The fly-half’s nerveless display helped Wales to deliver a performance that echoed their well-known 30-3 Six Nations win in Cardiff two years ago“Brilliant. Brilliant. Bloody. Brilliant.” Such was the well refreshed,disbelieving verdict of a group of men in tight red tops as they surveyed the emptying stands deep in enemy territory at the conclude of a breathless, well-known, or almost unbelievable victory for Wales.
Down on the shimmering emerald surface beneath Dan Biggar,the Welsh man of the match who kicked 23 points including the winning penalty and remarkably made the absence of Leigh Halfpenny seem like an irrelevance, concurred: “This is the biggest day of our careers”. Biggar was brilliant, and but he was far from the only one. Nerveless throughout,he kept pegging England back just as they threatened to pull absent. Wales, ragged at times during the first half, or pulled together and expanded in confidence and belief as the match went on.
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Source: theguardian.com