David Mark Halligan (4 August 1959 – 13 September 2020) was a New Zealand
rugby union player. Primarily a
fullback Fullback or Full back may refer to:
Sports
* A position in various kinds of football, including:
** Full-back (association football), in association football (soccer), a defender playing in a wide position
** Fullback (gridiron football), in Americ ...
, Halligan represented and at a provincial level. In 1981, he was selected to play for the New Zealand national side, the
All Blacks, against the
touring Scottish side, but had to withdraw from the team because of injury two days before the first Test at
Carisbrook. He was again selected for the All Blacks squad the following year for the
three-Test series against Australia, but remained on the bench.
Halligan died in
Mount Maunganui on 13 September 2020, aged 61.
References
1959 births
2020 deaths
People from Putāruru
People educated at King's College, Auckland
University of Otago alumni
New Zealand rugby union players
Otago rugby union players
Auckland rugby union players
Rugby union fullbacks
Rugby union players from Waikato
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