Vance Stewart

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Vance Stewart
Birth nameVance Edmund Stewart
Date of birth (1948-10-28) 28 October 1948 (age 75)
Place of birth Christchurch, New Zealand
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight99 kg (218 lb)
School St Bede's College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1971–1980 Canterbury 78 ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1976–1979 New Zealand 0 (0)
1974–1979 New Zealand Māori 17
Coaching career
YearsTeam
1993–1996 Canterbury
1996 Crusaders

Vance Edmund Stewart (born 28 October 1948) is a former New Zealand rugby union player and coach. A lock, Stewart represented Canterbury at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1976 and 1979. He played 12 matches for the All Blacks but did not appear in any official tests. He went on to coach Canterbury from 1993 to 1996, and was the inaugural Crusaders coach in 1996. [1]

Stewart was born in Christchurch on 28 October 1948, the son of Vance and Uta Stewart, and was educated at St Bede's College. [1] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Knight, Lindsay. "Vance Stewart". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Births". The Press . Vol. 84, no. 25639. 30 October 1948. p. 1. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
Awards
Preceded by Tom French Memorial
Māori rugby union player of the year
1979		Succeeded by


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