Vance Edmund Stewart (born 28 October 1948) is a former New Zealand

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player and coach. A

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, Stewart represented

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at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the

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, in 1976 and 1979. He played 12 matches for the All Blacks but did not appear in any official tests. He went on to coach Canterbury from 1993 to 1996, and was the inaugural coach in 1996. Stewart was born in

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on 28 October 1948, the son of Vance and Uta Stewart, and was educated at St Bede's College.

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