Robbie Stuart

Key Information

Born	Robert Locksdale Stuart (1948-01-09)9 January 1948 Napier, New Zealand
Died	26 June 2025(2025-06-26) (aged 77)
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	103 kg (227 lb)
School	Napier Boys' High School
Rugby union career
Positions Lock prop Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1967–1980 Hawke's Bay 116 (35) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1977 New Zealand 1 (0) Coaching career Years Team 1984–1985 Hawke's Bay
Positions	Lock prop
Provincial / State sides
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1967–1980	Hawke's Bay	116	(35)
International career
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1977	New Zealand	1	(0)
Coaching career
Years	Team
1984–1985	Hawke's Bay
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Robert Locksdale Stuart (9 January 1948 – 26 June 2025) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A lock, Stuart represented Hawke's Bay at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, on their 1977 tour of Italy and France. He played six matches for the All Blacks including one international, and captained the team in two matches against French selections.^[1]

Stuart played for Hawke's Bay until 1980, including a record 84 matches as captain. He coached the team from 1984 to 1985 and, in 2018, was inducted into the Central Hawke's Bay Sports Hall of Fame.^[2]

Stuart died on 26 June 2025, at the age of 77.^[2][3]

1. ^ Knight, Lindsay. "Robbie Stuart". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
2. ^ ^{a b} "Former All Black and Hawke's Bay rugby legend Robbie Stuart dies". Hawke's Bay Today. 30 June 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
3. ^ "Robert Stuart obituary". Hawke's Bay Today. 30 June 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.

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