Jack Siggins

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(1995-12-24) (aged 86)
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^[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

↑ Jack Siggins player profile ESPN Scrum.com
↑ "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.

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: S. Lee 1894: E.G. Forrest Feb 1895: J.H. O'Conor Mar 1895: C.V. Rooke Mar 1895: E.G. Forrest 1896: S. Lee 1897: E.G. Forrest Feb 1898: S. Lee Feb 1898: G.G. 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: C.E. Allen Feb 1906: Alfred Tedford Feb 1906–07: C.E. Allen Feb 1908: Harry Thrift Feb–Mar 1908: James 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 Thompson Jan–Feb 1924: William Crawford Feb 1924: William Collopy Mar 1924–27: William Crawford 1928–Feb 1929: George Stephenson Feb 1929: Eugene Davy Mar 1929–30: George 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	Jan–Feb 1947: Con Murphy Feb–Mar 1947: Jack Monteith Dec 1947–Jan 1948: Ernest Strathdee Feb 1948–Mar 1951: Karl Mullen Dec 1951–Sep 1952: Des O'Brien Jan 1953–Jan 1954: Jack Kyle Feb–Mar 1954: Jim McCarthy Jan 1955: Robin Thompson Feb 1955: Jim McCarthy Feb–Mar 1955: Robin Thompson Jan–Feb 1956: James Ritchie Feb 1956–Apr 1958: Noel Henderson Feb–Apr 1959: Ronnie Dawson Feb–Mar 1960: Andy Mulligan Apr 1960–May 1961: Ronnie Dawson Feb–Nov 1962: Bill Mulcahy Jan 1963: Tom Kiernan Feb–Mar 1963: Bill Mulcahy Dec 1963: James Kelly Feb–Mar 1964: Bill Mulcahy Jan 1965–Feb 1966: Ray McLoughlin Mar 1966: Tom Kiernan Jan–Apr 1967: Noel Murphy May 1967–Jan 1971: Tom Kiernan Feb–Mar 1971: Mike Gibson Jan 1972–Feb 1973: Tom Kiernan Mar 1973–Mar 1975: Willie John McBride Jan–Feb 1976: Mike Gibson Feb 1976–Mar 1977: Tom Grace Jan–Mar 1978: John Moloney Nov 1978–Nov 1981: Fergus Slattery Jan 1982–Feb 1984: Ciaran Fitzgerald Feb–Mar 1984: Willie Duggan Nov 1984–Mar 1986: Ciaran Fitzgerald Nov 1986–Apr 1988: Donal Lenihan Oct 1988–Mar 1989: Phillip Matthews Nov 1989–Feb 1990: Willie Anderson Mar–Oct 1990: Donal Lenihan Feb–Mar 1991: Rob Saunders July 1991: Phillip Matthews July 1991: Rob Saunders Oct 1991–Feb 1992: Phillip Matthews Oct 1991: Terry Kingston Mar–May 1992: Phil Danaher Jun 1992: Michael Bradley Oct 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: David 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: David 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: David Humphreys Nov 2005: Simon Easterby Nov 2005: David Humphreys 2006–Feb 2007: Brian O'Driscoll Feb 2007: Paul O'Connell Feb–Mar 2007: Brian O'Driscoll May–Jun 2007: Simon 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–Nov 2014: Paul O'Connell Nov 2014: Eoin Reddan Nov 2014–Mar 2015: Paul O'Connell Aug 2015: Jamie Heaslip Aug 2015: Seán O'Brien Aug–Sep 2015: Paul O'Connell Sep 2015: Jamie Heaslip Oct 2015: Paul O'Connell Oct 2015: Jamie Heaslip Feb 2016–Nov 2016: Rory Best Nov 2016: Peter O'Mahony

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

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