Stewart Mills is an Australian former

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footballer who played as a and for the

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are an Australian professional rugby league club based in the Sutherland Shire of Southern Sydney, Southern Sydney, New South Wales. Cronulla compete in the National Rugby League (NRL), Australasia's premier rugb ...

in the

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. He was contracted to the

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as part of their

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squad, but did not feature in the first team.

Playing career

Mills made his NRL debut in round 10 of the

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against the

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, scoring a try in a Cronulla victory. League great Phil Gould described Mills' first game as "one of the toughest and most competent first-grade debuts" he had seen. Mills' career was hindered by injuries over the past two years before his debut. On 22 September 2013, Mills was named at in the 2013

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Team of the Year. On 15 October 2013, Mills signed a one-year contract with the

.Brisbane Broncos sign Daniel Vidot, Stewart Mills and Todd Lowrie
''The Daily Telegraph'', 15 October 2013 In the middle of his contract, Mills quit the Brisbane club to return home and work as an landscaper. In 2015, Mills joined the

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in the

. In late 2016, he revealed on Instagram that he was retiring due to a chronic knee injury, he is now Captain Coach for the Nyngan Tigers 2017.

References

External links

Cronulla Sharks profile
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