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'Sublime' - Biggar moment of magic leaves Twitter gushing
By Ian Cameron
A moment of magic from Welsh stand-off Dan Biggar in the opening game of the Six Nations has has left Twitter positively gushing.
Wayne Pivac's side enjoyed a relatively comfortable first half in Cardiff against Franco Smith's Italians, and their third try in the 29th minute was the pick of the bunch.
Following quick ball off a ruck in the Azurri's 22, Biggar received a flat ball with his back to the grandstand.
In a sublime bit of skill that evoked memories of Carlos Spencer and Brian O'Driscoll, he flicked the ball between his legs and out the back to the awaiting Josh Adams, who was move than happy to finish his second try in the corner.
Twitter was in raptures:
In truth it was the highlight of what was a largely uncompetitive match, with the Guinness Six Nations Champions going largely untested by their opponents.
At RWC 2019, he started against Georgia, Australia, Fiji, France and South Africa, and was benched for the third-place play-off against the All Blacks.
Biggar's 387 points are the third-most of any Wales player playing at fly-half behind Neil Jenkins (861) and Stephen Jones (886).
Saracens centre Nick Tompkins looks set to make his Wales debut after being named on the bench for Saturday’s Guinness Six Nations opener against Italy.
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It might be legal but he’s sailing pretty close to the wind. Not a lot needs to go wrong for Finau to end up in the bin. Was it late? Not quite, but borderline. High? A couple of CM within the laws, no room for error with that one. Did he wrap the arms? There was a token effort to wrap one arm, the intent was clearly to hit with the shoulder. So yeah, it’s legal, just. But as we all know, a very slight change in the dynamics could easily have him seeing red. Hopefully not when it really matters.
Go to commentsYou forget this is Rassie Erasmus who is still holding the Springbok keys. Even with Felix Jones orchestrating a really tight RWC SF last year. It still wasn't enough to get England past their particular Springbok Monkey in world cups. The reason is FJ was going off of what they did in 2019 not necessarily adapting to current Springboks. So yes, Australia can get passed England because let's be honest, England have a one track strategy, Springboks do not. Even with rush defense I wouldn't be surprised if Rassie continually tweaks it. Also bear in mind Rassie is happy to sacrifice a few mid year and inter World Cup matches to pin point how opposition plays and how to again tweak strategies to get his Springboks in peak performance for the next World Cup. As much as most teams like to win games in front of them and try to win everything, Rassie always makes sure to learn and train for the greatest showdown International Rugby has to offer. Tbh, most people remember World Cup wins and ignore intermediate losses as a result but will remember also WC losses, Ireland, even if they won games in the interim. So even if games are won against the Springboks, it's likely Rassie is just getting a feel for how opposition is moving and adapt accordingly…in time. For Rassie, a loss is never a loss because he uses it as a chance to learn and improve. Sometimes during a game, again like the England match in last year's Semi Final.
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