Wayne Stewart (rugby league)

Wayne Stewart
Personal information
Born (1951-06-02) 2 June 1951 (age 73)
Playing information
PositionWing / Fullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1969–77 Wests (Brisbane)
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1970–75 Queensland 11 3 37 0 83
1972 Australia 1 0 5 0 10

Wayne Stewart (born 2 June 1951) is an Australian former rugby league player.

An ex-Marist College Ashgrove pupil, Stewart was a winger and occasional fullback, often utilised as a goal-kicker during his first-grade career with Wests, where he won back to back premierships in 1975 and 1976.[1]

Stewart was a Queensland interstate representative player in the early 1970s and made one Test match appearance for Australia, kicking five goals in a win over New Zealand at Lang Park in 1972.[2]

Retiring as Wests top all-time points-scorer, Stewart was named on the wing in the club's Team of Century in 2015.[3]

  1. ^ "Goal kicking Panthers great shares highlights, Ipswich links". The Courier-Mail. 25 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Australia vs New Zealand 1972 Series - Game 2 - Australia 31 def. New Zealand 7". Rugby League Project.
  3. ^ "Stewart discovery inspires search for 'hidden' Panthers". Queensland Rugby League. 8 February 2022.