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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.
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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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]
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