Green Vigo was hailed as the new Billy Boston when he came to Wigan from South Africa and I remember being exited about his arrival as Wigan were on the slippery slope to mediocrity at that time. I know that Wigan Rugby league enrolled him at the Government Training Centre in Hindley to learn plastering and my dad, who worked there, always had a good word to say about him. He certainly was a long way from home in Wigan and booze got a hold of him resulting in him underachieving in the world of rugby league. It is probably true to say that Wigan may not have been the ideal place to prevent this happening as things at the club were not great. I remember one time watching Wigan play at Leigh and Green Vigo breaking clear only to place the ball down on the 25 yard line thinking it was the try line! What had looked like the chance to get win against Leigh turned into Wigan being the laughing stock of our neighbours - one of many unpleasant memories of that period.

For those of you who hav'nt seen the clips of what he was like Google in the following.

Top 101 great tries & a kick part 2.

The Leeds match is the third sequence in,well worth seeing what a great winger he was.
Sad to hear how low he is now.

I thought it would be a fake, of course. Just some of the thing I've heard about him may suggest not too.

Was often drunk around the Scholes area. He is/was a larger than life character and apart from the odd drunken brawl was usually very friendly.