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Full name | Logan Douglas Swann | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Auckland, New Zealand |
February 10, 1975 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing information
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Height | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 104 kg (16 st 5 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Second-row, Lock | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: RLP
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Logan Swann (born 10 February 1975 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a former professional rugby league footballer who represented his country. Swann is related to several other rugby league players, notably cousins Willie and Anthony.
Swann started his junior career in New Zealand with the Mt Wellington club then moved to the Otahuhu club, completing his amateur league years with the Ellerslie Eagles.
Swann joined the Auckland Warriors Colts side in 1995 and later went on to play in the Reserves team in 1996. At the end of the 1996 season Swann had impressed the Reserve grade coach Frank Endacott so much that he was picked for the New Zealand Kiwis squad. Swann was picked for the New Zealand Kiwis in 1996 straight from the Reserve Grade of the Auckland Warriors. His test debut was against the Great Britain team. Swann went on to play for his country twenty nine times over nine years from 1996–2004. Swann made his first grade debut in 1997. In 1998 he represented Samoa in the World Nines and played in the final. Swann was selected for the New Zealand team to compete in the end of season 1999 Rugby League Tri-Nations tournament. In the final against Australia he played at loose forward in the Kiwis' 22-20 loss.
Swann played for New Zealand in the 2000 Rugby League World Cup. He stayed with the Warriors for seven seasons, winning the Minor Premiership in 2002. He played from the interchange bench in the 2002 NRL grand final which the Warriors lost to the Sydney Roosters.