Wales flyhalf Dan Biggar has copped flak online after openly chewing out teammate Rio Dyer for a poorly executed pass against Scotland in Murrayfield.
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…”
Biggar screaming at Dyer for a poor pass is not a good look…
— Jon Cardinelli (@jon_cardinelli) February 11, 2023
“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.”
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.
— JDoc (@JohnDoc_9) February 11, 2023
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.”
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
— Dave Newton ??????????? (@KipperBedwas) February 12, 2023
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”.
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
— Tom Davies (@Davies21T) February 12, 2023
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.”
Rio Dyer should have run up to Biggar and give him a bollocking for missing that penalty #SCOvWAL
— Jamie Phillips (@JNPhillips4) February 11, 2023
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.
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.
— Ieuan Evans ??????? (@IeuanEvans015) February 12, 2023
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.
