Full name | Stuart Edward Russell | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 29 May 1963 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Nairobi, Kenya | ||||||||||||||||
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Stuart Edward Russell (born 29 May 1963) is a Welsh former rugby union international. [1]
Russell, a Nairobi-born lock, attended Burford School in Oxfordshire and played for London Welsh. [2]
Capped once for Wales, in a 1987 win over the United States, Russell was the first London Welsh player to debut for Wales since Clive Rees back in 1974. [3] He moved to Bishop's Stortford in 1988, but was forced to retire from top level rugby within a year due to an eye injury, having twice suffered a detached retina. [4] [5]
Full name | Stuart Edward Russell | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 29 May 1963 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Nairobi, Kenya | ||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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Stuart Edward Russell (born 29 May 1963) is a Welsh former rugby union international. [1]
Russell, a Nairobi-born lock, attended Burford School in Oxfordshire and played for London Welsh. [2]
Capped once for Wales, in a 1987 win over the United States, Russell was the first London Welsh player to debut for Wales since Clive Rees back in 1974. [3] He moved to Bishop's Stortford in 1988, but was forced to retire from top level rugby within a year due to an eye injury, having twice suffered a detached retina. [4] [5]