| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ricky Stuart | |
| Date of birth | 7 January 1967 | |
| Place of birth | Queanbeyan, NSW, Australia | |
| Height | 176 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |
| Nickname(s) | Sticky | |
| School(s) attended | St Edmund's College (ACT) | |
| Club information | ||
| Position(s) | Coach | |
| Current club | Cronulla Sharks | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Years | Club | |
| Queanbeyan Whites | ||
| Youth representative teams | ||
| 1984-1986 |  Australia Schoolboys |
6 |
| Senior clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (points) |
| 1988–1998 1999–2000 |
 Canberra Canterbury |
203 (195) 40 (10) |
| Representative teams | ||
| 1990–1994 1990–1994 |
 New South Wales Australia |
14 (12) 9 (5) |
| Professional clubs coached | ||
| 2002–2006 2007– |
 Sydney Cronulla |
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| Representative teams coached | ||
| 2004 2005 2006–present |
 Country Origin New South Wales Australia |
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* Professional club appearances and points |
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Ricky Stuart (born 7 January 1967 in Queanbeyan, New South Wales) is an Australian former representative rugby league and rugby union footballer - a dual international - and the current coach of the Australian rugby league team. Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Queanbeyan is a city and local government area ( Queanbeyan City Council) in south eastern New South Wales, Australia. History See also History of rugby league The grass roots of rugby league can be traced to early football history, through the playing of ball games Overview See also Playing rugby union A rugby union match lasts for 80 minutes (plus stoppage time with a short He also played State of Origin for New South Wales in the first Gould era. State of Origin is an annual best-of-three series of Rugby league matches between the Maroons, representing the state of Queensland, and the Blues For the drummer Phil Gould see Phil Gould (musician. Phillip Ronald Gould (born 1958 in Sydney, New South Wales) is At club level, Ricky Stuart was the half-back of the "Green Machine", the Canberra Raiders team that won 3 premierships in 1989, 1990 and 1994 and were runners up in 1991 who were coached by Tim Sheens. A typical Rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field plus four substitutes on the bench The Canberra Raiders are an Australian professional Rugby league football team based in the city of Canberra Australian Capital Territory. Tim Sheens (born 30 October, 1950) is a football coach in the National Rugby League, the premier Australian Rugby league football competition He is currently coach of the Cronulla Sharks and was formerly coach of the Sydney Roosters until late in the 2006 season. The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are an Australian professional Rugby league team based in Cronulla New South Wales in the Sutherland Shire, south of Sydney The Sydney Roosters is a professional Rugby league club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, Australia. The year 2006 saw the ninth National Rugby League premiership, the 99th season of professional Rugby league football in Australia
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Playing career
Stuart's union career was with the Queanbeyan Whites before being selected for the Wallabies tour of Argentina in 1987. 2008 Season The 2008 season saw a slight change in personnel at the ACTRU Premiers The Australian national rugby union team is the representative side of Australia in Rugby union. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. Stuart had originally played rugby league as a child and his father was a prominent member of Canberra's football community but he took up rugby union while attending St Edmund's College. St Edmund's College, is a private, Catholic, Day school for boys located in Griffith, a suburb of Canberra, Australian [1] Stuart would later remark that he could have earned more playing union due to shamateurism, than by moving back to his childhood game of league. Amateurism (from Fr amateur "lover of" from OFr from L
Stuart then switched codes to league and joined the Canberra Raiders team in 1988. The Canberra Raiders are an Australian professional Rugby league football team based in the city of Canberra Australian Capital Territory. He was a key member of the club's most successful period in the late 1980s, playing halfback inside a backline including legendary talents Laurie Daley and Mal Meninga. A typical Rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field plus four substitutes on the bench Laurie William Daley OA, (born 20 October 1969 in Junee New South Wales) is an Australian Rugby league football commentator and former Malcolm Norman Meninga AM (born 8 July 1960) is an Australian Rugby league personality Stuart won three premierships with the Canberra Raiders, playing 203 games and winning the Clive Churchill Medal in 1990. The Clive Churchill Medal has been presented to the man-of-the-match of the Australian first grade Rugby league Grand Final ever since 1986. In 1993 he won the Dally M Medal for Player of the Year. The Dally M Medal is the premier individual award in the National Rugby League, which is given to the player voted by commentators as the best and fairest in the competition
Stuart's international rugby league debut in the 1st Test against Great Britain in London in October 1990 saw him become Australia's 38th dual code rugby international, following Michael O'Connor and preceding Scott Gourley. Great Britain was traditionally one of the major national teams playing Rugby league. Michael David O'Connor (born 1960 Nowra New South Wales) is a former Australian Rugby league and Rugby union player - a dual international Scott Robert Gourley (born 1968 in Hornsby New South Wales) is an Australian former Rugby league and Rugby union player - a dual code international He played nine test matches for Australia from 1990, touring with the Australian side to Great Britain and France in 1990 and 1994. The 1994 Kangaroo Tour was the last played in the conventional format where the Australian side plays a number of matches against British provincial outfits Stuart also played fourteen State of Origin matches for New South Wales. State of Origin is an annual best-of-three series of Rugby league matches between the Maroons, representing the state of Queensland, and the Blues He was named man-of-the-match in the second game of the 1990 series. The 1990 State of Origin series was the 11th annual Rugby League State of Origin series between New South Wales and Queensland.
