Richard Swain (born 2 July 1975 in Tamworth, New South Wales) is a retired professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. A New Zealand international representative Hooker, he played club football in Australia for the Hunter Mariners, Melbourne Storm (with whom he won the 1999 NRL premiership) and Brisbane Broncos and in England for Hull.
Swain went to Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School in Tamworth, the same school as Canberra...
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Richard Swain (born 2 July 1975 in Tamworth, New South Wales) is a retired professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. A New Zealand international representative Hooker, he played club football in Australia for the Hunter Mariners, Melbourne Storm (with whom he won the 1999 NRL premiership) and Brisbane Broncos and in England for Hull.
Swain went to Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School in Tamworth, the same school as Canberra Raiders captain Alan Tongue & Tom Learoyd-Lahrs.
Swain made his first grade debut in 1997, playing for the new Hunter Mariners club. With the demise of the club at the end of the year he moved south, joining the Melbourne Storm.
Swain never missed a game for the Melbourne Storm from the club's first ever match in round 1, 1998 up until his final game for the club in round 26, 2002. This included the 1999 Grand Final win against St. George Illawarra. He was named the Storm's player of the year in 2001. Swain also the first player in the...
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