Jack Siggins

Rugby player
Jack Siggins
Birth nameJohn Allan Edward Siggins
Date of birth28 June 1909
Place of birthBelfast, Ireland
Date of death24 December 1995(1995-12-24) (aged 86)
Place of deathBelfast, Northern Ireland
Rugby union career
Position(s) No. 8
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
Belfast Collegians ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1931-1937 Ireland 24 (12)

John Allan Edward Siggins (28 June 1909 – 24 December 1995)[1] was an Irish rugby union Number 8. Siggins played club rugby for Belfast Collegians, having attended Methodist College Belfast[2] and played international rugby for Ireland captaining the national side on nine occasions between 1934 and 1936. In 1955 he was appointed manager of the British Isles team on their tour of South Africa.

Notes

  1. ^ Jack Siggins player profile ESPN Scrum.com
  2. ^ "Methodist College". Guide to Independent Schools. Retrieved 28 July 2016.

References

  • Godwin, Terry (1984). The International Rugby Championship 1883-1983. London: Willow Books. ISBN 0-00-218060-X.
  • Griffiths, John (1987). The Phoenix Book of International Rugby Records. London: Phoenix House. ISBN 0-460-07003-7.
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Ireland national rugby union team captains
To 1900
  • Feb 1875: G.H. Stack
  • Dec 1875: R.J. Bell
  • Feb 1877: R. Galbraith
  • Feb 1877: W.H. Wilson
  • Mar 1878: R.B. Walkington
  • 1879: W.C. Neville
  • 1880: H.C. Kelly
  • 1881–Jan 1882: A.J. Forrest
  • Feb 1882: J.W. Taylor
  • 1883: G. Scriven
  • Feb 1884: J.A. McDonald
  • Mar 1884: D.F. Moore
  • Feb 1885: W.G. Rutherford
  • Mar 1885: A.J. Forrest
  • Feb 1886: M. Johnston
  • Feb 1886: J.P. Ross
  • 1887: R.G. Warren
  • Feb–Mar 1888: H.J. Neill
  • Dec 1888–90: R.G. Warren
  • Feb–Mar 1891: Dolway Walkington
  • Mar 1891: R. Stevenson
  • 1892: Victor Le Fanu
  • 1893: Sam Lee
  • 1894: Edmund Forrest
  • Feb 1895: J.H. O'Conor
  • Mar 1895: Charles Rooke
  • Mar 1895: Edmund Forrest
  • 1896: Sam Lee
  • 1897: Edmund Forrest
  • Feb 1898: Sam Lee
  • Feb 1898: G.G. Allen
  • Mar 1898: W. Gardiner
  • 1899–1900: Louis Magee
To the First World War
To the Second World War
To the professional era
To the present day
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Forwards
Backs
Coach
Manager: J. A. E. Siggins * Assistant Manager/Coach: D. E. Davies