Robert 'Iain' Higgins (born 14 September 1976) is a cricket administrator and former professional

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby 13/XIII in non-Anglophone Europe, is a contact sport, full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular Rugby league playin ...

player who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played at representative level for

Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ...

, and at club level for

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and Hunslet Hawks, as a , or . Higgins won

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s for Scotland while at London Broncos and Hunslet Hawks 1997...2001 1-cap + 1-cap (sub). He was formerly the chief executive officer of

USA Cricket USA Cricket (USAC) is the governing body of cricket in the United States. USA Cricket operates all of the United States national representative cricket sides, including the men's and women's national teams and youth teams, as well as Majo ...

from 2019 to 2021 and the

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of the ICC from 2015 to 2019. The end of Higgins' term as USA Cricket CEO was mired in controversy, ultimately resulting in a USD $300,000 payment from the board as the result of a contract dispute. Higgins is currently a managing director at Ellvee, "a Dubai-based commercial and strategic advisory business for the sports and entertainment industry", according to Forbes.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Higgins, Robert 1976 births Living people English rugby league players Hunslet R.L.F.C. players London Broncos players Place of birth missing (living people) Rugby league centres Rugby league second-rows Scotland national rugby league team players