| Date of birth | September 28, 1983 | ||
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| Place of birth | Apia, Samoa | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Weight | 118 kg (18 st 8 lb) | ||
| School | Bishop Viard College | ||
| Notable relative(s) | Mahonri Schwalger (uncle) | ||
| Rugby union career | |||
| Playing career | |||
| Position | Prop | ||
| New Zealand No. | 1071 | ||
| Professional / senior clubs | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2011- | SU Agen | ||
| Provincial/State sides | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2005-present | Wellington | 21 | (0) |
| correct as of 2007-05-28. | |||
| Super Rugby | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2006-present | Hurricanes | 22 | (5) |
| correct as of 2007-05-28. | |||
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2007 | New Zealand | 2 | (5) |
| correct as of 9 December 2011. | |||
John Schwalger (born 28 September 1983 in Apia, Samoa) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer and plays at prop.
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Schwalger moved to New Zealand after being born in Apia. He is the nephew of Samoa international Mahonri Schwalger.
His representative career started with the New Zealand Schoolboys team, before being included in New Zealand's Under 21 team in 2004. He won the Under 21 Rugby World Championship with that team in 2004.
In 2005 he was a member of the Hurricanes Super 12 (now Super 14) wider training group. He debuted for Wellington in the 2005 against the 2005 touring British and Irish Lions, and played for them in that years National Provincial Championship. He was selected for the Hurricanes squad for the 2006 Super 14 and eventually forced his way into the starting line-up.
Following his Super 14 form in 2006 he was selected for the Junior All Blacks, and played for the team as they won the 2006 IRB Pacific 5 Nations. After another successful 2006 Air New Zealand Cup — where he propped both sides of the scrum, he returned to the Hurricanes for the 2007 Super 14.
Following the 2007 Super 14 he was selected in the All Blacks training squad, and was one of only two non-capped players in the squad. His inclusion was the biggest surprise of the squad — as he was picked ahead of capped props Clarke Dermody and John Afoa. Ultimately, he was the final cut from the 2007 Rugby World Cup squad, as the previously injured Greg Somerville was declared fit to play and took up the final place in the squad.
After the 2011 Rugby World Cup, Schwalger agreed to sign a deal with French rugby club SU Agen.
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