Gareth Anscombe missed the birth of his second child by a matter of hours as he revealed his wife gave birth to their baby son, Theo, while he was in the air flying out to link up with the Wales squad in South Africa.
Anscombe delayed his flight to South Africa having been given permission to stay at home for a couple of extra days for family reasons. The fly-half’s wife Milica was expecting their second child, so he was allowed to travel out a couple of days later than the rest of the squad, who departed from Heathrow on Thursday, heading for Johannesburg. Anscombe eventually left on Saturday evening.
And, lo-and-behold, he narrowly missed the arrival of his newborn, who was welcomed into the world on Sunday, the day Anscombe touched down in South Africa.
