Stuart Evans | |||||||
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OVERALL STATISTICS | |||||||
BIRTH | AGE | SIGNED ON | FROM | ||||
DEBUT | LAST MATCH | LEFT | |||||
CAREER | APPEARANCES (SUBS) | ||||||
TRIES | GOALS | DGOALS | PTS | ||||
Biography of Stuart Evans |
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HERITAGE NO : 999 The Big Truck from Neath played for the Saints from September 1987 to April 1991. He was a big money signing who had played for Wales at international level in rugby union. A rugged type of player Stuart could make neat offloads as he was being tackled. He managed to score seven tries for the club before returning to South Wales. Dave Dooley Stuart Evans by Adrian Lawrenson Stuart was at the pinnacle of his career as a Neath and Walesa rugby union star when he signed for St Helens in September 1987, making his debut against Leigh on 13 September. Saints had previous in bringing young Welsh internationals into rugby league early in their career, such as Warlow, Mantle and Wanbon. However, as a result of the fixture formula of the day, the players were able to bed in gradually and were given the less exacting games to cut their teeth in. But the games of rugby union and six tackle rugby league had drifted further apart than in the sixties era. Saints had just been beaten at Wembley and Stuart was thrown into the deep end. A mature rugby union international with a big name. Stuart was very good at the things he was brought up to do, like scrummaging and there is no question he was a formidable opponent but by nature of the differences in the codes he was not as mobile as, say, Dave Chisnall. Stuart made 80 appearances for the Saints, signing off with an appearance on 7 April 1991 away to Wakefield Trinity. The most fondly remembered Stuart Evans performance was the preliminary Challenge Cup tie at home to Castleford on 14 January 1990, when Castleford had a formidable pack, or so they thought they had! The Saints pack lined up as follows: Evans, Groves, Bateman, Forber, Haggerty and Cooper. Led by Stuart Evans, they blew away their opposing ‘six’ for a resounding 39-12 victory. Early in the game, one of Castleford’s top forwards decided to give Stuart his best shot. He took it like an armoured car would take a snowball and it did not deter him in the slightest! |
SEASON STATISTICS | ||||
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Season (Official Matches) | Tries | Goals | DGoals | Matches |
1987~88 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
1988~89 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
1989~90 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
1990~91 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
TOTALS: | 7 | 0 | 0 | 80 |
Season (Other Matches) | Tries | Goals | DGoals | Matches |
1988~89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
1990~91 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
TOTALS: | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
ALL MATCHES |
Date | Match | Pos | Opponents | Comp | Venue | FT | FTO | T | G | DG | ||
