:Stuart Russell (rugby union)

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| name = Stuart Russell

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| full_name = Stuart Edward Russell

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|05|29|df=y}}

| birth_place = Nairobi, Kenya

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| position = Lock

| repyears1 = 1987

| repteam1 = {{nrut|Wales}}

| repcaps1 = 1

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Stuart Edward Russell (born 29 May 1963) is a Welsh former rugby union international.{{cite news |last1=Parfitt |first1=Delme |title=Did you know they played for Wales? Meet the Welsh XV you've most likely forgotten about |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/you-know-played-wales-meet-6711724 |work=Wales Online |date=14 February 2014 |language=en}}

Russell, a Nairobi-born lock, attended Burford School in Oxfordshire and played for London Welsh.{{cite news |title=Russell still looking up |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/751124780 |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=22 October 1988}}

Capped once for Wales, in a 1987 win over the United States, Russell was the first London Welsh player to debut for Wales since Clive Rees back in 1974.{{cite news |title=President's man so glad to be back |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/751106821 |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=20 November 1987}} He moved to Bishop's Stortford in 1988, but was forced to retire from top level rugby within a year due to an eye injury, having twice suffered a detached retina.{{cite news |title=Russell forced to quit rugby |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/914984078 |work=Dunmow Observer |date=30 March 1989}}{{cite news |title=Russell off the leash |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/751979937 |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=20 October 1995}}