Logan Swann
Swann whilst playing for the Warriors in 2008
Personal information
Full nameLogan Douglas Swann[1]
Born (1975-02-10) 10 February 1975 (age 48)
Auckland, New Zealand
Playing information
Height193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight104 kg (16 st 5 lb; 229 lb)
PositionSecond-row, Lock
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1997–03 New Zealand Warriors 146 34 1 0 138
2004 Bradford Bulls 26 6 0 0 24
2005–06 Warrington Wolves 52 20 0 0 80
2007–08 New Zealand Warriors 49 2 0 0 8
Total 273 62 1 0 250
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1996–04 New Zealand 29 5 0 0 20
2008 All Golds 1 0 1 0 2
Source: [2]

Logan Swann (born 10 February 1975) is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand.[2] Swann is related to several other international rugby league players, notably cousins Willie Swann and Anthony Swann.

Early years

Swann was born in Auckland, New Zealand, on 10 February 1975. He was educated at Sacred Heart College, Auckland. He started his junior career in New Zealand with the Mt Wellington club, then moved to the Ōtāhuhu club, completing his amateur league years with the Ellerslie Eagles.[citation needed]

Playing career

National Rugby League

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 national rugby league team squad. Swann was picked for the New Zealand national rugby league team in 1996 straight from the Reserve Grade of the Auckland Warriors. His test début was against the Great Britain team. Swann went on to play for New Zealand twenty nine times over nine years from 1996–2004. Swann made his first grade début in 1997. In 1998 he represented Samoa in the Super League 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 as a 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.

In May 2003, Swann and two associates assaulted a man on Queen Street, Auckland. The victim was left with a swollen eye and facial grazes.[3] In December 2004, Swann appeared before Judge Avinash Deobhakta for sentencing after earlier pleading guilty to common assault. Saying that he was "very, very reluctantly" granting him a discharge without conviction, Judge Deobhakta ordered Swann to pay the victim $500. "People have the wrong impression that guys like you with celebrity status can get away with bad behaviour under the influence of high intoxicants, just because you are sporting celebrities," he said, before noting that it was "glowing testimonies", a desire not to ruin Swann's career and no previous convictions that had tipped the balance in Swann's favour.[4]

Super League

In 2004 Swann moved to England, joining the Bradford Bulls.[5][6] Having won Super League VIII, Bradford played against 2003 NRL Premiers, the Penrith Panthers in the 2004 World Club Challenge. Swann played as a loose forward and scored a try in the Bulls' 22–4 victory. He played for Bradford at second-row in their 2004 Super League Grand Final loss against the Leeds Rhinos. In 2005 he joined the Warrington Wolves where he spent two seasons.

Return to the NRL

Swann returned home to play for the New Zealand Warriors in the 2007 and 2008 seasons.[7] This means that Swann has been involved in five of the seven playoff campaigns for the New Zealand Warriors up to end of the 2008 year; 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007 and 2008. On 8 April 2007 Swann became the third player to play 150 first grade games for the Warriors.[8] In 2008 he played for the All Golds in their match against the New Zealand Māori that served as a buildup game to the 2008 World Cup.[9]

Post playing

After retiring at the end of 2008 Swann became a real estate salesperson.[10] He currently works for Ray White New Zealand in the suburb of Remuera.[11]

In November 2020 he was named one of the best dressed men on David Hartnell MNZM's Best Dressed List.[12]

References

  1. ^ "SWANN, LOGAN DOUGLAS 1996 - 2004 - KIWI #669". nzleague.co.nz g. 2 April 2012. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Warrior guilty of assault". New Zealand Herald. 26 November 2004. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Judge Avinash Ganesh Deobhakta, 1936 - 2015". New Zealand Law Society. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Logan Swann at encyclopedia.com". Liverpool Daily Post. 22 October 2003. Retrieved 1 January 2004.
  6. ^ "Bradford lure Swann and set sights on Kohe-Love". independent.co.uk. 22 October 2003. Retrieved 1 January 2004.
  7. ^ Brown, Michael (8 October 2006). "League: Logan returns for Warriors Swann-song". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
  8. ^ "Swann Eyes 150th Appearances for Warriors". rleague.com. 3 April 2007. Retrieved 1 January 2008.[dead link]
  9. ^ John Lazo-Ron Swann grateful to have played alongside legend Ruben Wiki Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine Howick and Pakuranga Times, 9 October 2008
  10. ^ "Logan's run at an end". Sunday News. 11 October 2008. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
  11. ^ "Realestate Profile for Logan Swann". msn.realestate.co.nz. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 22 August 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  12. ^ "The best dressed Kiwis list is out, who makes the cut?". Stuff.co.nz. 22 November 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
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