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13th Sep 1987 | 1 | L |
8 | Leigh | LC1 | A | 21 | 27 | VIEW | |||
20th Sep 1987 | 2 | L |
10 | Warrington | L | A | 20 | 24 | VIEW | |||
27th Sep 1987 | 3 | W |
10 | Bradford Northern | L | H | 38 | 10 | VIEW | |||
4th Oct 1987 | 4 | L |
10 | Halifax | L | A | 12 | 14 | VIEW | |||
18th Oct 1987 | 5 | W |
10 | Leigh | L | H | 23 | 14 | VIEW | |||
25th Oct 1987 | 6 | W |
10 | Salford | L | A | 18 | 8 | VIEW | |||
1st Nov 1987 | 7 | W |
10 | Auckland | Tour | H | 52 | 26 | 1 | VIEW | ||
8th Nov 1987 | 8 | L |
10 | Leeds | L | A | 21 | 24 | VIEW | |||
29th Nov 1987 | 9 | W |
10 | Hull | JP3 | H | 20 | 16 | VIEW | |||
6th Dec 1987 | 10 | L |
10 | Hull Kingston Rovers | L | A | 16 | 25 | VIEW | |||
19th Dec 1987 | 11 | W |
10 | Oldham | JPSF | N | 18 | 8 | VIEW | |||
27th Dec 1987 | 12 | W |
15 | Wigan | L | A | 32 | 22 | VIEW | |||
3rd Jan 1988 | 13 | W |
15 | Widnes | L | H | 25 | 0 | VIEW | |||
9th Jan 1988 | 14 | W |
15 | Leeds | JPF | N | 15 | 14 | VIEW | |||
17th Jan 1988 | 15 | W |
15 | Bradford Northern | L | A | 13 | 12 | VIEW | |||
31st Jan 1988 | 16 | W |
10 | Leigh | CC1 | A | 22 | 12 | VIEW | |||
7th Feb 1988 | 17 | W |
10 | Halifax | L | H | 16 | 4 | VIEW | |||
13th Feb 1988 | 18 | W |
10 | Warrington | CC2 | A | 24 | 20 | VIEW | |||
17th Feb 1988 | 19 | W |
10 | Hull | L | H | 64 | 2 | VIEW | |||
21st Feb 1988 | 20 | W |
10 | Leigh | L | A | 50 | 12 | VIEW | |||
28th Feb 1988 | 21 | L |
10 | Salford | CC3 | A | 18 | 22 | VIEW | |||
1st Mar 1988 | --NPS | W |
15 | Hunslet | L | H | 70 | 6 | VIEW | |||
6th Mar 1988 | 22 | W |
10 | Hunslet | L | A | 14 | 10 | VIEW | |||
13th Mar 1988 | 23 | W |
10 | Castleford | L | H | 14 | 6 | VIEW | |||
16th Mar 1988 | 24 | W |
10 | Salford | L | H | 24 | 10 | VIEW | |||
20th Mar 1988 | --NPS | W |
15 | Swinton | L | A | 34 | 18 | VIEW | |||
4th Apr 1988 | 25 | L |
10 | Widnes | L | A | 6 | 16 | VIEW | |||
10th Apr 1988 | 26 | L |
10 | Leeds | L | H | 23 | 28 | VIEW | |||
13th Apr 1988 | 27 | W |
10 | Hull | L | A | 20 | 8 | VIEW | |||
17th Apr 1988 | 28 | W |
10 | Swinton | L | H | 52 | 4 | VIEW | |||
24th Apr 1988 | 29 | W |
10 | Castleford | PT1 | H | 40 | 8 | VIEW | |||
8th May 1988 | 30 | W |
10 | Bradford Northern | PTSF | H | 24 | 10 | VIEW | |||
15th May 1988 | 31 | L |
10 | Widnes | PTF | N | 14 | 38 | VIEW | |||
14th Aug 1988 | -- | W |
10 | Widnes* | Fr Charity | H | 28 | 16 | VIEW | |||
28th Aug 1988 | 32 | W |
10 | Bradford Northern | L | H | 23 | 16 | VIEW | |||
18th Sep 1988 | 33 | L |
10 | Widnes | LC1 | A | 24 | 32 | 1 | VIEW | ||
25th Sep 1988 | 34 | L |
10 | Leeds | L | A | 0 | 32 | VIEW | |||
2nd Oct 1988 | 35 | W |
10 | Wakefield Trinity | L | H | 30 | 14 | VIEW | |||
9th Oct 1988 | 36 | W |
15 | Hull Kingston Rovers | L | A | 30 | 22 | VIEW | |||
16th Oct 1988 | 37 | L |
8 | Hull | L | H | 9 | 20 | VIEW | |||
23rd Oct 1988 | 38 | W |
10 | Oldham | L | A | 26 | 22 | VIEW | |||
6th Nov 1988 | 39 | W |
10 | Salford | L | H | 30 | 14 | VIEW | |||
13th Nov 1988 | 40 | W |
10 | York | JP1 | A | 14 | 6 | VIEW | |||
