{"id":59358,"date":"2022-01-18T13:38:12","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T13:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=59358"},"modified":"2022-01-18T15:16:58","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T15:16:58","slug":"dan-biggar-to-captain-wales-at-2022-six-nations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2022\/01\/18\/dan-biggar-to-captain-wales-at-2022-six-nations\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Biggar to captain Wales at 2022 Six Nations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Head coach Wayne Pivac announces his 36-man squad with three new faces <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>BRITISH and Irish Lions fly-half Dan Biggar will captain Wales at the Six Nations for the first time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Biggar fills in for permanent skipper Alun Wyn Jones who is missing with a shoulder injury. Second row Adam Beard will act as his vice-captain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wales head coach Wayne Pivac was full of praise for his new captain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;With the experience missing we wanted someone who had experienced the competition on a number of occasions and knows the rigours of it. Dan gives us that \u2013 he has 95 Wales caps and he\u2019s toured with the British and Irish Lions,&#8221; said Pivac.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDan has the respect of the other players and management so we think he\u2019ll do a great job.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wales are also without fellow Lions&#8217; Taulupe Faletau, Josh Navidi, Ken Owens, George North, Justin Tipuric and Leigh Halfpenny. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jac Morgan is amongst three uncapped players receiving a call up after impressing for Ospreys this season, averaging 17 tackles a match. With fellow Ospreys teammate Dewi Lake and Cardiff forward James Ratti making up the trio. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In-form Cardiff winger Owen Lane surprisingly misses out on Wayne Pivac&#8217;s 36-man squad. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following last week&#8217;s news announcement that fans can return to watch Wales in Cardiff, Pivac said: \u201cWe have the most incredible fans and the atmosphere they create is second to none. I know the players cannot wait to get back out and put in a performance for them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The squad will meet up at the national training base in Hensol on Monday, 24 January&nbsp;with Wales beginning the defence of their Six Nations title in Dublin against Ireland on Saturday, 5 February (KO 2.15pm).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud835\uddec\ud835\uddfc\ud835\ude02\ud835\uddff \ud835\uddea\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddf9\ud835\ude00\ud835\uddf5 \ud835\ude00\ud835\uddfe\ud835\ude02\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddf1 \ud835\uddf3\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddff \ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\uddda\ud835\ude02\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf2\ud835\ude00\ud835\ude00 \ud835\udde6\ud835\uddf6\ud835\ude05 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