![]() There will always be comparisons to Phil Bennett, Barry John, Jonathan Davies. I’ll never go down as the most skilful player that’s played for Wales by any stretch. ![]() 'I’ve always wanted to get to 100 caps and to play at the next World Cup. In 2017, I remember sitting in the kitchen with my wife Alex thinking, “Why do I bother with this?” But I’ve never lost the desire. ‘Don’t get me wrong, there have been times when I could’ve just knocked it on the head. I’m proud of how I’ve done that and stayed fit. You get slated and people want somebody else in, but you’ve just got to ride it out and stick at it. I’ve had it for 10 years and I’ve enjoyed the challenge of being written off. To be pushing onto 100 caps now, I must have done something right. ‘I didn’t play much for a couple of years after that and I’m pretty proud to have come back from that. I kept a stinking jersey all tour and gave it to my mum to wash when I got back! The boys joke that he used my jersey to clean his car the next day! I didn’t put that jersey in the hotel wash because I was worried it wouldn’t come back. I was 19 years old and I walked into that changing room to ask Dan Carter for his shirt. I started the second Test against New Zealand in Hamilton in 2010. There was no Marcus Smith kind of introduction. Yet Biggar has always eloquently answered back with dogged determination.īiggar spoke to Sportsmail's Nik Simon about his career at his home on the Gower in Wales He arrived with little fanfare, branded practical rather than precocious, and did not establish himself under Warren Gatland until 2013.Įven as captain, on the occasion of his 100th cap against Scotland, there will still be some questioning his position. I walked out with a 10 grand bump up, thinking I’d won the lottery! Walking around like Jeff Bezos! I went out and upgraded my car to a grey Seat Leon! That’s where it all started.’īiggar won his first cap against Canada in 2008. ![]() I remember thinking, “Hang on, I’m gonna be losing money here!” I went into the coaching office, 17 years old, saying I thought it was a bit light. 'They offered us a contract on two grand a year. I presumed that when Hooky came back I’d go and play for Swansea, but they put Hooky at 12 and kept me in the team. ‘At one point, I played a couple of games for the Ospreys when James Hook was away on Wales duty. ![]() The fly-half won his first cap in 2008 but did not establish himself in the side until 2013 ![]()
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