Jack Siggins

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Jack Siggins
Rugby union career
Full name	John Allan Edward Siggins
Date of birth	28 June 1909
Place of birth	Belfast, Ireland
Date of death	24 December 1995
Place of death	Belfast, Northern Ireland
Playing career
Position	No. 8
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
	Belfast Collegians
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1931-1937	Ireland	24	(12)

John Allan Edward "Jack" 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 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

↑ Jack Siggins player profile ESPN Scrum.com

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.

v t e Ireland national rugby union team captains

To 1900	Feb 1875: GH Stack Dec 1875: R Bell Feb 1877: R Galbraith Feb 1877: WH Wilson Mar 1878: RB Walkington 1879: WC Neville 1880: HC Kelly 1881-Jan 1882: AJ Forrest Feb 1882: JW Taylor 1883: G Scriven Feb 1884: JA McDonald Mar 1884: DF Moore Feb 1885: WG Rutherford Mar 1885: AJ Forrest Feb 1886: M Johnston Feb 1886 JP Ross 1887 RG Warren Feb–Mar 1888 HJ Neill Dec 1888–90 RG Warren Feb–Mar 1891 Dolway Walkington Mar 1891 R Stevenson 1892 Victor Le Fanu 1893 S Lee 1894 EG Forrest Feb 1895 JH O'Conor Mar 1895 CV Rooke Mar 1895 EG Forrest 1896 S Lee 1897 EG Forrest Feb 1898 S Lee Feb 1898 GG Allen Mar 1898 W Gardiner 1899–1900 Louis Magee

To the First World War	1901 Louis Magee Feb 1902 J Fulton Mar 1902 Louis Magee 1903–Feb 1904 Harry Corley Mar 1904–06 CE Allen Feb 1906 Alfred Tedford Feb 1906–07 CE Allen Feb 1908 Harry Thrift Feb–Mar 1908 James Cecil Parke Feb 1909 Fred Gardiner Mar 1909 George Hamlet Mar 1909 Fred Gardiner Feb 1910 George Hamlet Mar 1910 Tom Smyth Mar 1910–11 George Hamlet Jan 1912 Dickie Lloyd Feb 1912 Alexander Foster Feb 1912–Feb 1914 Dickie Lloyd Feb–Mar 1914 Alexander Foster

To the Second World War	Feb 1920 Dickie Lloyd Feb 1920 George Doherty Mar 1920 Thomas Wallace Apr 1920 Dickie Lloyd 1921 George Doherty Feb 1922 William Collopy Apr 1922–23 John Knox Stafford Thompson Jan–Feb 1924 William Crawford Feb 1924 William Collopy Mar 1924–27 William Crawford 1928–Feb 1929 George Vaughan Stephenson Feb 1929 Eugene Davy Mar 1929–30 George Vaughan Stephenson 1931 Mark Sugden 1932 George Beamish Feb 1933 Eugene Davy Mar 1932 George Beamish Apr 1933 Eugene Davy 1934–36 Jack Siggins 1937–Feb 1938 George Morgan Mar 1938 Sam Walker 1939 George Morgan

To the Professional Era	To Be Completed 1992:Phil Danaher Jan 1993–Nov 1994:Michael Bradley Jan 1995:Brendan Mullin Feb–Mar 1995:Michael Bradley Mar–May 1995:Terry Kingston May 1995: Nick Popplewell Jun 1995:Terry Kingston

To the Present Day	Nov 1995-Feb 1996:Jim Staples Mar–Nov 1996: Niall Hogan Nov 1996-Jan 1997: Keith Wood Feb–Mar 1997:Jim Staples Nov 1997: Keith Wood Nov 1997: Nick Popplewell Dec 1997–Apr 1998: Keith Wood Jun 1998–Apr 1999: Paddy Johns Jun–Oct 1999: Dion O'Cuinneagain 2000–Feb 2001: Keith Wood Jun 2001: Mick Galwey Sep–Oct 2001: Keith Wood Nov 2001: Anthony Foley Nov 2001: Keith Wood Feb–Mar 2002: Mick Galwey Mar 2002: DG Humphreys Apr–Jun 2002: Keith Wood Sep 2002: Anthony Foley Sep 2002: Keith Wood Sep 2002: Anthony Foley Nov 2002–Mar 2003: Brian O'Driscoll Jun 2003: DG Humphreys Jun 2003: Reggie Corrigan Aug 2003: Keith Wood Aug 2003: Brian O'Driscoll Sep–Nov 2003: Keith Wood Feb 2004: Paul O'Connell Feb 2004– Feb 2005: Brian O'Driscoll Feb 2005: Paul O'Connell Feb–Mar 2005: Brian O'Driscoll Jun 2005: DG Humphreys Nov 2005: SH Easterby Nov 2005: DG Humphreys 2006–Feb 2007: Brian O'Driscoll Feb 2007: Paul O'Connell Feb–Mar 2007: Brian O'Driscoll May–Jun 2007: SJ Best Aug 2007: Brian O'Driscoll Aug 2007: Paul O'Connell Sep 2007–Mar 2008: Brian O'Driscoll Mar 2008: Ronan O'Gara Jun 2008–Mar 2009: Brian O'Driscoll May 2009: Rory Best Nov 2009–Mar 2011: Brian O'Driscoll Aug 2011: Leo Cullen Aug 2011: Brian O'Driscoll Aug 2011: Paul O'Connell Sep 2011: Brian O'Driscoll Sep 2011: Leo Cullen Oct 2011: Brian O'Driscoll Feb 2012–Mar 2012: Paul O'Connell Mar 2012: Rory Best Jun 2012: Brian O'Driscoll Nov 2012–Mar 2013: Jamie Heaslip Jun 2013: Peter O'Mahony Nov 2013: Jamie Heaslip Nov 2013: Paul O'Connell Feb 2014: Jamie Heaslip Feb 2014: Paul O'Connell

v t e British and Irish Lions – 1955 South Africa tour

Forwards	Elliot Greenwood Higgins McLeod B. Meredith C. Meredith Michie Reid Robins Roe Clem Thomas Thompson (c) Rhys Williams Billy Williams Wilson

Backs	Baker Butterfield Cameron Davies Griffiths Jeeps Lloyd Morgan Morris O'Reilly Pedlow Quinn Smith Sykes Alun Thomas Johnny Williams

Coach	Manager: J. A. E. Siggins * Assistant Manager/Coach: D. E. Davies

Persondata
Name	Siggins, Jack
Alternative names
Short description	Irish rugby union player
Date of birth	28 June 1909
Place of birth	Belfast, Ireland
Date of death	24 December 1995
Place of death	Belfast, Northern Ireland

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