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]
He played for Edinburgh Academicals.[2]
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.
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.
He has contributed articles for the rugby union online site The Offside Line.[2]
He is now an investment manager at Brewin Dolphin.[2]