Logan Cadwallader

Cadwallader died on Sunday 1 November 2026 at the All Blacks' team hotel in Edinburgh, Scotland, after a medical event, two days after the squad arrived for its northern tour and the week before its Test against Scotland at Murrayfield. New Zealand Rugby announced the death on Tuesday 3 November, New Zealand time, saying he had been found in his hotel room. No cause has been made public, and the organisation asked for privacy for his family while it supported them and the team's players and staff.

The All Blacks played the Scotland Test in mourning. Tributes came from Dave Rennie, Jason Ryan, attack coach Mike Blair, Steve Lancaster, Ardie Savea, Richie Mo'unga, Mark Mitchell and the North Shore club. Funeral arrangements had not been made public at the time of writing.

Logan Cadwallader's date and place of birth have not been published, and the tributes after his death said little about his childhood. He grew up in the rugby culture of Auckland's North Shore and played for the North Shore Rugby Football Club in Devonport, which remembered him as a proud North Shore man and a championship winning player.

Cadwallader served in the New Zealand Army and later in the New Zealand Special Air Service Regiment (NZSAS), the country's special forces unit. New Zealand Rugby recorded deployments to Bosnia, East Timor, Afghanistan and the Solomon Islands. Mark Mitchell described that service as being at the vanguard, where the greatest risk and sacrifice is often carried.

After leaving the Army he went into the security business. For about ten years he was head of security for the All Blacks, travelling with the team on every tour and running its security arrangements at home and overseas: hotels, airports, training grounds and stadiums. Coaches and players described him as constantly looking ahead for the squad and for their families. Jason Ryan, who worked with him from 2022, called him a great team member and the team's quiet hero.

Cadwallader was married to Nannette, and they had three children, Trey, Brooke and Mia. Trey has captained the North Shore club's under 85kg side. Friends described a loyal mate and a loving husband and father. He kept close ties with veterans and attended the Anzac Day dawn service at Coatesville, where he was photographed in 2026 wearing his service medals.

Cadwallader is remembered by the All Blacks as a protector who made the team feel safe for a decade, and by the military community as a special forces veteran who served in Bosnia, East Timor, Afghanistan and the Solomon Islands. Dave Rennie said the team would honour the legacy he had left on the All Blacks. His son's words under the team's tribute, that he was the best All Black never to wear the jersey, became the line most people repeated about him.