Vance Stewart
Birth name | Vance Edmond Stewart | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 28 October 1948 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Christchurch, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 99 kg (218 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | St Bede's College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vance Edmond Stewart (born 28 October 1948) is a former New Zealand rugby union player and coach. A lock, Stewart represented Canterbury at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1976 and 1979. He played 12 matches for the All Blacks but did not appear in any official tests. He went on to coach Canterbury from 1993 to 1996, and was the inaugural Crusaders coach in 1996.[1]
References[]
- ^ Knight, Lindsay. "Vance Stewart". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
Categories:
- 1948 births
- Living people
- Rugby union players from Christchurch
- People educated at St Bede's College, Christchurch
- New Zealand rugby union players
- New Zealand international rugby union players
- Canterbury rugby union players
- Māori All Blacks players
- Rugby union locks
- New Zealand rugby union coaches
- New Zealand rugby union biography, 1940s birth stubs