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Alastair BIGGAR

Alastair BIGGAR - Scotland - International Rugby Union Caps.

Photo/Foto: George Herringshaw

Date: 17 November 1971

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    • POSITION
      Winger.
    • DATE OF BIRTH
      Sunday, 04 August 1946
    • PLACE OF BIRTH
      Edinburgh, Scotland. Died 6th. February 2016. Aged 69
  • INTERNATIONAL
  • Scotland
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Alastair BIGGAR - Scotland - International Rugby Union Caps.

Alastair Biggar playing in the match between Oxford University and

Major Stanley's XV.

 

International career: Played 12: Won 5, Lost 7.


1969 v South Africa (Murrayfield) W 6-3

1970 v France (Murrayfield) L 11-9 (FN)

1970 v Ireland (Dublin) L 16-11 (FN)

1970 v England (Murrayfield) W 14-5 (FN)

1970 v Australia (Sydney) L 23-3

 

1971 v France (Paris) L 13-8 (FN)

1971 v Wales (Murrayfield) L 19-18 (FN)

1971 v Ireland (Murrayfield) L 17-5 (FN)

1971 v England (Twickenham) W 16-15 (FN)

1971 v England (M'field) W 26-6 (Centenary game)

 

1972 v France (Murrayfield) W 20-9 (FN)

1972 v Wales (Cardiff) L 35-12 (FN)

 

He died on 6th February at Cerne Abbas, Dorset. aged 69 of cancer. He was the cousin of Mike Biggar.

Alastair was a member of the legendary 1971 Lions party which toured Australia and New Zealand

and which remains, the only Lions squad to win a Test series in New Zealand (at the time of his death).