Stuart Lane

Stuart Lane

Birth name	Stuart Morris Lane
Date of birth	(1952-11-12) 12 November 1952
Place of birth	Tredegar, Wales
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	92 kg (14 st 7 lb)
School	Tredegar Grammar School
University	Cardiff College of Education
Occupation(s)	teacher
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) Cardiff RFC Newport RFC Newbridge RFC () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1978-1980 1980 Wales British and Irish Lions 5 0 (0) (0)

Stuart Lane (born 12 November 1952) is a former Wales international rugby union player. In 1980 he toured South Africa with the British and Irish Lions and at the time played club rugby for Cardiff RFC.

British and Irish Lions

Lane holds the unfortunate record of the shortest career of any Lions tourist, having been injured in the first minute of the opening game of the 1980 tour. This injury was a blow to the tourists as it was felt that the pace Lane could have provided in the breakaway positions would have been a strong asset for the Lions. He still lives in Tredegar and is part owner of Rhyd Hall.

Beyond Rugby

When his rugby playing career ended, Stuart pursued his other great interest - fast cars. After many enjoyable years of owning a Caterham 7 Supersport, he built from scratch a Healey Sprite or “frogeye” as they’re known, with a brand new shell and many new parts. However, this was never going to be quick enough for Stuart and the cars power was provided by a modern 1800 K series engine producing 3 times the horsepower of the Sprite’s original A series.

The Stuart Morris Lane Trophy presentation

Stuart’s reputation for driving fast resulted in the creation of the “Stuart Morris Lane Trophy”, an item highly prized amongst his fellow Midget and Sprite owning friends.