Birth name | Colin Stewart | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 6 January 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Bellshill, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 118 kg (18 st 8 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Duncanrig Secondary School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Colin Stewart (born 6 January 1980 in Bellshill, Scotland) is a former Scotland Under 21 [1] international rugby union player who played with Glasgow Warriors and Border Reivers. His regular playing position was Lock.
Starting off playing mini-rugby, [2] Stewart began his rugby career playing for East Kilbride RFC. [3] His potential was spotted by the Glasgow District Rugby Union and he was selected as one of the Glasgow Thistle squad - then essentially an academy squad for Glasgow Warriors - that would receive rugby training in the summer of 1998 in New Zealand. The training was under the ex-Glasgow Warriors boss Kevin Greene. [4]
In the season 2000-01 he formally joined Glasgow. [5] [6] [7]
For the 2002-03 season Stewart joined Border Reivers. [8] [9] While he was not in action for the Reivers, Stewart played for Selkirk RFC. [10]
In 2006 he moved to England to play for Plymouth Albion. [1] [11]
He moved to play in France in 2009, [1] where he played for Tarbees Pyrennes. [3] He played 57 times for the French club in two seasons. [12]
After playing in France he returned to south-west England in 2011, where he now plays and coaches Newton Abbot. [1] [13] [14]
He is also Head of the Rugby Academy at South Devon College. [1] [15] He has set up a Rugby 4 Kids programme to promote rugby to the under 7s. [16]
Stewart played for Scotland U19 and Scotland U21. [15]
Birth name | Colin Stewart | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 6 January 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Bellshill, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 118 kg (18 st 8 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Duncanrig Secondary School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Colin Stewart (born 6 January 1980 in Bellshill, Scotland) is a former Scotland Under 21 [1] international rugby union player who played with Glasgow Warriors and Border Reivers. His regular playing position was Lock.
Starting off playing mini-rugby, [2] Stewart began his rugby career playing for East Kilbride RFC. [3] His potential was spotted by the Glasgow District Rugby Union and he was selected as one of the Glasgow Thistle squad - then essentially an academy squad for Glasgow Warriors - that would receive rugby training in the summer of 1998 in New Zealand. The training was under the ex-Glasgow Warriors boss Kevin Greene. [4]
In the season 2000-01 he formally joined Glasgow. [5] [6] [7]
For the 2002-03 season Stewart joined Border Reivers. [8] [9] While he was not in action for the Reivers, Stewart played for Selkirk RFC. [10]
In 2006 he moved to England to play for Plymouth Albion. [1] [11]
He moved to play in France in 2009, [1] where he played for Tarbees Pyrennes. [3] He played 57 times for the French club in two seasons. [12]
After playing in France he returned to south-west England in 2011, where he now plays and coaches Newton Abbot. [1] [13] [14]
He is also Head of the Rugby Academy at South Devon College. [1] [15] He has set up a Rugby 4 Kids programme to promote rugby to the under 7s. [16]
Stewart played for Scotland U19 and Scotland U21. [15]