Two of Dan Biggar’s former Wales team-mates have called out the 33-year-old for not being apologetic after screaming in the face of George North during their World Cup clash against Fiji last weekend. Wales were embroiled in an exhausting first half against Fiji in their opening Rugby World Cup match.
The two sides traded leads before North went through the posts on 30 minutes to give Wales a slender advantage heading to the break. When the half-time hooter went, Biggar began screaming at the Wales players to kick the ball out of play.
North caught the brunt of Biggar’s ire as Fiji came close to turning the ball over after tackling the 31-year-old. “Get the ball off the park. Get the f***ing ball off the park,” Biggar could be heard screaming.
The half ended seconds after Biggar berated his team-mate and Wales were able to hold on for a hard-fought win. But neither Josh Navidi or James Hook, both of whom played with Biggar for Wales, were impressed by their former team-mate’s outburst.
“I personally don’t like it,” Navidi said on BBC Scrum V’s podcast. “You know you’ve made a mistake or you’ve knocked a ball on; you don’t need someone on your back screaming at you for no reason.
“I get the clock’s gone red and just put it out, but someone’s obviously passed the ball to him as well, so it’s just one of those situations that I’m not a massive fan of.” Hook added: “George North did suck it up, but I think deep down I don’t think he would have liked that.
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“Biggar is competitive, 100 per cent. We love that about him, but I think maybe he just needs to settle down.” But the veteran fly-half defended his actions and stated he had no plans to apologise.
“I’ll make zero apologies for that. I think I must have told everyone the same thing at some point including myself to be honest!” he said. “For me we’ve grown a little bit in that department as a team. We’ve grown to not so much enjoy confrontation but embrace it for what it is.
“We have to set standards and be accountable and I hope that brings good parts out of people as well as myself. That’s certainly not the first and it probably won’t be my last before my time is up.”
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