Brent Stuart

{{Short description|New Zealand rugby league footballer and coach}}

{{Infobox rugby league biography

|name = Brent Stuart

|fullname = Brent Clifford Stuart

|image =

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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|8|19|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Greymouth, West Coast Region, New Zealand

|height =

|weight =

|position = {{rlp|PR}}

|club1 = Marist (WCRL)

|year1start = 19??

|year1end=89

|club2 = {{nowrap|Addington (CRL)}}

|year2start = 1990

|year2end=??

|club3 = {{nowrap|Wests (NSWRL)}}

|year3start = 1994

|year3end = 96

|appearances3 = 38

|tries3 = 2

|goals3 = 0

|fieldgoals3 = 0

|points3 = 8

|teamA = West Coast

|yearAstart = 19??

|yearAend = 89

|teamB=South Island

|teamC = Canterbury

|yearCstart = 1990

|yearCend = 98

|teamD = {{nowrap|New Zealand}}

|yearDstart = 1992

|yearDend = 95

|appearancesD = 13

|triesD = 1

|goalsD = 0

|fieldgoalsD = 0

|pointsD = 4

|retired = yes

|source = {{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/Brent_Stuart/summary.html|title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}

}}

Brent Clifford Stuart[http://nzleague.co.nz/kiwis/player_profile.php?letter=S&id=632 STUART, BRENT CLIFFORD 1992 - 95 - KIWI #632] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402171010/http://nzleague.co.nz/kiwis/player_profile.php?letter=S&id=632|date=2 April 2012}} nzleague.co.nz is a rugby league coach and former player who represented New Zealand.

Playing career

Stuart was originally from the West Coast. He was educated at Marist Brothers High School, Greymouth.[http://newsletter.sirpeterleitch.co.nz/files/mb_newsletter-49.pdf "Greymouth Marist 90th Anniversary", Sir Peter Leitch's Newsletter No 49, 06 November 2022] (Retrieved 5 August 2022)

A West Coast and Canterbury representative, Stuart spent two years in the Northern Territory in the mid-1980s and represented the Territory against Parramatta.Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1991 New Zealand Rugby League, 1991. p.p.178-184 In 1993 he was invited to be part of an Auckland Invitational XIII side that drew 16-all with the Balmain Tigers.Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. {{ISBN|978-1-86969-366-4}}, p.298. Stuart was then selected to go on the 1993 New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain and France, playing in all five test matches. He then played for the Western Suburbs Magpies in the Australian competition.{{fact|date=May 2022}}

Brent Stuart was a New Zealand international and played at the 1995 Rugby League World Cup.{{fact|date=May 2022}}

In 1998 he returned to play for Canterbury.[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-17361777.html Big guns return to Canty]{{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} The Press, 8 July 1998

Coaching career

Since 2007 Stuart has been coaching the Canterbury Bulls in New Zealand's Bartercard Premiership. Since 2008 Stuart has coached the Papanui Tigers.[http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=1-4977-0-0-0&sID=64815&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=15307604§ionID=64815 Halswell tipped to challenge Hornby] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012144807/http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=1-4977-0-0-0&sID=64815&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=15307604§ionID=64815 |date=12 October 2012 }} The Press, 2 April 2011 In 2009 he was named to coach the Bartercard Premiership Selection that took on Samoa.{{cite web|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/league/news/article.cfm?c_id=79&objectid=10599673|title=League: Lure of home final adds incentive for Canterbury|date=26 September 2009|work=The New Zealand Herald|accessdate=21 September 2011}}

Since 2010 Stuart has also coached the South Island side in the National Zonal Competition.

Canterbury's 44–16 defeat by Auckland on 4 June 2012 was Stuart's last match coaching representative football.[http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/sport/7041936/Auckland-spoil-Bulls-coachs-finale/ Auckland spoil Bulls coach's finale] The Press, 5 June 2012