Luke Stuart
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24 February 1977 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 100 kg (15 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Prop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Luke Stuart (born 24 February 1977) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League (NRL). He played as second-row. Stuart joined South Sydney when they re-entered the NRL competition in 2002.
Background
Stuart was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Stuart was a St John's Bosco junior, in the Sutherland Shire.
Career
He was instrumental in the Rabbitoh's 2007 Finals charge by playing the majority of games, while playing at Second Row and Prop. He has been a regular starter and has occasionally been used as an impact player, coming off the bench to bolster Souths' feared forward pack, including Roy Asotasi, John Sutton, David Fa'alogo and Peter Cusack. In 2008 he won the George Piggins Medal as the club's best and fairest player for the season.[2]
He was selected for City in the City vs Country match on 8 May 2009.[3] At 32 years and 73 days, the selection makes Stuart the oldest NRL player to make their representative debut, a record previously held by Scott Sattler.[4]
He has been one of the Rabbitohs most consistent performers since their readmission in to the NRL in 2002 and was rewarded for all his efforts when he was named replacement captain for the injured Roy Asotasi for the last few games of the 2009 season.
References
- ↑ Rugby League Project
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
- ↑ Balym, Todd (2009-05-03). "Blues halfback duel in two as Mitchell Pearce misses selection". Fox Sports. Archived from the original on 2012-12-05. Retrieved 2009-05-03.
- ↑ "Souths' Luke Stuart becomes NRL's oldest representative debutant". Fox Sports. 4 May 2009. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
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