Bob Stuart (rugby)

Robert Stuart (1887–1959) was an Australian rugby union and rugby league footballer and represented his country at both sports - a dual-code rugby international.

Bob Stuart

Birth name	Robert Stuart[1]
Date of birth	13 June 1887[1]
Place of birth	Annandale, NSW[1]
Date of death	25 March 1959
Place of death	Drummoyne, New South Wales
Rugby league career
Position(s) Forward Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1911–17 Annandale 45 (27) National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1911–12 Australia 0 ()
Rugby union career
Position(s) flanker[1] Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) Glebe RUFC () National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1910[1] Wallabies 2 (0)

Born in Annandale, New South Wales, Stuart represented for the Wallabies as a flanker in the drawn two Test series in 1910 against the touring All Blacks.

After switching to the professional code in 1911 he was selected to tour Great Britain with the 1911–12 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain led by Chris McKivat. He played in two tour matches. Stuart is listed on the Australian Players Register as Kangaroo No. 84.[2]

Along with Charles McMurtie and Peter Burge, Stuart made his international league debut in a 1911 tour match but did not play in any Tests. Collectively they are likely to have been Australia's 17th to 19th dual code rugby internationals.

Robert Stuart had five children and lived in Drummoyne NSW.

References

1. "Scrum.com player profile of Bob Stuart". Scrum.com. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
2. ARL Annual Report 2005, p. 52

Sources

• Andrews, Malcolm (2006) The ABC of Rugby League, Austn Broadcasting Corpn, Sydney
• Whiticker, Alan & Hudson, Glen (2006) The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, Gavin Allen Publishing, Sydney
• Whiticker, Alan (2004) Captaining the Kangaroos, New Holland, Sydney