Vance Stewart

Vance Stewart
Birth name	Vance Edmund Stewart
Date of birth	28 October 1948 (age 76)
Place of birth	Christchurch, New Zealand
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	99 kg (218 lb)
School	St Bede's College
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Lock
Provincial / State sides
Years	Team
1971–1980	Canterbury
International career
Years	Team
1976–1979; 1974–1979	New Zealand; New Zealand Māori
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

^ ^a ^b Knight, Lindsay. "Vance Stewart". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
^ "Births". The Press. Vol. 84, no. 25639. 30 October 1948. p. 1. Retrieved 17 December 2022.

Awards
Preceded by Eddie Dunn	Tom French Memorial Māori rugby union player of the year 1979	Succeeded by Hika Reid

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[AB_profile-1] 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.

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Authority control databases
International	VIAF FAST WorldCat
National	United States