Rugby player
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| Birth name | Barry Douglas Stewart | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1975-06-03) 3 June 1975 (age 49) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 18 st (252 lb; 114 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Edinburgh Academy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Barry Stewart is a former Scotland international rugby union player. He played as a Prop.
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
He played for Edinburgh Academicals.
Professional career
He played for Edinburgh Rugby. He received a spinal injury which curtailed his Edinburgh and international career.
On the favourable advice of a neurosurgeon he decided to continue playing. He moved to play for Sale Sharks. In the 2005–2006 season, Stewart played as a replacement in the final as Sale Sharks won their first ever Premiership title.
He also played for Northampton Saints.
International career
He was capped 7 times for Scotland 'A' between 1996 and 2000.
He played for the full senior Scotland side and won five caps. First capped in June 1996, he was the last amateur era cap to debut for Scotland; as Scottish rugby union belatedly professionalised for season 1996–97, a year behind most other nations.
Journalistic career
He has contributed articles for the rugby union online site The Offside Line.
Business career
He is now an investment manager at Brewin Dolphin.
References
- "Barry Douglas Stewart". ESPN scrum.
- ^ "Barry Stewart, Author at The Offside Line". The Offside Line.
- "Sale 45-20 Leicester". BBC. 27 May 2006. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- "Saints prop Stewart set to retire". The BBC. 24 April 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- 1975 births
- Living people
- Edinburgh Academicals rugby union players
- People educated at Edinburgh Academy
- Scotland international rugby union players
- Edinburgh Rugby players
- Scottish rugby union players
- Scotland A international rugby union players
- Sale Sharks players
- Northampton Saints players
- Rugby union players from Edinburgh
- Rugby union props