Barry Stewart (rugby union) explained

Barry Stewart
Birth Name:Barry Douglas Stewart
Birth Date:3 June 1975
Birth Place:Edinburgh, Scotland
Height:6 ft 2 in
Weight:18 st
Position:Prop
Amatteam1:Edinburgh Academicals
Repteam1:Scotland 'A'
Repteam2:Scotland
Repyears1:1996-2000
Repyears2:1996-2000
Repcaps1:7
Repcaps2:4
Reppoints2:0
Years1:1998-2001
Years2:2002-2007
Years3:2007-2009
Clubs1:Edinburgh Rugby
Clubs2:Sale Sharks
Clubs3:Northampton Saints
Apps2:106
Apps3:12
Points2:5
Points3:0
School:Edinburgh Academy

Barry Stewart is a former Scotland international rugby union player. He played as a Prop.[1]

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Edinburgh Academicals.[2]

Professional career

He played for Edinburgh Rugby. He received a spinal injury which curtailed his Edinburgh and international career.[2]

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.[3]

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.[4] 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.[2]

Business career

He is now an investment manager at Brewin Dolphin.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Barry Douglas Stewart. ESPN scrum.
  2. Web site: Barry Stewart, Author at The Offside Line. The Offside Line.
  3. News: Sale 45-20 Leicester . . 27 May 2006 . 9 February 2014.
  4. Web site: Saints prop Stewart set to retire. The BBC. 24 April 2009. 24 January 2010.