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6 Nations: Dan Biggar to miss Wales’ first three Six Nations games with shoulder injury
Dan Biggar will miss the first three rounds of the Six Nations next month after suffering a shoulder injury playing for Ospreys at Clermont Auvergne on Sunday. He is the second Wales outside-half to be ruled out after last week’s withdrawal of Rhys Priestland.
Biggar, a Lion in New Zealand last summer, suffered the injury at the end of Ospreys’ defeat in France, yelling out in pain after the flanker Fritz Lee charged into his right shoulder as he guarded a ruck. He left the ground with his arm in a sling and was assessed when he linked up with Wales on Monday.
He will remain with Wales, who will officially announce the extent of his injury at the Six Nations launch on Wednesday.
Despite the loss of Biggar and Priestland, who remained with Bath after suffering a hamstring strain, there is no pressure on the Wales head coach, Warren Gatland, to summon a replacement.
He has three other outside-halves in his squad, although Gloucester’s Owen Williams is more likely to start at inside-centre against Scotland at the Principality Stadium on Saturday week. That leaves Gareth Anscombe and Rhys Patchell, although the latter has not started at 10 in any of his five internationals.
Biggar’s absence is a setback for Wales who are already without four other Lions – Sam Warburton, Taulupe Faletau, Jonathan Davies and Dan Lydiate – for at least the start of the Six Nations, while three others – Liam Williams, George North and Ross Moriarty – go into the tournament short of match fitness.
The Six Nations champions, England, also have their injury problems. Missing four loosehead props in their training camp this week in Portugal, they had to call up a replacement at tighthead when Kyle Sinckler returned to Harlequins with a hamstring strain.
Bath’s Henry Thomas was called up, one month after he returned from more than a year out of action with a knee injury. The centre Henry Slade did not travel with the squad to the Algarve to remain with Exeter for treatment on a shoulder problem.
