Josh Stuart (born 20 December 1972) is an Australian former professional

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

footballer who played for the North Sydney Bears and

Northern Eagles The Northern Eagles were a rugby league team, that competed in the National Rugby League (NRL) between 2000 and 2002. The club was formed during the rationalisation process of the NRL by the merger of the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles and the Nort ...

in the National Rugby League.

Early life

Stuart grew up in Sydney, attending

St Paul's College, Manly St. Paul's Catholic College (formerly named Christian Brothers College, Manly) is a diocesan Catholic school, Catholic Secondary school, secondary day school for boys, located in , on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The ...

, during which time he was chosen to represent the Australian Schoolboys team in both 1990 and 1991.

Playing career

A prop, he started his first-grade career at North Sydney in 1993, going on to make 111 appearances, including six finals. Following round 10 of the

1998 NRL season 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

, Stuart was suspended for 12 matches due to two high tackles. Stuart played in North Sydney's final ever match as a first grade side which Norths won against North Queensland by a score of 28–18 in Townsville. When North Sydney merged with Manly to form the Northern Eagles, he spent two seasons with the new club, playing 22 first-grade games before retiring after the 2001 season. At representative level, Stuart played for NSW City in the 1997 City vs Country Origin match. He is the brother-in-law of former players

Ivan Cleary Ivan Cleary (born 1 March 1971) is an Australian professional rugby league coach who is the head coach of the Penrith Panthers in the NRL and a former professional rugby league footballer who played as a and in the 1990s and 2000s. He is a ...

and Jason Death, who are married to his sisters Rebecca and Yvette respectively.

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Josh Stuart
at Rugby League project {{DEFAULTSORT:Stuart, Josh 1972 births Living people Australian rugby league players Rugby league players from Sydney Rugby league props North Sydney Bears players Northern Eagles players New South Wales City Origin rugby league team players