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Dan Biggar

Dan Biggar, Welsh rugby player

Born
October 16, 1989
Age in 2026
37
Zodiac sign
Libra
Birth year
1989

About Dan Biggar

Daniel Biggar (born 16 October 1989) is a Welsh former professional rugby union player and current director at United Rugby Championship club Scarlets. A Wales international, Biggar played fly half and was twice selected to tour with the British and Irish Lions. == Early life and club rugby == Born in Morriston, Swansea, Biggar came through the Ospreys development pathway, having attended Gowerton Comprehensive School in Swansea. He played his club rugby at Gorseinon RFC. He featured in the Premiership in the white of Swansea RFC. He made his Ospreys debut as an 18-year old at the Millennium Stadium, coming off the bench late on in an EDF Energy Cup semi-final win over Saracens. On 12 September 2008, Biggar made his first Ospreys start in a Magners League game against Glasgow Warriors. Biggar kicked 9 points including a long range drop-goal as the Ospreys ran out 18–21 winners at Firhill. Biggar finished the 2010–11 Celtic League as top points scorer, ending the season with 248 points. He would follow this up the following season, again finishing top scorer on 257 points as Ospreys ran out PRO12 Champions. This season concluded with Biggar sinking the title-winning touchline conversion in the Grand Final win over Leinster. In September 2017 it was announced Biggar would join English Premiership side Northampton ahead of the 2018/19 season.

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Career and life highlights

Dan Biggar timeline

  1. On 12 September 2008, Biggar made his first Ospreys start in a Magners League game against Glasgow Warriors.
  2. In 2012 he became the youngest player to reach 100 Ospreys appearances at just 22 and became the youngest to make 200 aged just 27 in 2017.

The world when Dan Biggar was born

Dan Biggar was born in 1989. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1989

  • #1 song"Look Away" – Chicago
  • Top movieDriving Miss Daisy
  • Top TV showRoseanne
  • Best-selling bookThe Joy Luck Club – Amy Tan

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentSan Francisco earthquake interrupts the World Series
  • Top headlineFall of the Berlin Wall signals end of the Cold War
  • Technology milestoneWorld Wide Web invented by Tim Berners-Lee
  • Defining fadGame Boy
  • Notable inventionGame Boy
  • World population5.19 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderGeorge H.W. Bush
  • Sports championOakland Athletics (World Series)
  • Also wonDetroit Pistons (NBA)
  • U.S. population246.8M

1989 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Dan Biggar's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19892026
Gas$1.02$3.45/gal
Average home$93,100$435,000
Average income$34,213$67,500
Minimum wage$3.35$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$3.97$11.95
Postage stamp$0.25$0.73
Population246.8M341 million

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