Duhanvan der Merwe

One of the world's best finishers, Duhan van der Merwe has been selected for his second British & Irish Lions Tour this summer.

The Scotland flyer started all three tests during the 2021 Lions Tour to the country of his birth, South Africa, and scored a hat-trick in the second warm-up game of the Tour.

The former Springboks under-20 player, who stands at 6 ft 4 in, has made a major impact since arriving in Scotland in 2017, when he joined Edinburgh – who he is now enjoying a second spell with – after stints in France at Montpellier and South Africa with the Blue Bulls.

He qualified for Scotland through the residency rule and made his Test debut against Georgia in October 2020, where he scored a try in a 48-7 win.

The winger has not stopped crossing the whitewash since, scoring 32, making him Scotland's record try scorer of all time.

The complete package out wide, 'Duhie' has pace, power, quick feet and an acrobatic ability which allows him to turn half-chances into tries.

He has become a Scotland crowd favourite in no small part due to his remarkable record against England.

The most famous try of his Scotland career came when he scythed through the Auld Enemy at Twickenham, scoring the try of the 2023 Six Nations after running in from inside his own half.

It added to his try at the same stadium in 2021, when Scotland earned their first victory at Twickenham since 1983, while he also scored the late try which ended his country’s away hoodoo in France.

In 2024, the giant wing continued his fine Calcutta Cup record with a remarkable hat-trick at Scottish Gas Murrayfield, including one barnstorming run from his own half, and he inevitably scored a late try at Twickenham when the sides met in 2025 – only for Finn Russell’s missed conversion to leave Scotland a point adrift of a third straight victory on English soil.