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Dan Biggar has reached the pinnacle after fans praise him with 'deity' status
By Online Editors
The legend of Dan Biggar continues to grow after another heroic cameo off the bench was influential in Wales' 21-13 comeback win over England.
The replacement flyhalf added two try assists and a conversion to arrest the lead in the match for the first time, one they never gave back. Trailing 13-9, Biggar played hard-running lock Cory Hill over from the base of the ruck, before a superb cross-kick found the acrobatic Josh Adams for the game-sealing score.
Biggar also had two other clutch moments, he cleaned up a charged kick inside Wales' 22 then expertly hoofed the ball away downfield and into touch for a 50-metre gain, and re-gathered a kick-contest to put his side on the attack at a pivotal moment.
Wales legendary winger Shane Williams labelled Biggar as 'the difference' between the sides on BBC, 'pulling the side together'.
Fullback Liam Williams was awarded man-of-the-match for his consistency in the backfield and reliable performance where he continued to excel under the high ball to thwart England's kicking game.
England head coach Eddie Jones praised the performance of the Welsh hero, who was introduced into the game as England started to lose control of the match.
“We lost a bit of momentum.
“We started the half brilliantly but gave away penalties and then we struggled to get the momentum back.
“Biggar is a very good player and they’re blessed to have two 10s of such quality.”
The heroics add to a growing list of notable bench cameos by Biggar, after slotting a pressure kick against the Wallabies to seal the historic match in November.
Wales are now the only undefeated side left in the tournament but securing a Grand Slam will be no easy task with a trip away to Murrayfield to play Scotland next before hosting last year's champions, Ireland, at home in the final round.
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GB is England, Scotland, Wales. They are the 3 constituent countries in Great Britain. Ergo playing only those three countries is a tour of GB. The difference between GB and the UK is Northern Ireland. It's not a huge deal to be accurate and call places by their correct name. But please refrain from your idiotic attempts to BS that GB=UK. It doesn't.
Go to commentsThe 2023 draw was only criticized when it became apparent that the top 5 sides in the world were on the same side of the draw. Nowhere did they discuss the decision to backtrack to 2019 rankings which ensured that England and Wales (ranked #12 in 2023) were ranked top4.
The parties who trashed out the schedule were England Rugby, NZ Rugby and ITV. It is bordering on corrupt that a Rugby nation has the power to schedule its opponents to play a major match the week before facing them in a QF.
You won't find commentary by members of the relevant committees because a committee did not make the scheduling decision. I have never heard members of World Rugby speak out on the draw or scheduling issues.
For example in 2015 Japan were hammered by Scotland 4 days after beating SA. The criticism only happens after a cock up.
A fair pool schedule is pretty straightforward: The lowest two tanked teams must play on last pool day but not against each other. That means that TV can focus on promoting big matches with a Tier2 involved for that Friday.
Why does NZ Always get its preferred slot playing the hardest pool match on day 1?
Why do other teams eg France, Ireland, Scotland get so often scheduled to play a hard match the week before the QFs?
If you believe the rules around scheduling are transparent then please point me in the right direction?
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