| Intro | South African rugby union footballer | ||
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Athlete Rugby union player |
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| From | South Africa | ||
| Type | Sports | ||
| Gender | male | ||
| Birth | 17 October 1966, Toronto, Canada | ||
| Age: | 53 years | ||
| Star sign | Libra | ||
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Jan Christian Stewart (born October 17, 1965) is a former rugby union centre, who played internationally for Canada and the South Africa Springboks. Stewart earned 17 caps, 14 with Canada and three with South Africa.
Career
Christian Stewart played for Villagers, Western Province League and the Stormers in South Africa, Rovigo in Italy, rugby league for the Sydney Bulldogs in Australia and having dual nationality represented Canada in two rugby world cups in 1991 and 1995 when he was not eligible for selection for the Springboks of South Africa.
In 1998 when Christian was finally available to represent the Springboks of South Africa he was selected and played 3 test matches. Unfortunately, in his 3rd and final test (the now famous test where South Africa needed to beat England at Twickenham to break the New Zealand All Blacks world record of 17 consecutive wins), he suffered a serious neck injury which ended his rugby playing career at the age of 33. After the 1995 Rugby World Cup, Christian Stewart was named in the all time Dream Team chosen by the rugby press.