Sam Stewart (rugby league)

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Sam Stewart
Personal information
Full nameSamuel Weka Stewart
Born (1962-12-05) 5 December 1962 (age 61)
Wellington, New Zealand
Playing information
PositionSecond-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1981–87
Randwick
1988–93 Newcastle Knights 81 7 0 0 28
1993–95 London Crusaders 72 8 0 0 32
1995–97 Hull Kingston Rovers 20 1 0 0 4
Total 173 16 0 0 64
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1981–87 Wellington 32
1984–87 Central Districts 4
1985–89 New Zealand 16 0 0 0 0
1986 NZ Māori
1988 Rest of the World 1 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]
As of 28 February 2010

Samuel Weka Stewart[2] (born 5 December 1962), also known by the nicknames of "Slammin' Sam" and "Wheka", is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand. He played for the Newcastle Knights when they first started competing in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership and became the Knights first captain.

Playing career

Stewart was a

Randwick club. He made his senior and Wellington debut's in 1981 and was a Junior Kiwi that same year.[3] On the Junior Kiwis 1981 tour of Australia, Stewart signed a contract to play with the North Sydney Bears, however, later opted to instead pursue his career in the New Zealand Police.[1] He was the New Zealand Police Triathlon champion in 1985 and was named the Police Sportsman of the year in 1987.[4]

Stewart was named one of the Wellington Rugby League's players of the year in 1983. He toured Great Britain and France for the New Zealand Universities side. In 1984, Stewart was first selected for the Central Districts team. Stewart was part of Randwick's hat trick of Wellington Rugby League premierships between 1983 and 1985.[3]

Stewart then crossed the Tasman, playing for the Newcastle Knights from 1988 until 1992 and captained their inaugural side. After 81 matches, Stewart was made the Knights first life member.[3][5]

In 1993, Stewart travelled to England and joined the London Crusaders before spending time with Hull Kingston Rovers.[1][6]

Representative career

Stewart played for the Wellington and New Zealand Māori sides, captaining the Māori at the 1986 Pacific Cup.[7]

Stewart played for the

1988 World Cup. Before finishing his career in 1989 with tests against Australia and a tour of Great Britain and France. Stewart finished his career having played in sixteen test matches and forty games in total.[3]

In 1988, he was chosen for the Rest of the World side in a match against Australia during their Bicentenary celebrations.[1]

Later years

Stewart is now based in Queensland where he did some scouting for the

Burleigh to Bondi to raise money for prostate cancer.[10]

Legacy

In 2012, he was named in the Wellington Rugby League's Team of the Century.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ^ STEWART, Samuel Weka 1985 – 89 – Kiwi #591 nzleague.co.nz
  3. ^ a b c d Team of Century Week 8 Wellington Rugby League
  4. New Zealand Rugby Football League
    , 1987. p.56
  5. ^ "Knights team of 1988 reunite". Newcastle Knights. 6 March 2015.
  6. ^ Riley holds the key to a capital crusade The Independent, 19 December 1993
  7. ISBN 978-1-86969-331-2
  8. ^ So it is a family game, after all Sydney Morning Herald, 17 April 2004
  9. ^ NZRL 2007 Annual Report
  10. ^ On bike trek to Bondi Goldcoast.com, 26 July 2008

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