Green Vigo

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Green Gregory Vigo
Personal information
Bornc.1950
South Africa
Playing information
Rugby union
Position Centre
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
Saldanha Tigers
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
Proteas
Rugby league
Position Wing
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1973–80 Wigan 166+28610260
1980–82 Swinton 51+1280084
1982–85 Oldham 63200073
Total28313410417
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1974–75 Other Nationalities 52006
Source: RLP

[1] Green Gregory Vigo (born c.1950) [2] is a South African former rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Proteas, and at club level for Saldanha Tigers, as a centre, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Other Nationalities, and at club level for Wigan, Swinton and Oldham, as a wing.

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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, [3] playing as a centre.

Rugby league

In 1973, Vigo switched codes from rugby union to rugby league when he joined the English rugby league club; Wigan. [4] Vigo played 168 first team games for Wigan, scoring 86 tries, before being sold to Swinton in 1980 for a fee of £15,000. [3] Vigo also went on to play for Oldham.

Vigo played right wing in Wigan's 19–9 victory over Salford in the 1973–74 Lancashire Cup Final during the 1973–74 season at Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington, on Saturday 13 October 1973, [5] and played right wing in the 13–16 defeat by Workington Town in the 1977–78 Lancashire Cup Final during the 1977–78 season at Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington, on Saturday 29 October 1977.

In August 1976, Vigo scored seven tries in a 37–5 win against St Helens in the Lancashire Cup, [6] a record for most tries scored in a derby match between Wigan and St Helens. [7]

At representative level, he appeared for the Other Nationalities rugby league team while at Wigan.

In June 1978, he was named in the inaugural Open Rugby World XIII.

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