Rugby-Van der Merwe joins small band of South African Lions


  • Rugby
  • Friday, 07 May 2021

FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - Six Nations Championship - Scotland v Italy - Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland, