Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Wednesday, 2nd July, 1975
- Current Age
- 50 years and 271 days
- Place Of Birth
- Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- Test Series
- Baskerville Shield 2002
- NRL Premiership
- 1999
- Challenge Cup
- 2005
- World Club Challenge
- 2000
Biography
NZ-born, but raised in Tamworth, Swain moved to Newcastle where he attended University. After being selected for I’warra Under 21s in 1994, he asked Newcastle lower grade coach Peter Sharp for a trial when he couldn’t transfer his degree course to Wollongong. A member of the Knights’ reserve grade team that won the 1995 premiership, Swain made his first grade debut with Super League club Hunter Mariners in 1997, playing hooker, lock and centre. Swain claimed the first grade hooker role at Melbourne and in 1999, played his part in the Storms’ miraculous grand final win against St George I’warra. Despite Melbourne’s troubled 2000-01 seasons, Swain marked himself as tough competitor (playing in 100 consecutive games with the club) and a relentless defender (much was made of his becoming the first player to make 1000 tackles in the 2001 season). After playing in 20 Tests for the Kiwis between 1999 and 2002, he was cut from Melbourne at the end of the season and joined the Broncos. The following year he left Brisbane for English club Hull.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Playing Career Statistics
All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.
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| Representative Career - International | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests (Senior International Matches) | - | 20 | 4 | 15 | - | 46 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 55.00% | List | ||||
| Anzac Tests | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Tri-Nations | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| World Cup | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | 0 | 83.33% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | New Zealand | - | 6 | 1 | 10 | - | 24 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 66.67% | List | |||
| Test Series | 1 | 3 | - | 4 | - | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Super League/NRL Premiership | 1 | 166 | 17 | 18 | - | 104 | 86 | 76 | 4 | 51.81% | List | ||||
| Super League/NRL Finals | - | 8 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - UK | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Super League | - | 89 | 5 | - | - | 20 | 54 | 31 | 4 | 60.67% | List | ||||
| Challenge Cup | 1 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.00% | List | ||||
| Super League Finals | - | 6 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| UK Top Division | - | 89 | 5 | - | - | 20 | 54 | 31 | 4 | 60.67% | List | ||||
| Other | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| World Club Challenge | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 281 | 26 | 33 | - | 170 | 172 | 126 | 11 | 61.21% | List | |||||
Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| New Zealand | 1999-03 | 20 | 4 | 15 | - | 46 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 55.00% | List | ||||
World Cup Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| New Zealand | 1999-2000 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | 0 | 83.33% | List | ||||
Super League/NRL Premiership - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Hunter | Super League 1997 | 13 | - | 4 | / | 11 | 36.36% | - | 8 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 30.77% | List | |
| Melbourne | NRL 1998 | 27 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Melbourne | NRL 1999 | 28 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 67.86% | List | ||||
| Melbourne | NRL 2000 | 27 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 51.85% | List | ||||
| Melbourne | NRL 2001 | 26 | 5 | - | - | 20 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 42.31% | List | ||||
| Melbourne | NRL 2002 | 24 | 5 | 12 | / | 16 | 75.00% | - | 44 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 37.50% | List | |
| Brisbane | NRL 2003 | 21 | - | 2 | / | 3 | 66.67% | - | 4 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 52.38% | List | |
Super League/NRL Premiership - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Hunter | 1997 | 13 | - | 4 | / | 11 | 36.36% | - | 8 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 30.77% | List | |
| Melbourne | 1998-02 | 132 | 17 | 12 | / | 16 | 75.00% | - | 92 | 71 | 57 | 4 | 53.79% | List | |
| Brisbane | 2003 | 21 | - | 2 | / | 3 | 66.67% | - | 4 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 52.38% | List | |
| Overall | 1997-2003 | 166 | 17 | 18 | / | 30 | 60.00% | 0 | 104 | 86 | 76 | 4 | 51.81% | List | |
English Career - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Hull FC | 2004 | 32 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 71.88% | List | ||||
| Hull FC | 2005 | 19 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 78.95% | List | ||||
| Hull FC | 2006 | 27 | - | - | - | - | 20 | 10 | 0 | 74.07% | List | ||||
| Hull FC | 2007 | 16 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 37.50% | List | ||||
English Career - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Hull FC | 2004-07 | 94 | 5 | - | - | 20 | 58 | 32 | 4 | 61.70% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, AJ Lucantonio, Paul Carter, Alan Katzmann, Tony McCarron, Max Turner, Cymru RL, Bill Bates
Sources:
David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present), Richard Bailey's Rugby League World
Your Say
25/09/2015
A favourite storm player. Hope life is treating yoy well SwainYThink of you often. Go Storm tomorrow. Nigel and Llinda
29/04/2018
Remembering growing up and really enjoy watching this player. It was Buderus v Swain constantly for who was the best hooker of the time.
26/10/2018
We live in eleebana now thats my proof and my dad has his ring and stuff up stairs still with his trophys
20/05/2020
Was he born in Australia or NZ???
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