Colin Stewart (rugby union)
| Full name | Colin Stewart | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 6 January 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bellshill, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 118 kg (18 st 8 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Duncanrig Secondary School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Settled Stewart happy to pass on knowledge". Plymouth Herald.
- ↑ "Information - East Kilbride RFC".
- 1 2 "Colin Stewart - All Whites - Newton Abbot RFC".
- ↑ "Glasgow send 22 kids to learn from the Kiwis". Herald Scotland.
- ↑ "Kenny Sinclair In Glasgow Xv".
- ↑ "Glasgow Call On Five Club Players".
- ↑ Peter Donald (2 December 2000). "Scottish Rugby: Glasgow hand Nicol place on bench for Swansea visit". Telegraph.co.uk.
- ↑ "Celtic League comings and goings". ESPN scrum.
- ↑ "BBC SPORT - Rugby Union - Scottish - Glasgow 36-22 Borders".
- ↑ "Selkirk Rugby Football Club website -Borders Allocated Professionals".
- ↑ "Unofficial Plymouth Albion - Is Colin Stewart on his way to Plymouth??". Unofficial Plymouth Albion.
- ↑ "Google Translate".
- ↑ "RUGBY: Newton Abbot coach Colin Stewart says weekend off 'won't do us any harm' - Torquay Herald Express". Torquay Herald Express.
- ↑ "Rugby, National 3 South West: Exmouth have injury problems ahead of Devon derby with Newton Abbot". Exeter Express and Echo.
- 1 2 South Devon College News. "Former Rugby Pro joins SDC".
- ↑ "rugby4kids.co.uk Fun rugby for 2 to 7 year olds - About us".