Apoua Samuel Stewart (born 2 December 1979) is a Samoan former

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international. A native of

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, Stewart was a Marist St Pats product who played mainly as a fullback and winger. He made his provincial debut for Wellington in 2001, then played with Bay of Plenty from 2003 to 2005. Stewart was capped twice by

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in 2005, debuting as the team's fullback in the one-off Test against Australia at Stadium Australia in Sydney. His other appearance came in Nuku'alofa against Tonga. In 2006, Stewart joined English club

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and had his time at the club cut short when he tested positive for ephedrine, receiving a two-year ban by the

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, later reduced to 18-months. He has claimed that the positive test was the result of a training supplement he had taken. Stewart made a return to provincial rugby in 2009, playing again for Wellington.

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