Ziggy Niszczot

Ziggy Niszczot

Personal information
Born	(1955-09-01) 1 September 1955
Playing information
Height	187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	90 kg (14 st 2 lb)
Position	Centre, Wing
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
	Norths (Newcastle)
1980–84	South Sydney	114	39	0	0	129
	Total	114	39	0	0	129
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1982	New South Wales	2	2	0	0	6
Source: NRL Stats, Rugby League Project,

Ziggy Niszczot (1 September 1955) is an Australian former professional rugby league player for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership. He was a powerful, hard running centre or wing three-quarter.

Playing career

Originally from Maitland, New South Wales, Niszczot played for North Newcastle before signing with South Sydney in 1980. Niszczot captained the Rabbitohs in the early 1980s.

Niszczot was selected for New South Wales for Games I and II of the 1982 State of Origin series against Queensland, scoring two tries in Game I to inspire a 20–16 win at Lang Park.

Sources

• Andrews, Malcolm. The ABC of Rugby League. Australia: ABC Books, 2006.

External links

• Ziggy Niszczot at NRL Stats
• Ziggy Niszczot at The Rugby League Project