{"id":293831,"date":"2023-09-24T21:34:54","date_gmt":"2023-09-24T21:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=293831"},"modified":"2023-09-24T21:34:54","modified_gmt":"2023-09-24T21:34:54","slug":"dan-biggar-suffers-concerning-shoulder-injury-in-potential-world-cup-blow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/rugby-union\/dan-biggar-suffers-concerning-shoulder-injury-in-potential-world-cup-blow\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Biggar suffers concerning shoulder injury in potential World Cup blow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dan Biggar was forced off against Australia <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/static-assets\/images\/newsletter\/sport\/sport-135x135.png\" width=\"134\" height=\"134\" layout=\"responsive\"><\/p>\n<h3>Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing<\/h3>\n<h3>Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news<\/h3>\n<h2>Thanks for signing up to the<br \/> Sport email<\/h2>\n<p>Wales fly-half Dan Biggar was forced off with a shoulder injury just 12 minutes into the team\u2019s World Cup clash with Australia, with Warren Gatland now facing a nervous wait to see if the 33-year-old will be able to play again this tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Biggar, who is retiring from international rugby after the World Cup, appeared to suffer the injury just eight minutes into the Pool C clash in Lyon and had to be removed despite efforts to play on through the pain.<\/p>\n<p>The influential No 10 was seen clutching his shoulder as he was replaced, after receiving treatment on the field. Biggar had converted Gareth Davies\u2019 early try against the Wallabies before he was replaced by Gareth Anscombe.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Follow LIVE: <\/strong><strong>Wales face Australia in Rugby World Cup clash<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wales will conclude their group-stage campaign against Georgia on October 7 and will not play next weekend, which gives Biggar more time to recover from the injury before a possible quarter-final if scans reveal it is a significant one.<\/p>\n<h3>Recommended<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2023\/09\/24\/20\/2023-09-24T192129Z_290587809_UP1EJ9O1HRS9W_RTRMADP_3_RUGBY-UNION-WORLDCUP-WAL-AUS.JPG\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2023\/09\/13\/09\/newFile-8.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2023\/09\/24\/14\/ba65bb4a2326af3c2a957abd129af1e7Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjk1NjQ1MjU2-2.73854299.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Wales will reach the last-eight if they defeat Australia, following victories over Fiji and Portugal earlier in the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Biggar\u2019s replacement Anscombe missed his first kick at goal in the heavyweight World Cup clash, but the 32-year-old then found his range to kick Wales into a half-time lead.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/sport\/rugby\/rugby-union\/dan-biggar-injury-wales-australia-world-cup-b2417686.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dan Biggar was forced off against Australia Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293830,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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