{"id":296153,"date":"2023-11-05T16:25:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T16:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=296153"},"modified":"2023-11-05T16:25:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-05T16:25:00","slug":"biggar-suffers-painful-back-injury-while-making-return-for-toulon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/rugby-union\/biggar-suffers-painful-back-injury-while-making-return-for-toulon\/","title":{"rendered":"Biggar suffers painful back injury while making return for Toulon"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Wales legend Dan Biggar collapses to the floor in agony with a back spasm as he prepares to take a conversion for Toulon &#8211; just a month after playing his last international match at the Rugby World Cup<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Dan Biggar suffers back injury as he lines up a conversion playing for Toulon<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Footage shows the former Wales fly-half writhing in agony on the ground<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Biggar retired from playing for Wales following the recent World Cup in France<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Former Wales fly-half Dan Biggar suffered a painful back injury in the opening stages of his return to action for club side Toulon.<\/p>\n<p>Biggar retired from international duty following Wales&#8217; quarter-final exit at the hands of Argentina at the recent Rugby World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>He was back in action for the first time in a Top 14 clash against Perpignan on Saturday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, his return lasted only 10 minutes after he picked up the nasty-looking injury.<\/p>\n<p>The 34-year-old was getting set to take the conversion after team-mate Charles Ollivon had scored the first try of the game.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/05\/15\/77425527-12712739-image-m-5_1699197540722.jpg\" height=\"571\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Dan Biggar could be seen clutching his back as he attempted to take a conversion for Toulon on Saturday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/05\/15\/77425529-12712739-image-m-6_1699197555368.jpg\" height=\"797\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The former Wales fly-half then collapsed to the ground in agony before having to be replaced<\/p>\n<p>But footage shows Biggar clutching his back before collapsing to the floor in agony just as he was about to strike the ball.<\/p>\n<p>The Toulon medical team rushed on to the field to tend to the stricken No 10, and he was eventually helped from the field and replaced.<\/p>\n<p>Biggar suffered a pectoral muscle strain at the World Cup in France during Wales&#8217; crushing 40-6 win against Australia in the pool stage.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/05\/15\/77425531-12712739-image-a-3_1699197395942.jpg\" height=\"439\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Biggar retired from playing for Wales at the end of the recent Rugby World Cup having earned 112 caps<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/05\/15\/77425569-12712739-image-a-4_1699197486781.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>He cited the physical impact of his rugby career as a reason for his international retirement in his Mail Sport column<\/p>\n<p>He sat out the game against Georgia that followed but returned for the defeat to Argentina in Marseille.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In his Mail Sport column announcing his retirement, Biggar admitted that the physical toll of a 16-year professional rugby career was a factor in the decision.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8216;My body has started to feel more like a 33-year-old&#8217;s in the last 12 months. I still feel great on the pitch, but the recovery days and the days off are getting a little harder.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;ve always wanted to stop on my own terms. If I don&#8217;t retire myself, then I know I will get pushed out eventually\u2026 I have seen so many great players get phased out by injury or selection, and I didn&#8217;t want that to happen to me.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/rugbyunion\/article-12712739\/Wales-legend-Dan-Biggar-Toulon-rugby.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wales legend Dan Biggar collapses to the floor in agony with a back spasm as he prepares to take a conversion for Toulon &#8211; just a month after playing his last international match at the Rugby World Cup Dan Biggar suffers back injury as he lines up a conversion playing for Toulon Footage shows the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296152,"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 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Biggar suffers painful back injury while making return for Toulon - Tell My Sport<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/rugby-union\/biggar-suffers-painful-back-injury-while-making-return-for-toulon\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Biggar suffers painful back injury while making return for Toulon - Tell My Sport\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Wales legend Dan Biggar collapses to the floor in agony with a back spasm as he prepares to take a conversion for Toulon &#8211; 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