Player

Stuart Lane - Back row

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Stuart Lane
Height183
Weight92
Date Of Birth12/11/1952
Place Of BirthTredegar
EducationTredegar Grammar School, Cardiff and Vale College
ClubsCardiff, Newport, Newbridge
HonoursWales, British and Irish Lions, Wales B, Wales Schools
Stuart Lane followed his brother Roger to the Arms Park and played two games for Cardiff Athletic in 1971 before making his full club debut in the 1973 – 74 season. A splendid 7s player he played 158 games for Cardiff and won five Welsh caps. In 1980 Stuart was selected for the Lions Tour to South Africa and holds the sad record for the shortest career of any Lions tourist. With barely a minute played of the first game of the tour he suffered an injury that ended his participation in the tour. After ten years at the Arms Park he joined Newport but transferred to Newbridge after making just two appearances for the Rodney Parade club.
SEASON P W D L TRY CON PEN DG PTS
1973-1974 9 8 0 1 3 0 0 0 12
1974-1975 29 21 1 7 8 0 0 0 32
1975-1976 24 17 1 6 12 0 0 0 48
1976-1977 17 13 0 4 6 0 0 0 24
1977-1978 29 24 0 5 4 0 0 0 16
1978-1979 23 18 0 5 4 0 0 0 16
1979-1980 17 12 0 5 4 0 0 0 16
1980-1981 7 5 1 1 3 0 0 0 12
1981-1982 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 158 120 3 35 44 0 0 0 176
TEAM P W D L PF PA PTS
Newport 24 21 0 3 845 446 104
Llandovery 22 20 0 2 717 355 95
Ebbw Vale 23 17 0 6 708 433 85
Cardiff 24 15 1 8 731 536 78
Pontypridd 24 12 1 11 544 572 63
Pontypool 21 13 0 8 549 485 61
Merthyr 21 11 0 10 535 569 56
Aberavon 23 8 0 15 507 652 47
Bridgend Ravens 22 8 0 14 463 667 42
Swansea 21 6 0 15 427 589 36
Carmarthen Quins 22 5 0 17 469 666 33
RGC 1404 21 5 0 16 424 579 30
Neath 22 3 0 19 379 749 20