Stuart retired from first grade after playing 40 games for the Canterbury Bulldogs in 1999-2000. The Bulldogs Rugby League Football Club (formerly Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and "The Berries") are an Australian professional Rugby league
Coaching career
Sydney Roosters
Stuart began his first grade coaching career in 2002 with the Sydney Roosters, taking over from Graham Murray and winning the premiership in his first year as coach. Graham Murray (born 6 January 1955 is an Australian former Rugby league player and coach In 2003 and 2004 Stuart-coached Roosters sides were beaten in Grand Finals, but the team struggled in 2005 and 2006 despite the high calibre of the player roster. Stuart's contract was terminated and he left the Roosters two weeks before the end of the 2006 season.
Cronulla Sharks
In 2007 Stuart took over as coach at the Cronulla Sharks with a two year contract. The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are an Australian professional Rugby league team based in Cronulla New South Wales in the Sutherland Shire, south of Sydney He replaced Stuart Raper. Stuart 'Chook' Raper, (born January 5, 1965) is an Australian former Rugby league player and coach
Representative Coaching
In 2005, Stuart was appointed coach of the New South Wales. The New South Wales Rugby League team represents the state of New South Wales annually in the Rugby League State of Origin competition against arch-rivals Queensland His coaching approach continued the Phil Gould legacy of matching the Queensland passion by focussing the NSW players' pride in the jumper and achievements of those who have worn it before. For the drummer Phil Gould see Phil Gould (musician. Phillip Ronald Gould (born 1958 in Sydney, New South Wales) is
In 2006 Stuart was appointed as coach of Australian national rugby league team, replacing Wayne Bennett after Australia's loss in the 2005 Tri-Nations final to New Zealand. Wayne James Bennett AM (born 1 January, 1950) is an Australian Rugby league football identity The Rugby League Tri-Nations (also known as the Gillette Tri-Nations for sponsorship reasons is a Rugby league tournament involving the top three nations in the sport Stuart has so far enjoyed success with the Kangaroos victors in the Anzac Tests of 2006 & 2007, in winning the Tri Nations series of 2006 thus regaining the mantle of World Champions and in the end of season 2007 one-off Test against New Zealand. To the end of 2007 his Australian coaching record stands at six victories from seven matches. He is expected to coach the Kangaroos through to the 2008 Rugby League World Cup. Teams See also 2008 Rugby League World Cup squads Format Draw The draw after being confirmed by the RLIF on April
| Ricky Stuart - Coaching Results by Season[2] | |||||||
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| NRL Team | Year | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win % | Finals Series |
| Sydney Roosters | 2002 | 28 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 71. 43% | Grand Final: Roosters 30–Warriors 8 |
| 2003 | 27 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 70. 37% | Grand Final: Panthers 18–Roosters 6 |
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| 2004 | 27 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 77. 78% | Minor Premiers; Grand Final: Bulldogs 16–Roosters 13 |
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| 2005 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 45. 83% | ||
| 2006 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 36. 36% | ||
| Cronulla Sharks | 2007 | 24 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 41. 6% | |
| 2008 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80% | ||
| Career | 153 | 90 | 62 | 1 | 58. 82% | at 16 March 2008 | |
References
- ^ "Stuart given honour of addressing Wallabies" (Fee required), AAP Sports News (Australia) , 2003-11-14. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1533 - Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca, Inca Retrieved on 2007-08-12. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon - Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid
- ^ Rugby League Tables. Retrieved on 2007-08-12. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon - Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid
External links
- Stuart Appointed Kangaroos Coach Australian Rugby League
- Sydney Roosters Profile Sydney Roosters Rugby League 2006
- National Rugby League Profile National Rugby League Home
- Ricky Stuart Rugby League Tables & Statistics
- State of Origin / New South Wales Players Rugby League Tables & Statistics
| Preceded by Graham Murray 2000-2001 |
Coach Sydney Roosters 2002- 2006 |
Succeeded by Chris Anderson 2007 |
| Preceded by Stuart Raper 2004-2006 |
Coach Cronulla Sharks 2007- |
Succeeded by incumbent |
| Preceded by Phil Gould 2002-2004 |
Coach New South Wales State of Origin 2005 |
Succeeded by Graham Murray 2006-2007 |
| Preceded by Wayne Bennett 2004-2005 |
Coach Australia 2006- |
Succeeded by incumbent |
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