TRIBUTES have been paid to former Scotland winger Alastair Biggar, who has died at the age of 69.
Edinburgh-born Alastair Gourlay Biggar won 12 caps for Scotland between 1969 and 1972 out of the London Scottish club.
He won his first cap in the 6-3 victory against South Africa at Murrayfield in 1969 and scored his first try for Scotland the following year in a 14-5 home win against England.
He was a big man for the position at that time, at 6ft 2ins and over 14 stone.
Biggar was selected for the 1971 British Lions tour of New Zealand, scoring nine tries in his ten appearances, including a hat-trick against Marlborough Nelson Bays.
Alastair’s cousin, former Scotland captain and fellow London Scot, Mike Biggar said: “Alastair had buckets of talent. One of his team-mates at London Scottish, John Fraser, a redoubtable prop, reckoned Al was the most talented player he was ever on the same pitch as.”
Outwith rugby, Alastair Biggar worked in the City of London as a foreign exchange broker.
He passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family, after a fight against cancer.
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