Green Vigo RIP
February 15th 2026
The heritage Trust were saddened to hear of the death of ex-Roughyed, Green Vigo (Heritage Number 868), aged 75.
He was born on 21 April 1950 in Saldanha Bay, Cape Province, South Africa and began his career in Rugby Union with Saldanha Tigers before coming to wider attention at representative level. In 1971–72, Green represented the Proteas, a South African representative side for black and coloured players, on their tour of the United Kingdom. A strong and powerful running winger, he was later snapped up by Wigan and made his first team debut in August 1973 and went on to have seven successful years at Central Park before moving on to Swinton in 1980.
A fans favourite at all his clubs, he moved to Watersheddings at the start of the 1982-83 season and went on to play 63 matches for Oldham scoring 20 tries with his last match coming against Castleford in February 1985.
The sincere condolences of the Oldham RL community go out to all of Green’s family and friends.