Ricky Stuart

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**Ricky Stuart**
Personal information
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Full name	Ricky Stuart
Date of birth	January 7, 1967
Nickname	Sticky
Position	Coach
Club information
Current club	Cronulla Sharks
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (points)
1988-1998 1999-2000	Canberra Canterbury	203 (195) 40 (10)
Representative teams
1990-1994 1990-1994	New South Wales Australia	14 (12) 9
Professional clubs coached
2001 2002-2006 2007	Canterbury (Jersey Flegg) Sydney Cronulla
Representative teams coached
2004 2005 2006	Country Origin New South Wales Australia
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only.

Ricky Stuart is a former Australian representative rugby league and rugby union player - a dual international and the current coach of the Australian national rugby league team.He commences as Club coach of the Cronulla Sharks in 2007 and was formerly coach of the Sydney Roosters until his contract was terminated with one round remaining in the 2006 season.

1 Playing career
2 Coaching career
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Playing career

Stuart's rugby union career was the Queanbeyan Whites before being selected for the Wallabies tour of Argentina in 1987.

He joined from the Canberra Raiders team in 1988 and was a key member of that club's most successful period in the late 1980s. He played halfback inside a backline including legendary talents Laurie Daley and Mal Meninga. Stuart won three premierships with the Canberra Raiders, playing 203 games,

Stuart played nine Rugby League Test matches for Australia from 1990, touring with the Australian side to Great Britain and France in 1990 and 1994. He also played 13 State of Origin matches for NSW.

Stuart finished his playing career with the Canterbury Bulldogs.

[edit] Coaching career

[edit] Sydney Roosters

Stuart began his first grade coaching career in 2002 with the Sydney Roosters, taking over from Graham Murray, winning the National Rugby League title in his first year as coach. In 2003 and 2004 Stuart-coached Roosters sides were beaten in Grand Finals, but the team struggled in 2005 and 2006 despite the high calibre of the player roster. As a result, Stuart was sacked by two weeks before the end of the 2006 season.

[edit] Cronulla Sharks

After much speculation, it was announced in September 2006 that Stuart had taken over the Cronulla Sharks coaching role with a two year contract starting in 2007. He replaces outgoing coach Stuart Raper.

[edit] Representative Coaching

In 2005, Stuart was appointed coach of the New South Wales. His coaching approach continued the Phil Gould legacy of matching the Queensland passion by focussing the NSW players' pride in the jumper and achievements of those who have worn it before.

In 2006 Stuart was appointed as coach of Australian national rugby league team, replacing Wayne Bennett after Australia's loss in the 2005 Tri-Nations final to New Zealand. Stuart enjoyed early success with the Kangaroos victors in the Anzac Test, then winning Tri Nations series of 2006 and regaining the mantle of World Champions. He is expected to coach the Kangaroos through to the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.

[edit] References

Sydney Roosters Profile Sydney Roosters Rugby League 2006
National Rugby League Profile National Rugby League Home
Ricky Stuart Rugby League Tables & Statistics
State of Origin / New South Wales Players Rugby League Tables & Statistics

[edit] External links

[tt_news=353&tx_ttnews[backPid]=2&cHash=a2a79d796a Stuart appointed Sharks Coach]
Stuart Appointed Kangaroos Coach Australian Rugby League

Preceded by: Graham Murray 2000-2001	Coach Sydney Roosters 2002- 2006	Succeeded by: Chris Anderson 2007
Preceded by: Stuart Raper 2004-2006	Coach Cronulla Sharks 2007-	Succeeded by: [incumbent]
Preceded by: Phil Gould 2002-2004	Coach New South Wales State of Origin 2005	Succeeded by: Graham Murray 2006-
Preceded by: Wayne Bennett 2004-2005	Coach Australia 2006-	Succeeded by: [incumbent]