Ricky Stuart

Ricky Stuart
AM

Personal information
Full name	Ricky John Stuart
Born	(1967-01-07) 7 January 1967 (age 57) Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	83 kg (13 st 1 lb)
Playing information
Position	Halfback
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1988–98 Canberra Raiders 203 39 7 25 195 1999–00 Canterbury Bulldogs 40 2 0 2 10 Total 243 41 7 27 205 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1990 NSW City 1 2 0 0 8 1990–94 New South Wales 14 3 0 0 12 1991 NSW Country 1 0 0 0 0 1990–94 Australia 9 1 0 1 5
Coaching information
Club Years Team Gms W D L W% 2002–06 Sydney Roosters 130 78 1 51 60 2007–10 Cronulla Sharks 91 38 0 53 42 2013 Parramatta Eels 24 5 0 19 21 2014– Canberra Raiders 271 139 1 131 51 Total 516 260 2 254 50 Representative Years Team Gms W D L W% 2004 NSW Country 1 1 0 0 100 2005 New South Wales 3 2 0 1 67 2006–08 Australia 11 10 0 1 91 2011–12 New South Wales 6 2 0 4 33
Source: [1][2] As of 20 April 2024

Ricky John Stuart AM (born 7 January 1967) is an Australian professional rugby league football coach who is the head coach of the Canberra Raiders in the National Rugby League (NRL) and a former rugby league footballer who played as a halfback in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s.^[4]

He was also the head coach of the New South Wales State of Origin team, having replaced Craig Bellamy following a fifth consecutive failure in the 2010 series. Stuart had previously been coach of the Australian national side, and has coached NRL clubs, the Sydney Roosters (taking them to three consecutive grand finals from 2002 to 2004), Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and the Parramatta Eels.

A former international representative rugby league and rugby union player – a dual-code international – Stuart also played State of Origin for New South Wales in the first Gould era. At club level, Stuart was the half-back of the "Green Machine", the Canberra Raiders team that won three premierships in 1989, 1990 and 1994 and were runners-up in 1991 who were coached by Tim Sheens. As a player Stuart was noted for his ability to throw long, spiralling passes to both the left and right sides of the field.^[5]