Hamish Stewart

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Hamish Stewart (born 3 March 1998) is an Australian rugby union player who plays for the Perth-based Western Force as a centre. Stewart played six seasons for the Reds in the Super Rugby competition after a late-season debut in 2017.

Stewart was born in Toowoomba, in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. He grew up on a horse farm on the outskirts of Toowoomba where he was educated at Toowoomba Grammar School before moving to the Gold Coast to study at Bond University. On the Gold Coast, Stewart played for the Bond University Rugby Club and later joined the Queensland Reds senior team the following season. Having been named in the Queensland Reds squad against the Hurricanes in the sixth round of the 2017 Super Rugby season, Stewart made his debut the following round against the Brumbies in Canberra. Stewart came off the bench, replacing fly-half Jake McIntyre in the seventy-third minute. Stewart played a total of six seasons with the Reds, scoring forty-seven points (including six tries) in seventy-two matches.

He signed a two-year deal to play for the Western Force on 5 August 2022. His main positions are fly-half. On 8 May 2021, he celebrated the first title in a decade for the Queensland Reds when he played at inside centre in the 2021 Super Rugby AU Final at Lang Park. Stewart made seven tackles in the midfield and played solidly for the full eighty minutes in the 19–16 victory over the ACT Brumbies in front of 41,637 fans. He is highly regarded for his stout and fearless defence and work over the ball which is a throwback to starting out as a schoolboy flanker. A versatile contributor, he has a smart running and passing game. In 2022, he was recognised with selection for Australia A in games against Samoa, Tonga and Japan (two). He previously represented Australia in the national under 20s team. In 2017, he started at fly-half in the Queensland Country side that beat the Canberra Vikings 42–28 in Canberra to win the final of the 2017 National Rugby Championship.