Jack Horrigan (rugby league)

John Horrigan (8 August 1924 – 2004) was an Australian rugby league player.

Jack Horrigan

Personal information
Full name	John Horrigan
Born	(1924-08-08)8 August 1924 Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Died	2004 (aged 79–80)
Playing information
Position	Centre
Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1947–48 Queensland 5 0 5 0 10 1948 Australia 2 1 1 0 5

Primarily a centre, Horrigan was playing for Valleys when he gained a surprise selection to the Kangaroos squad for the 1948–49 tour of Europe. He won his place ahead of captain Len Smith, a controversial omission.^[1] Scoring 16 tries across all tour fixtures, Horrigan was equal with John Graves as their top try-getter, a tally which included a hat-trick against Bradford Northern.^[2] He however didn't feature in all of the Test matches, only getting opportunities in the 2nd Test against Great Britain and one-off Test against Wales.^[3]

Horrigan was appointed player-coach of Ayr on his return from Europe in 1949.^[4]