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| Birth name | Kenneth McKerrow Logan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1971-04-03)3 April 1971 (age 53) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Stirling, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kenneth McKerrow Logan (born 3 April 1971) is a Scottish retiredrugby union player who playedwing forStirling County RFC andGlasgow District at amateur level;Glasgow Warriors,Wasps RFC professional level; andScotland at international level. He won threeEnglish Premierships Heineken Cup withWasps RFC; and one Scottish Premiership title withStirling County RFC in 1995, just before the game turned professional.
Logan was born on 3 April 1971 inStirling, Scotland. As a schoolboy, Logan hadfootball trials as agoalkeeper forDundee United andHearts. He left school at sixteen and began his rugby career with his hometown clubStirling County, making his senior debut at 17.[1][failed verification]
Logan played for the amateur provincial sideGlasgow District. In1996 the professional era began and the side becameGlasgow Rugby. He played for the newly professional team in the three matches of the1996–97 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 - againstNewbridge in theEuropean Challenge Cup - Logan has the distinction of being givenGlasgow Warrior No. 15 for the provincial side.
In 1997, Logan joinedWasps for his first season in English rugby. Logan was with Wasps for seven seasons. Whilst at Wasps he helped them win theAnglo-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 the2002–03 Premiership Final.[4] In 2004, he re-signed forGlasgow before joiningLondon Scottish after a season. He retired from playing in 2005.[5]
Logan played for Scotland A.[6] Logan made hisScotland debut in 1992 againstAustralia at the age of 20. He was in and out of the side before cementing a position in the starting XV at the1994 Five Nations Championship. He played in the2003 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.
Logan was diagnosed withdyslexia as a child and found solace in playing sports.[7] He attendedWallace High School but left without sitting for his final exams.[8]
Logan dated newsreaderKirsty Young and moved to London,[9] before the couple separated in 1999 after three years.[10] In July 2001, he married television presenterGabby Yorath.[11][12] After undergoingIVF 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 theBBC celebrity dancing programmeStrictly Come Dancing. Kenny was partnered withOla and Gabby was partnered withJames 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 toThe Guardian expressing their hope that Scotland would vote to remain part of the United Kingdom in September'sreferendum on that issue.[16]
Logan supportsRangers F.C.[17]
In 2022, Logan, at his wife's suggestion, had aWell Man health check that unexpectedly revealed he was in the very early stages ofprostate 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]
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