He played club level rugby union (RU) for Halifax, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Yorkshire, and at club level for Halifax and Bradford Northern, as a scrum-half and coached rugby union at the newly established Halifax RUFC (formed 1919), after completing his playing career, with fellow Halifax Hall Of Fame Inductee Joe Riley.
Prior to Tuesday 27 August 1895, Halifax was a rugby union club.
Archie Rigg's birth was registered in Halifax district, West Riding of Yorkshire.
[2] Archie Rigg won caps for Yorkshire (RL) while at Halifax.
Archie Rigg played, and was captain in Halifax's 7-0 victory over by Salford in the 1903 Challenge Cup final, during the 1902–03 season at Headingley, Leeds, in front of a crowd of 32,507.