Dan Biggar blasts moaning by Owen Farrell and England

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Friday, 12 March 2021 at 22:21
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Wales fly-half Dan Biggar has questioned Owen Farrell and England's moaning about his moment of ingenuity in Cardiff two weeks ago.
England's players felt they had not been given enough time to get back into position after referee Pascal Gauzere had told their captain Owen Farrell to talk to his team about ill discipline. 
"It's one of those where if you were wearing a white shirt or support them, you were probably annoyed, but it was a bit over the top," Biggar says.
"If you were wearing a red shirt, you'd probably not have seen anything wrong with it.

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"The one thing I would say on it is when you look at the overhead image, England's left edge on Jonny May's side was all in position and ready to go.
"If I'd kicked it to Jonny's side, he'd marked it and kicked it back 90 metres, would England be asking 'Oh we're all set now, you can take the kick at goal now?'
"That's the issue I would have. Certainly from Neil Jenkins’ perspective, he’s always told us to make sure we’re alive for any moment. It was better for us to take seven than three in that situation.""
DID YOU KNOW? Biggar has his own routine before kicking goals, which fans now call "The Biggarena" after Los Del Rio's 1995 hit, Macarena

LIST: 5 England legends you didn’t know are still playing

1. Jonny Wilkinson

England's legendary World Cup-winning fly-half has been back on the rugby pitch lately - helping Danny Cipriani get his kicking up to scratch ahead of his next move. Wilkinson, who still kicks goals three of four times a week, has reportedly enjoyed it so much that he could be playing for Lions legends XV in Bermuda later this year.
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2. Ben Foden (England)

The former England fullback often turns out for hometown club Chester RFC alongside his brother Tom during the off-season of Major league Rugby, where he plays for New York. Foden suited up for the England National Side for 34 appearances after he got his first cap during the 2009 Six Nations tournament and he recorded 29 starts in those 34 matches. He also got called up to the national side for the 2011 World Cup where he scored two tries.
In October 2019, Foden was a contestant in  as a member of the group, Try Star, alongside Levi Davis and . They were eliminated in the semi-final, finishing in fifth place
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3. Tom Varndell (England)

Still the Premiership’s record try-scorer with 92 from 180 appearances, primarily from spells at Leicester and Wasps – two of the most successful clubs in the modern era – the 34-year-old had looked to have played his last game after departing Yorkshire Carnegie. However, he's still going with Bury St Edmunds RUFC.
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4. Andy Goode

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5. Mike Tindall (England)

England legend and World Cup winner Mike Tindall plays a selection of matches for Minchinhampton, the club close to his home.  The centre played outside centre for Bath and Gloucester, and won 75 caps for England between 2000 and 2011. He was a member of the England squad which won the 2003 World Cup. Tindall also played in eleven Six Nations Championship competitions from 2000 to 2011.
DID YOU KNOW? Tindall is married to Zara Phillips, the daughter of Anne, Princess Royal, and the eldest granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II
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