Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Wednesday, 2nd July, 1975
- Current Age
- 48 years and 262 days
- Place Of Birth
- Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia
Biography
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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Competitions | ||||||||||||||
Competition | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
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NRL | 166 | 17 | 18 | - | 104 | 86 | 76 | 4 | 51.81% | List | ||||
NRL Finals | 8 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
Anzac Tests | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
Tri-Nations | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | New Zealand | 6 | 1 | 10 | - | 24 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 66.67% | List | |||
World Club Challenge | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
World Cup | 6 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | 0 | 83.33% | List | ||||
Test Series | 3 | - | 4 | - | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33.33% | List | ||||
Super League | 89 | 5 | - | - | 20 | 54 | 31 | 4 | 60.67% | List | ||||
Challenge Cup | 5 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.00% | List | ||||
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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 | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - 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 |
NRL/NSWRL - 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 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 65.63% | List | |||
Hull FC | 2005 | 19 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 63.16% | List | |||
Hull FC | 2006 | 27 | - | - | - | - | 19 | 8 | 0 | 70.37% | 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:
Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, AJ Lucantonio, Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter, Cymru RL, Bill Bates
Sources:
NRL Rugby League Yearbook 1998, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2001, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2002, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2003, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2004, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 1999, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2000, 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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