Dan Biggar: Lions Tour helping me deal with loss of mum

Dan Biggar of the British & Irish Lions during a kickers session at the Cape Town Stadium. Picture: Steve Haag/PA

Dan Biggar believes playing for the Lions has helped him deal with the loss of his rugby-loving mum last month after a long illness.

The Wales fly-half, favourite to be handed a British & Irish Lions start at number 10 in Saturday’s Test against the Springboks, said in a Sunday newspaper column he would not have been able to get his mum Liz off the phone in a week like this and that he was touring South Africa for her.