Scotland’s Duhan van der Merwe acknowledges the fans after their Six Nations win over England at Murrayfield on 24 February 2024. Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)
Scotland coach Gregor Townsend hailed Duhan van der Merwe’s “really special” hat-trick after the winger rewrote the record books in a 30-21 Six Nations win over England on Saturday.
Never before in the 153-year history of rugby union’s oldest international fixture had a Scotland player scored three tries in a single game.
But Van der Merwe changed all that at Murrayfield, with the Edinburgh flyer’s treble helping Scotland overturn an early 10-0 deficit as they enjoyed a fourth successive win over England, something they hadn’t achieved in all games since 1972 and last managed in the championship way back in the late 19th Century.
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