These are your rugby headlines on Sunday, November 5.
Dan Biggar will get weird harm for Toulon
Playing in his first match since retiring from worldwide obligation, Dan Biggar suffered a weird harm on Saturday afternoon.
Biggar performed his final match for Wales of their heart-breaking loss to Argentina within the quarter-finals of the Rugby World Cup. While his former team-mates Alun Wyn Jones, Justin Tipuric and Leigh Halfpenny received their Cardiff farewell, Biggar was on membership obligation within the south of France.
The iconic 10 featured for Toulon towards Perpignan within the Top 14 and was instrumental within the opening attempt of the sport. Biggar took a fast penalty and caught a diagonal kick into the grateful arms of France star Charles Ollivon, who dotted down.
The 112-cap Welshman lined up the conversion from the proper aspect of the sphere and as he was about to strike the ball, the fly-half’s decrease again went as he clutched the realm together with his hand and fell to the bottom in ache.
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Biggar was changed by Enzo Herve, and Toulon went on to lose the match 26-22.
Watch the weird second right here.
Warren Gatland will watch Callum Sheedy forward of Six Nations
With Biggar retired and Gareth Anscombe unavailable for the following Six Nations attributable to his commitments in Japan, Wales are in want of a generational fly-half.
Sam Costelow is the apparent candidate, however who replaces him if he will get a long-term harm? Dragons full-back Cai Evans has slotted in there for Wales just a few occasions in his first few video games, however it would take time for him to settle into that position. Tomos Williams was additionally examined at 10 within the Barbarians recreation.
Callum Sheedy, who emerged onto the Test scene underneath Wayne Pivac, has been name-checked by Warren Gatland forward of the Six Nations.
Speaking in his post-match interview, Gatland defined: “I feel Callum Sheedy is again taking part in some good rugby at Bristol. It’s good to see him chosen and I’ll go watch him in some unspecified time in the future. And then see a few of these different 10s come by means of as properly. Will Reed and I’d wish to see Ben Thomas have some video games at 10 too.”
Reed is a 22-year-old Dragons fly-half who has additionally represented Wales at under-20s stage. Cardiff Rugby’s Thomas has earned two caps for Wales up to now and also can function within the midfield.
The Cardiff-born outside-half has 16 caps for Wales, and plies his commerce with Bristol Bears within the Gallagher Premiership. Despite some good performances within the Welsh jersey, he is not been included in a squad for a while.
Aaron Shingler comes out of retirement
Former Wales worldwide Aaron Shingler got here out of retirement to face Wales for the Barbarians.
The former Scarlets man gained 27 caps for his nation, and featured within the 2012 and 2013 Six Nations-winning campaigns.
Shingler introduced his retirement from rugby earlier this 12 months, after a 15-year profession with Scarlets. The Llanelli-based area launched a press release again in April, with Shingler saying: “It has been a particularly powerful determination to make, an emotional few weeks for myself and household. I might have beloved to maintain going within the Scarlets jersey, however the physique is telling me now could be the proper time to name it a day.
“It’s been an absolute honour to signify this nice membership for the final 15 years. When I began out taking part in for my village membership Hendy I by no means dreamt I might have performed greater than 200 video games for the Scarlets and likewise represented my nation on the most important stage.”
However, Shingler was referred to as as much as face his home nation for the Barbarians after Api Ratuniyarawa was withdrawn from the squad.
The former Scarlet got here on as a alternative within the match, and received his very personal farewell from rugby, albeit overshadowed by the departures of Justin Tipuric, Alun Wyn Jones and Leigh Halfpenny.
Warren Gatland reveals full-back plans
Speaking to Lauren Jenkins on S4C after the Barbarians match, Gatland defined that there might be alternatives for gamers to audition themselves for the vacant Wales full-back spot.
With Liam Williams taking part in his membership rugby out in Japan, he is not in a position to play in subsequent 12 months’s Six Nations. And with Halfpenny retired, it leaves a giant void within the staff.
Dragons wing Cai Evans has been touted as a possible alternative, and has additionally been deployed within the outside-half position. In the Barbarians match, when Halfpenny was substituted Evans slotted in at 15, with scrum-half Tomos Williams at fly-half.
Gatland talked on the full-back position and the Tomos Williams fly-half experiment: “There’s a chance for gamers in regional rugby over the following few months and we have introduced Cai in there at the moment after which we moved him to 10.
“In the final quarter-hour we needed to see what Tomos Williams was like at 10. We tried that through the World Cup camps. We ran him there just a few occasions with the accidents that we had and he appeared actually sharp. Apart from the drop-out from the aim line, which was a little bit of a mind freeze, we noticed what an excellent rugby participant he was.
“He made a few beautiful passes and actually made some good selections. Maybe that is an choice for us going ahead as a ten probably, however there’s an opportunity for Cai and some others probably in that full-back spot.”
