Tom Stewart (rugby union)
| Date of birth | 11 January 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 103 kg (16.2 st; 227 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Belfast Royal Academy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tom Stewart (born 1 November 2001) is a rugby union player from Northern Ireland, currently playing for United Rugby Championship and European Rugby Champions Cup side Ulster. He plays as a hooker.
Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Stewart attended Belfast Royal Academy and was named Ulster Schools Player of the Year in 2019,[2] and captained Ulster at under 18 level.[3] He joined the Ulster Rugby academy in June 2019.[3] He was named in the Ireland squad for the 2020 Six Nations Under 20s Championship, starting in the wins against Scotland[4] and Wales[5] before the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6] In January 2021 he signed a one-year development contract with Ulster, intended to be upgraded to a senior professional contract for the 2022–23 season.[7] He was named in the senior squad for the 2021–22 season,[8] and made his senior debut off the bench in an away defeat to Ospreys on 4 December 2021.[9] He scored his first try in a 48-12 home victory against Cardiff on 4 March 2022.[10] He was selected for the Emerging Ireland squad for the Toyota Challenge in South Africa in September 2022.[11]
References
- ^ Playing stats at ItsRugby.co.uk
- ^ Sam Smith, "Wallaby Carter among three re-ups at Ulster", RugbyPass.com, 29 January 2021
- ^ a b "Five New Entrants In Ulster Rugby Academy", IrishRugby.ie, 20 June 2019
- ^ "Six-Try Triumph Gets Ireland Under-20s Off To Encouraging Start", IrishRugby.ie, 31 January 2020
- ^ "Four-Try First Half Does The Damage For Ireland Under-20s", IrishRugby.ie, 7 February 2020
- ^ No Winner for U20 Six Nations as Championship Cancelled, Six Nations Rugby, 5 August 2020
- ^ "Ulster: Sam Carter and Michael Lowry extend contracts by two years as Tom Stewart gets upgraded deal", BBC Sport, 29 January 2021
- ^ Gareth Fullerton, "Ulster Rugby squad 2021/22 confirmed for new season", Belfast Live, 21 July 2021
- ^ Paul McIntyre, "McFarland rues missed opportunities as Ulster fall to defeat against Ospreys", Irish News, 6 December 2021
- ^ Simon Thomas, "Ulster 48-12 Cardiff: Welsh region leak seven tries as they are routed in Belfast", Wales Online, 4 March 2022
- ^ "Emerging Ireland Squad Named For Toyota Challenge In Bloemfontein", Irish Rugby, 14 September 2022
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- Living people
- Rugby union players from Belfast
- People educated at the Belfast Royal Academy
- Irish rugby union players
- Ulster Rugby players
- Rugby union hookers