Green Vigo is a South African former

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and

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footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Proteas, and at club level for Saldanha Tigers, as a

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, and representative level rugby league (RL) for

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, and at club level for

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, Swinton and

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, as a .

Rugby union

Vigo started his career in rugby union, playing for Saldanha Tigers. He also represented the Proteas in their 1972 tour to the

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, playing as a

Rugby league

In 1973, Vigo switched codes from

when he joined the English rugby league club;

. Vigo played 168 first team games for Wigan, scoring 86 tries, before being sold to Swinton in 1980 for a fee of £15,000. Vigo also went on to play for

. Vigo played in

's 19–9 victory over

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in the

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Final during the 1973–74 season at

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, on Saturday 13 October 1973, and played in the 13–16 defeat by

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in the 1977–78 Lancashire Cup Final during the 1977–78 season at

, on Saturday 29 October 1977. In August 1976, Vigo scored seven tries in a 37–5 win against St Helens in the Lancashire Cup, a record for most tries scored in a derby match between Wigan and St Helens. At representative level, he appeared for the

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while at Wigan. In June 1978, he was named in the inaugural Open Rugby World XIII.

References

External links

Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org
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