Alastair Biggar
Scotland international rugby union player
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Alastair Gourlay Biggar (4 August 1946 – 6 February 2016) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[2]
| Born | 4 August 1946 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Died | 6 February 2016 (aged 69) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Sedbergh School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Shuttleworth College[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby Union career
Amateur career
He went to Sedbergh School and played rugby for their school side.[3]
He played for London Scottish.[4] He joined the club in 1966.[5]
He was inducted into the London Scottish Hall of Fame in 2009.[5]
Provincial career
He played for Middlesex, East Midlands and Sussex. He played for South Eastern Counties in 1966 against Australia, with the London Counties side winning 14-9.[6]
He played for the Combined Scottish Districts on 26 November 1969 against the Combined Services side. The Scottish Districts won the match 31-12, with Biggar scoring two tries.[4]
International career
Playing for Scotland Schools he was part of the Scotland side that beat England 57-0 in 1965.[5]
He was capped twelve times for his country,[2] between 1969 and 1972, including the Five Nations seasons of 1970, 1971 and 1972. His debut was Scotland's 6-3 win over South Africa.[7]
In the 1972 game against Wales, he sustained a hamstring injury.[8] He played England three times, winning every match.[9]
He toured New Zealand in 1971 with the British and Irish Lions.[10] He played 10 games on the tour scoring nine tries, but was not picked to play a test match.[11]
He played 7 matches for the Barbarians and scored 9 points, between 1968 and 1970.[6]
Business career
His father ran the family feed mill in Dalbeattie. On moving to London, Biggar became a foreign exchange broker.[11]
Family
Fellow London Scottish and Scotland player Mike Biggar was his cousin, the Scotland flanker Douglas Elliot was his uncle.[11] He was married twice, with 2 children from the first marriage and one from the second marriage.[11]
Death
He died on 6 February 2016 from cancer.[1]
