)	physical training instructor
Rugby union career
Position(s) prop Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1997–2003 Northampton Saints () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1996–2002 Scotland 34 (0)

Matthew James Stewart (born 18 May 1973) is a former rugby union player, who gained 34 caps as a prop for Scotland (1996–2002).

Early life

Stewart was born on 18 May 1973 in Dartford, England.[1]

Rugby career

Stewart’s first international appearance was against Italy at Murrayfield on 14 December 1996. He was a Lance Corporal physical training instructor in the British Army at the time.[2]

He returned to start for Scotland in February 2000 against Italy.[2] He went on the 2002 Scotland rugby union tour of North America where Ian McGeechan tried playing him at loose head against Canada.[3]

His last cap was against Romania at Murrayfield on 9 November 2002, coming on as a late replacement.[4]

He played 169 matches for the Northampton Saints between 1997 and 2003 during which time he scored five points for the club.[1] Whilst at Northampton he started in the victorious 2000 Heineken Cup Final as they defeated Munster.[5]

He played two matches for Barbarian F.C. in 1994.[6]

References

1. "Rugby: players: Iain Smith. Scotland". ESPN. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
2. "How the iron man put Stewart on his mettle". The Scotsman. 5 February 2000. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
3. "Stewart switch". The Scotsman. 7 June 2002. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
4. Turnbull, Simon (10 November 2002). "Leslie sends Scots into comfort zone". Independent on Sunday. Archived from the original on 12 May 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
5. "Saints secure historic victory". BBC. 27 May 2000. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
6. "Player Archive - M. J. Stewart". Barbarian F.C. Retrieved 25 July 2017.

External links

• profile on ESPN