Apoua Stewart

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| name = Apoua Stewart

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| full_name = Apoua Samuel Stewart

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|12|02|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Wellington, New Zealand

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| height = 6 ft 3 in

| weight = 198 lb

| occupation = Builder

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| position = Fullback / Wing

| years1 = 2001–02

| clubs1 = Wellington

| apps1 = 2

| points1 = 0

| years2 = 2003–05

| clubs2 = Bay of Plenty

| apps2 = 27

| points2 = 35

| years3 = 2006

| clubs3 = Coventry

| apps3 = ?

| points3 = ?

| years4 = 2009–11

| clubs4 = Wellington

| apps4 = 27

| points4 = 25

| repyears1 = 2005

| repteam1 = {{nrut|Samoa}}

| repcaps1 = 2

| reppoints1 = 0

}}

Apoua Samuel Stewart (born 2 December 1979) is a Samoan former rugby union international.{{cite web |title=Apoua Samuel Stewart |url=https://www.rugbyhistory.co.nz/player/apoua-s-stewart |website=www.rugbyhistory.co.nz |language=en}}

A native of Wellington, Stewart was a Marist St Pats product who played mainly as a fullback and winger. He made his provincial debut for Wellington in 2001, then played with Bay of Plenty from 2003 to 2005.{{cite news |title=Apoua Stewart keen to start afresh after drug ban |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/796931/Apoua-Stewart-keen-to-start-afresh-after-drug-ban |work=The Dominion Post |publisher=Stuff.co.nz |date=31 January 2009}}

Stewart was capped twice by Samoa in 2005, debuting as the team's fullback in the one-off Test against Australia at Stadium Australia in Sydney. His other appearance came in Nuku'alofa against Tonga.{{cite news |title=Tupai caps big year - Sport News |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/sport/tupai-caps-big-year/KFCKAQJB4ZPDTWKXT6LZPGBVCI/ |work=Bay of Plenty Times |publisher=NZ Herald |date=10 June 2005 |language=en-NZ}}

In 2006, Stewart joined English club Coventry and had his time at the club cut short when he tested positive for ephedrine, receiving a two-year ban by the International Rugby Board, later reduced to 18-months. He has claimed that the positive test was the result of a training supplement he had taken.{{cite news |last1=Wilkinson |first1=John |title=Rugby star's two-year ban for drug use |url=https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/rugby-stars-two-year-ban-drug-3119166 |work=Coventry Live |date=2 November 2006 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Robson |first1=Toby |title=Dual jobs for Wellington fullback Apoua Stewart |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/4065972/Dual-jobs-for-Wellington-fullback-Apoua-Stewart |work=The Dominion Post |publisher=Stuff.co.nz |date=27 August 2010}}

Stewart made a return to provincial rugby in 2009, playing again for Wellington.