Jack Siggins | |
Birth Name: | John Allan Edward Siggins |
Birth Date: | 28 June 1909 |
Birth Place: | Belfast, Ireland |
Death Place: | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Ru Position: | No. 8 |
Repyears1: | 1931-1937 |
Repteam1: | Ireland |
Repcaps1: | 24 |
Reppoints1: | 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.