An Auckland representative, Wiggs was selected for New Zealand in 1964 for a Test against France at Prop.
He was then selected to play Great Britain at Lock in 1966 before being included in the 1968 World Cup squad as a Winger.
[2] Between 1967 and 1970 he won the Painter Rosebowl Trophy four times as the leading points scorer in the Auckland Rugby League competition.
[citation needed] Wiggs later coached both the Otahuhu Leopards and the Mangere East Hawks.
[3] In 1978 the Wiggs-coached Hawks made the Fox Memorial grand final, losing to Otahuhu.