Kenny Logan

Player

Birthday April 3, 1972

Birth Sign Aries

Birthplace Stirling, Scotland

Age 51 years old

Nationality Scotland

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1972

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.

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.

Logan played for the amateur provincial side Glasgow District.

1992

Logan played for Scotland A. Logan made his Scotland debut in 1992 against Australia at the age of 20.

1994

He was in and out of the side before cementing a position in the starting XV at the 1994 Five Nations Championship.

1995

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.

1996

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.

1997

In 1997, Logan joined Wasps for his first season in English rugby.

Logan was with Wasps for seven seasons.

1999

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.

Logan dated newsreader Kirsty Young and moved to London, before the couple separated in 1999 after three years.

2001

In July 2001, he married television presenter Gabby Yorath.

2002

He also helped Wasps win the 2002–03 Premiership Final.

2003

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.

Logan was diagnosed with dyslexia as a child and found solace in playing sports.

He attended Wallace High School but left without sitting for his final exams.

2004

In 2004, he re-signed for Glasgow before joining London Scottish after a season.

2005

He retired from playing in 2005.

After undergoing IVF treatment, the couple welcomed twins, a son (Reuben), and a daughter, who were born on 28 July 2005.

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.

2009

In 2009, Logan and Sparks joined forces to organise an annual mass-participation event entitled Logan's Challenge.

2012

Gabby finished in 12th place.

Logan and his wife are past presidents of the children's charity Sparks.

2014

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.

Logan supports Rangers F.C.

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.