Ricky Stuart sells in Sutherland Shire

NRL coach Ricky Stuart has sold his Sutherland Shire waterfront property which was listed with $3.5 million hopes.

It was bought in 2011 for $2.65 million from the former champion swimmer Ian Thorpe who paid $2.9 million in 2003 for the Port Hacking waterfront.

Stuart's 2011 purchase of 2 Wallendbeen Avenue marked his return to the sporty shire, having previously owned at Burraneer Bay.

Stuart had been on the receiving end of the weaker property market in Sydney's eastern suburbs, as he sold his former Vaucluse house for $2.3 million in 2011 having paid $2.75 in 2006 while coaching the Sydney Roosters.

He has been coaching the Canberra Raiders since 2014, renting the former home of Kevin Rudd.

Marketed promoting its sporting property pedigree, it is understood around $3 million was secured through Jon Brookes at Brookes Partners.