Green Vigo
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| Position | Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Green Vigo was a South African rugby union and rugby league footballer who played as a winger.
Rugby union
Vigo started his career in rugby union, playing for Saldanha Tigers. He also represented the Proteas in their 1972 tour to the United Kingdom,[1] playing as a centre.
Rugby league
In 1973, Vigo switched codes and joined English rugby league side Wigan.[2] Vigo played 168 first team games for Wigan, scoring 86 tries, before being sold to Swinton in 1980 for a fee of £15,000.[1] Vigo also went on to play for Oldham.
At representative level, he appeared for the Other Nationalities rugby league team while at Wigan.
County Cup final appearances
Green Vigo played Right-Wing, i.e. number 2, in Wigan's 19-9 victory over Salford in the 1973 Lancashire Cup final during the 1973–74 season at Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington, on Saturday 13 October 1973,[3] and played Right-Wing in the 13-16 defeat by Workington Town in the 1977 Lancashire Cup final during the 1977–78 season at Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington, on Saturday 29 October 1977.
References
- ^ a b Snyders, Hendrik (2010). "Between the Springbok and Ikhamanga: The untold story of South Africa's Black rugby Exiles". Impumelelo Interdisciplinary Electronic Journal of African Sport. 5. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
- ^ "Rugby's freedom fighters". 30 July 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
- ^ "1973-1974 Lancashire Cup Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.