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Cat journeyman field technician brent stuart shares his story
Brent Clifford Stuart is a rugby league coach and former player who represented his country.
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- Cat journeyman field technician brent stuart shares his story
- Playing career
- Coaching career
- References
Playing career
A West Coast and Canterbury representative, Stuart spent two years in the Northern Territory in the mid-1980s and represented the Territory against Parramatta. In 1993 he was invited to be part of an Auckland Invitational XIII side that drew 16-all with the Balmain Tigers. Stuart was then selected to go on the 1993 New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain and France, playing in all five test matches. He then played for the Western Suburbs Magpies in the Australian competition.
Brent Stuart was a New Zealand international and played at the 1995 Rugby League World Cup.
In 1998 he returned to play for Canterbury.
Coaching career
Since 2007 Stuart has been coaching the Canterbury Bulls in New Zealand's Bartercard Premiership. Since 2008 Stuart has coached the Papanui Tigers. In 2009 he was named to coach the Bartercard Premiership Selection that took on Samoa.
Since 2010 Stuart has also coached the South Island side in the National Zonal Competition.
Canterbury's 44-16 defeat to Auckland on 4 June 2012 was Stuart's last match coaching representative football.