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Dan Biggar announces his retirement from playing for Wales after the World Cup

Dan Biggar announces his retirement from playing for Wales after the World Cup

scrum.comAug 27, 2023 at 10:56 a.m. ETReading: 2 minutes.

Dan Bigger He announced his retirement from the national rugby union welsh Once in World Cup in France 2023that you can live by Star+. the The official Rugby World Cup Twitter account confirmed the news And the fans were full of praise for the Welshman.

The 33-year-old pilot prepares for his final red jersey dance. Under the leadership of Warren Gatland, Biggar and the Red Dragons will be looking for the long-awaited Webb Ellis Trophy on French soil. It’s a place he knows well, as he competes in the French top 14 with Toulon.

“I have decided to end my career in Wales after the World Cup. It has been 15 years since I attended my first camp and it seems the right time to leave it,” the defender said.

Dan Biggar made his debut in the 2008/09 season for Wales, and from his first game he began to make a name for himself in the team, due to his impressive appearances, so much so that he currently has 109 caps for the Dragons. a team.

He earned his christening a red jersey on an international tour of North America and made his debut against Canada at the age of nineteen. And after he was not called up to the 2011 World Cup finals due to his young age, he was the undisputed first to win the Six Nations title for Wales in 2013 and 2019. He was also included in the 2015 World Cup squad on English soil, in order to be the leading player and score 23 points in the 28-25 group stage win over England at Twickenham. At that World Cup, he finished with 56 points, a feat that helped him win the vote to be named the BBC’s 2015 Wales Sports Personality of the Year.

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Among his most notable achievements are titles with Ospreys in Pro14 editions (2006-07, 2009-10 and 2011-12). He, in turn, is the sixth Welsh player to score 300 points for his country and was also part of the tour of New Zealand with the British and Irish Lions in the summer of 2017.