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Kenny Logan

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Not to be confused with Kenny Loggins.
For the lawn bowler, see Kenny Logan (bowls). For the American football player, see Kenny Logan Jr..

Kenny Logan
Birth nameKenneth McKerrow Logan
Date of birth (1972-04-03) 3 April 1972 (age 52)
Place of birthStirling, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1989–1997 Stirling County ()
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1996–1997
1997–2004
2004–2005
2005		 Glasgow
London Wasps
Glasgow
London Scottish		 5
115
20		 (31)
(862)
(25)
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
Glasgow District ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1992–2003 Scotland 70 (220)

Kenneth McKerrow Logan (born 3 April 1972) is a retired Scottish rugby union player who played wing for Stirling County RFC and Glasgow District at amateur level; Glasgow Warriors, Wasps RFC professional level; and Scotland at international level. He won three English Premierships Heineken Cup with Wasps RFC; and one Scottish Premiership title with Stirling County RFC in 1995, just before the game turned professional.

Early life

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Logan was born on 3 April 1972 in Stirling, Scotland. As a schoolboy, Logan had football trials as a goalkeeper for Dundee United and Hearts. He left school at sixteen and began his rugby career with his hometown club Stirling County, making his senior debut at 17.[1][failed verification]

Club career

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Logan played for the amateur provincial side Glasgow District. In 1996 the professional era began and the side became Glasgow Rugby. He played for the newly professional team in the three matches of the 1996–97 Scottish Inter-District Championship as well as 2 matches in that season's European Challenge Cup, the European Conference.

As the Full Back named for Warriors first match as a professional team - against Newbridge in the European Challenge Cup - Logan has the distinction of being given Glasgow Warrior No. 15 for the provincial side.

In 1997, Logan joined Wasps for his first season in English rugby. Logan was with Wasps for seven seasons. Whilst at Wasps he helped them win the Anglo-Welsh Cup in 1999 and 2000; he was a replacement in the 1999 final but started and scored a try and a conversion in 2000.[2][3] He also helped Wasps win the 2002–03 Premiership Final.[4] In 2004, he re-signed for Glasgow before joining London Scottish after a season. He retired from playing in 2005.[5]

International career

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Logan played for Scotland A.[6] Logan made his Scotland debut in 1992 against Australia at the age of 20. He was in and out of the side before cementing a position in the starting XV at the 1994 Five Nations Championship. He played in the 2003 World Cup. He won 70 caps over a 11-year period, scoring 20 tries in the process. He retired from international rugby union after the 2003 World Cup.

Personal life

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Logan was diagnosed with dyslexia as a child and found solace in playing sports.[7] He attended Wallace High School but left without sitting for his final exams.[8]

Logan dated newsreader Kirsty Young and moved to London,[9] before the couple separated in 1999 after three years.[10] In July 2001, he married television presenter Gabby Yorath.[11][12] After undergoing IVF treatment, the couple welcomed twins, a son (Reuben), and a daughter, who were born on 28 July 2005.[13]

Logan and his wife took part in the fifth series of the BBC celebrity dancing programme Strictly Come Dancing. Kenny was partnered with Ola and Gabby was partnered with James Jordan. Logan ended in 5th place. Gabby finished in 12th place.

Logan and his wife are past presidents of the children's charity Sparks.[14][15] In 2009, Logan and Sparks joined forces to organise an annual mass-participation event entitled Logan's Challenge.

In August 2014, Logan was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian expressing their hope that Scotland would vote to remain part of the United Kingdom in September's referendum on that issue.[16]

Logan supports Rangers F.C.[17]

In 2022, Logan, at his wife's suggestion, had a Well Man health check that unexpectedly revealed he was in the very early stages of prostate cancer and the medical diagnosis recommendation was to remove his entire prostate to prevent the further spread of cancer. The operation was successful.[18][19][20][21]

Honours

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References

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  1. ^ "Stirling County - History". stirlingcounty-rfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
  2. ^ "Wasps win Cup at last". BBC. 16 May 1999. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Wasps deny Saints cup double". BBC. 13 May 2000. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Wasps romp to title". BBC. 31 May 2003. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Logan to end career against Scots". BBC Sport. 20 April 2005.
  6. ^ Leith, Bill (29 December 1992). "Rugby Union: Munro a power in Scots scrum". The Independent. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Learning to read at 34 is Kenny Logan's best win". The Daily Telegraph. 9 February 2008.
  8. ^ Maul, Rob (7 August 2009). "My best teacher - Kenny Logan". Times Educational Supplement. Archived from the original on 27 August 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  9. ^ Brown, Rob (16 February 1998). "Hot news: Kirsty's in Vogue". The Independent. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  10. ^ Vallely, Paul (1 July 2006). "Kirsty Young: Island queen". The Independent. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  11. ^ "Logan's love match". BBC News. 20 July 2001. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  12. ^ Conway, Juliet (12 October 2012). "My London". Evening Standard magazine. London. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  13. ^ Tweedie, Katrina (9 November 2005). "Our First Family Christmas: Kenny and Gabby Logan". Daily Record. Archived from the original on 9 June 2011.
  14. ^ "Gabby Logan". Speakerscorner.co.uk.
  15. ^ "Kenny Logan at the SPARKS Property Bang, held at the Royal Berkshire..." Getty Images.
  16. ^ "Celebrities' open letter to Scotland – full text and list of signatories". The Guardian. London. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  17. ^ Ferguson, John (3 May 2008). "Rangers' celebrity supporters out in force for UEFA Cup final". Daily Record. Glasgow. Retrieved 3 May 2008.
  18. ^ Gabby Logan (7 September 2022). "Kenny Logan | The Prostate Episode". The Midpoint (Podcast) – via Spotify.
  19. ^ "The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett: E191: Gabby Logan Opens Up About Her Heartbreaking Past on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  20. ^ Kyriacou, Adam (6 September 2022). "Kenny Logan: Scotland legend treated for prostate cancer".
  21. ^ "Gabby Logan shares husband's 'emotional' prostate cancer diagnosis story". The Independent. 7 September 2022.

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