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Biggar called on to apologise after incident branded 'not a good look'

Dan Biggar of Wales looks dejected following the Six Nations Rugby match between Scotland and Wales at Murrayfield Stadium on February 11, 2023 in Edinburgh, Scotland. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)

Wales flyhalf Dan Biggar has copped flak online after openly chewing out teammate Rio Dyer for a poorly executed pass against Scotland in Murrayfield.

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Wales followed up their 34-10 loss at home to Ireland with a 35-7 hammering away to Scotland on Saturday and it wasn’t one of Biggar’s best performances in red. It came in a week in which the Toulon playmaker had made sharp comments regarding the glowing media praise of Scotland after their seismic Calcutta Cup win over England in the opening round.

Yet it was a moment in which Biggar berated rookie winger Rio Dyer for a loose pass which got under people’s noses online.

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    Rugby journalist Jon Cardin wrote: “Biggar screaming at Dyer for a poor pass is not a good look…”

    “Unforgivable of Dan Biggar to lambast Rio Dyer like that, given his youth and how much we need players brimming with confidence. Have a quiet word in his ear by all means, but not openly like that.”

    Another fan wrote: “Always been a fan of Biggar’s competitiveness and commitment but after some of the shit he shovelled today I hope he had the good grace to apologise to young Dyer for publically ripping in to him.”

    Owen Williams wrote: “I’m not sold on Biggar berating the kid,” to which someone else replied “It’s not a great image, Dyer should have chewed him out just before half time after the no hope pass – biggar should be setting the example not shooting down a young kid”.

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    Many others quipped that Dyer should have given out to Biggar to missing an easy penalty or when he botched an attempted offload in the second half. Jamie Phillips tweeted: “Rio Dyer should have run up to Biggar and give him a bollocking for missing that penalty.”

    Others defended Biggar, saying Dyer’s pass wasn’t international standard. “Everyone complaining that Biggar had a go at Dyer, but he was in the right imo Dyer’s pass to him was shocking and say what you want about him being young and needing confidence but this is international rugby, he needs to be better,” wrote one fan.

    Had Wales – and Biggar himself – been playing better then maybe the moment would have been brushed under the carpet, but given the pressure cooker that Welsh rugby is at the moment, it was zeroed in on.

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    Phil 728 days ago

    We need our senior players to encourage our newcomers, not lambast them especially on television.
    He needs to take a look at his own game, it’s not in great shape.
    A team, any team should be cohesive, should support each other the good and the bad times.
    I think that Biggers rugby jersey must be V neck, ‘cause he’ll never get his head into a regular jersey.

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    by George! 729 days ago

    Nothing wrong with it, tell the boy straight, "that was crap! focus and be composed, You can do it!"... I'd rather hear that than have my nutsack stroked.

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    lot 730 days ago

    who is this little Woke Karen virtue signalling for? so you mouth off these shoutings and screamings. you should be jumping more at the amount of swears the players say to each other in the game...but yeah right, it's the Woke mantra... call it out, pretentious , self righteous fakes

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    Brian 730 days ago

    Why doesn’t everyone wake up ? Wales are just a bad team. The players look fatigued -

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