20th Nov 1988 | 41 | L |
10 | Castleford | L | A | 12 | 46 | VIEW | |||
18th Dec 1988 | 42 | W |
10 | Halifax | L | H | 50 | 16 | VIEW | |||
26th Dec 1988 | 43 | L |
10 | Wigan | L | H | 11 | 18 | VIEW | |||
1st Jan 1989 | 44 | L |
10 | Widnes | L | A | 22 | 29 | VIEW | |||
8th Jan 1989 | 45 | W |
10 | Leeds | L | H | 15 | 6 | VIEW | |||
15th Jan 1989 | 46 | L |
10 | Featherstone Rovers | L | A | 12 | 13 | 1 | VIEW | ||
29th Jan 1989 | 47 | W |
10 | Swinton | CC1 | A | 16 | 5 | VIEW | |||
12th Feb 1989 | 48 | W |
10 | Barrow | CC2 | H | 28 | 6 | VIEW | |||
26th Feb 1989 | 49 | W |
10 | Featherstone Rovers | CC3 | H | 32 | 3 | VIEW | |||
1st Mar 1989 | 50 | W |
8 | Oldham | L | H | 58 | 12 | VIEW | |||
23rd Apr 1989 | 51 | W |
8 | Wigan | PT1 | A | 4 | 2 | VIEW | |||
29th Apr 1989 | 52 | L |
15 | Wigan | CCF | N | 0 | 27 | VIEW | |||
27th Sep 1989 | 53 | L |
8 | Oldham | LC2 | H | 6 | 36 | VIEW | |||
1st Oct 1989 | 54 | W |
8 | New Zealand | Tour | H | 27 | 26 | 1 | VIEW | ||
1st Jan 1990 | 55 | L |
8 | Widnes | L | H | 8 | 18 | VIEW | |||
7th Jan 1990 | 56 | L |
8 | Leigh | L | A | 18 | 30 | VIEW | |||
14th Jan 1990 | 57 | W |
8 | Castleford | CCP | H | 39 | 12 | 1 | VIEW | ||
17th Jan 1990 | 58 | W |
8 | Hull | L | H | 19 | 12 | VIEW | |||
21st Jan 1990 | 59 | W |
8 | Salford | L | A | 25 | 10 | VIEW | |||
28th Jan 1990 | 60 | W |
8 | Bramley | CC1 | A | 22 | 14 | VIEW | |||
31st Jan 1990 | 61 | W |
8 | Bradford Northern | L | H | 32 | 10 | VIEW | |||
8th Apr 1990 | 62 | W |
8 | Sheffield Eagles | L | H | 42 | 26 | VIEW | |||
13th Apr 1990 | 63 | W |
8 | Wigan | L | H | 35 | 10 | VIEW | |||
12th Aug 1990 | -- | W |
10 | Widnes* | Fr Charity | H | 40 | 12 | VIEW | |||
26th Aug 1990 | 64 | W |
8 | Trafford Borough | LC1 | H | 56 | 24 | 1 | VIEW | ||
21st Nov 1990 | 65 | L |
8 | Bradford Northern | L | A | 16 | 18 | VIEW | |||
2nd Dec 1990 | 66 | W |
8 | Swinton | RT1 | A | 31 | 7 | VIEW | |||
11th Dec 1990 | 67 | W |
8 | Featherstone Rovers | RT2 | A | 33 | 16 | 1 | VIEW | ||
16th Dec 1990 | 68 | L |
8 | Warrington | RT3 | A | 12 | 18 | VIEW | |||
23rd Dec 1990 | 69 | L |
8 | Sheffield Eagles | L | A | 8 | 18 | VIEW | |||
26th Dec 1990 | 70 | L |
8 | Wigan | L | H | 15 | 28 | VIEW | |||
13th Jan 1991 | 71 | W |
8 | Featherstone Rovers | L | A | 36 | 28 | VIEW | |||
20th Jan 1991 | 72 | W |
8 | Leeds | L | H | 22 | 16 | VIEW | |||
27th Jan 1991 | 73 | D |
8 | Hull Kingston Rovers | L | A | 26 | 26 | VIEW | |||
3rd Feb 1991 | 74 | W |
8 | Oldham | L | A | 20 | 16 | VIEW | |||
10th Feb 1991 | 75 | W |
8 | Swinton | CC1 | A | 18 | 8 | VIEW | |||
18th Feb 1991 | 76 | W |
8 | Hull | L | H | 12 | 10 | VIEW | |||
23rd Feb 1991 | 77 | W |
8 | Wakefield Trinity | CC2 | H | 16 | 2 | VIEW | |||
1st Apr 1991 | 78 | L |
10 | Widnes | L | H | 12 | 20 | VIEW | |||
4th Apr 1991 | 79 | L |
8 | Wigan | L | A | 14 | 28 | VIEW | |||
7th Apr 1991 | 80 | W |
8 | Wakefield Trinity | L | A | 22 | 8 | VIEW |
*Unofficial Match. **Non Playing Sub. |
WINS : 57 | LOSSES : 26 | DRAWS : 1 |
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