Vance Stewart
Birth nameVance Edmund Stewart
Date of birth (1948-10-28) 28 October 1948 (age 75)
Place of birthChristchurch, New Zealand
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight99 kg (218 lb)
SchoolSt Bede's College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1971–1980 Canterbury 78 ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1976–1979
1974–1979		 New Zealand
New Zealand Māori		 0
17		 (0)
Coaching career
Years Team
1993–1996
1996		 Canterbury
Crusaders

Vance Edmund 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]

Stewart was born in Christchurch on 28 October 1948, the son of Vance and Uta Stewart, and was educated at St Bede's College.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b Knight, Lindsay. "Vance Stewart". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Births". The Press. Vol. 84, no. 25639. 30 October 1948. p. 1. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
Awards Preceded byEddie Dunn Tom French MemorialMāori rugby union player of the year 1979 Succeeded byHika Reid


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