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| Birth name | Stuart Morris Lane | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 12 November 1952 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Tredegar, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 92 kg (14 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Tredegar Grammar School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Cardiff College of Education | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | teacher | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stuart Lane (born 12 November 1952) is a former Wales international rugby union player. In 1980 he toured South Africa with the British and Irish Lions and at the time played club rugby for Cardiff RFC.
Lane holds the unfortunate record of the shortest career of any Lions tourist, having been injured in the first minute of the opening game of the 1980 tour. This injury was a blow to the tourists as it was felt that the pace Lane could have provided in the breakaway positions would have been a strong asset for the Lions. [1] He still lives in Tredegar and is part owner of Rhyd Hall.
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