Colin Stewart (rugby union)

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Colin Stewart
Birth nameColin Stewart
Date of birth (1980-01-06) 6 January 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Bellshill, Scotland
Height2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
Weight118 kg (18 st 8 lb)
School Duncanrig Secondary School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
– East Kilbride RFC ()
2002-06 Selkirk RFC ()
2006-09 Plymouth Albion ()
2011-present Newton Abbot ()
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2000-02 Glasgow Warriors 21 (0)
2002-06 Border Reivers ()
2009-11 Tarbes Pyrénées Rugby 57 (0)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Scotland U19
– Scotland U21
Coaching career
YearsTeam
Newton Abbot (Player-Coach)

Colin Stewart (born 6 January 1980 in Bellshill, Scotland) is a former Scotland Under 21 [1] international rugby union player who played with Glasgow Warriors and Border Reivers. His regular playing position was Lock.

Starting off playing mini-rugby, [2] Stewart began his rugby career playing for East Kilbride RFC. [3] His potential was spotted by the Glasgow District Rugby Union and he was selected as one of the Glasgow Thistle squad - then essentially an academy squad for Glasgow Warriors - that would receive rugby training in the summer of 1998 in New Zealand. The training was under the ex-Glasgow Warriors boss Kevin Greene. [4]

In the season 2000-01 he formally joined Glasgow. [5] [6] [7]

For the 2002-03 season Stewart joined Border Reivers. [8] [9] While he was not in action for the Reivers, Stewart played for Selkirk RFC. [10]

In 2006 he moved to England to play for Plymouth Albion. [1] [11]

He moved to play in France in 2009, [1] where he played for Tarbees Pyrennes. [3] He played 57 times for the French club in two seasons. [12]

After playing in France he returned to south-west England in 2011, where he now plays and coaches Newton Abbot. [1] [13] [14]

He is also Head of the Rugby Academy at South Devon College. [1] [15] He has set up a Rugby 4 Kids programme to promote rugby to the under 7s. [16]

Stewart played for Scotland U19 and Scotland U21. [15]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Settled Stewart happy to pass on knowledge". Plymouth Herald.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. ↑ "Information - East Kilbride RFC".
  3. 1 2 "Colin Stewart - All Whites - Newton Abbot RFC".
  4. ↑ "Glasgow send 22 kids to learn from the Kiwis". Herald Scotland.
  5. ↑ "Kenny Sinclair In Glasgow Xv".
  6. ↑ "Glasgow Call On Five Club Players". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  7. ↑ Peter Donald (2 December 2000). "Scottish Rugby: Glasgow hand Nicol place on bench for Swansea visit". Telegraph.co.uk.
  8. ↑ "Celtic League comings and goings". ESPN scrum.
  9. ↑ "BBC SPORT - Rugby Union - Scottish - Glasgow 36-22 Borders". 5 November 2004.
  10. ↑ "Selkirk Rugby Football Club website -Borders Allocated Professionals". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  11. ↑ "Unofficial Plymouth Albion - Is Colin Stewart on his way to Plymouth??". Unofficial Plymouth Albion.
  12. ↑ "Google Translate".[ dead link ]
  13. ↑ "RUGBY: Newton Abbot coach Colin Stewart says weekend off 'won't do us any harm' - Torquay Herald Express". Torquay Herald Express.[ permanent dead link ]
  14. ↑ "Rugby, National 3 South West: Exmouth have injury problems ahead of Devon derby with Newton Abbot". Exeter Express and Echo.[ permanent dead link ]
  15. 1 2 South Devon College News. "Former Rugby Pro joins SDC". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  16. ↑ "rugby4kids.co.uk Fun rugby for 2 to 7 year olds - About us".
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