Brett Stewart

Personal information
Full name Brett Stewart
Nickname Snake, Mr. Magic
Born 27 February 1985 (1985-02-27) (age 23)
Wollongong, NSW, Australia
Height 186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 86 kg (13 st 8 lb)
Playing information
Position Fullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2003– Manly-Warringah 111 92 0 0 368
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2007 Country Origin 1 0 0 0 0
2007– New South Wales 5 2 0 0 8
2007 Australia 1 1 0 0 4
As of 27 September 2008
Source: NRL Stats, RLP

Brett Stewart (born 27 February 1985) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays for the Manly Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. He primarily plays at fullback.

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Playing career

Brett was second on the top try scorer list for the 2006 season, behind the South Sydney Rabbitohs' Nathan Merritt. He currently has the best strike rate for tries versus games in the NRL, taking over from Billy Slater. Stewart is known as the "Try scoring wizard" because of strike rate in NRL games. In his first representative match playing for the Prime Minister's XIII against Papua New Guinea, he contributed to Australia's 28-8 win with a try. He made his State of Origin debut in Game 2 of the 2007 series, replacing an injured Anthony Minichiello at the last moment, and scoring a try. Stewart played in the 2007 NRL Grand Final for Manly against Melbourne Storm but he was knocked out by an elbow charge in the early minutes of the 2nd half. Despite this, Stewart was selected as fullback for the Kangaroos end of season test against New Zealand in Wellington, contributing with a try in Australia's 58-0 victory.

Brett Stewart in action for the Manly Sea Eagles

He played in the 2008 NRL Grand Final victory over the Melbourne Storm.[1]

In August 2008, Stewart was named in the preliminary 46-man Kangaroos squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup,[2][3] and in October 2008 he was selected in the final 24-man Australia squad.[4] However, withdrew later with a shoulder injury before the cup had begun.[5]

Trivia

  • Brett was voted the "sexiest man in league" in 2007.[6]
  • He is the younger brother of fellow Manly Sea Eagles player, Glenn Stewart.

Career highlights

  • Junior Club: West Wollongong
  • First Grade Debut: Manly v Parramatta at Parramatta Stadium, July 6, 2003 (Rd 17) (Parra 27 Manly 16)
  • First Grade Record: 88 National Rugby League games, scoring 70 tries
  • 100th First Grade Game: Manly vs Gold Coast at Skilled Park, 4th July, 2008 (Rd 17) (Gold Coast 14 Manly 34). Stewart also scored his 79th and 80th try in First Grade Rugby League during the game to take his strike rate to 80%- the best in the competition.
  • Top Try Scorer for the 2008 NRL Home & Away Season. Stewart missed three games due to Origin duty but still finished atop the try scoring list with 19 tries from 21 games.

References

  1. ^ "Grand final: As it happened". Fox Sports (2008-10-05). Retrieved on 2008-10-05.
  2. ^ Liam FitzGibbon (2008-08-01). "Surprises in Kangaroos squad", "Fox Sports News (Australia)". Retrieved on 2 August 2008. 
  3. ^ "Veteran Lockyer named in Australian squad". International Herald Tribune (2008-08-01). Retrieved on 2008-08-02.
  4. ^ "Manly six win Australia call-up". BBC (2008-10-07). Retrieved on 2008-10-07.
  5. ^ "Stewart out, Hunt and Boyd in", Fox Sports (2008-10-16). Retrieved on 16 October 2008. 
  6. ^ "2007 adidas Active Skincare Sexiest Man in League Winner". Sexiest Man in League (2008-07-22). Retrieved on 2008-07-22.

External links

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Stewart"


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