Duhan, Weir start for Scotland
Duhan van der Merwe and Duncan Weir have been included in Scotland’s run-on XV for their Autumn Nations Cup opener against Italy in Florence on Saturday.
Duhan van der Merwe and Duncan Weir have been included in Scotland’s run-on XV for their Autumn Nations Cup opener against Italy in Florence on Saturday.
Scotland ended their Six Nations campaign on a positive note by claiming a 14-10 away victory over Wales on Saturday.
South African-born Scotland wing Duhan van der Merwe says he wants to improve as a Test player now that his ‘nervous and emotional’ international debut is out of the way.
Scotland wing Duhan van der Merwe sliced through the Georgian defence to score on Test debut at Murrayfield on Friday night.
Four South Africans, including uncapped duo Duhan van der Merwe and Oli Kebble, have been included in Scotland’s 40-man squad for the revised 2020 Test season.
Richard Cockerill says former Lions flyhalf Jaco van der Walt has the attributes to make the step up to international rugby when he qualifies for Scotland later this year, writes BRYN PALMER.
Duhan van der Merwe has opened up about his rocky career path in Europe, where he went from injury-prone struggler at Montpellier to star performer and Scotland hopeful at Edinburgh. MARIETTE ADAMS reports.
Gregor Townsend has thrown his support behind the idea of combining World Rugby’s two international Test windows for an aligned single calendar.
SA Rugby have confirmed that the Springboks’ July Test matches against Scotland and Georgia have been postponed due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
Wales and Scotland head coaches Wayne Pivac and Gregor Townsend are set to take 25% wage deferrals, after the Welsh and Scottish rugby unions emerged as the latest governing bodies to impose pay cuts amid Covid-19.