Alastair Gourlay Biggar (4 August 1946 – 6 February 2016) was a Scotland international rugby union player.Alastair Biggar rugby profile Scrum.com
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
He went to Sedbergh School and played rugby for their school side.
He played for London Scottish. He joined the club in 1966.
He was inducted into the London Scottish Hall of Fame in 2009.
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.
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.
International career
Playing for Scotland Schools he was part of the Scotland side that beat England 57-0 in 1965.
He was capped twelve times for his country, 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.
In the 1972 game against , he sustained a hamstring injury. He played England three times, winning every match.
He toured New Zealand in 1971 with the British and Irish Lions.Alastair Biggar Lions profile lionsrugby.com He played 10 games on the tour scoring nine tries, but was not picked to play a test match.
He played 7 matches for the Barbarians and scored 9 points, between 1968 and 1970.
Business career
His father ran the family feed mill in Dalbeattie. On moving to London, Biggar became a foreign exchange broker.
Family
Fellow London Scottish and Scotland player Mike Biggar was his cousin, the Scotland flanker Douglas Elliot was his uncle. He was married twice, with 2 children from the first marriage and one from the second marriage.
Death
He died on 6 February 2016 from cancer.
References
Sources
External links Rugby Union: Action Replay: Paterson's late raid plunders victory in The Independent Obituary: Alastair Gourlay Biggar, rugby player in The Scotsman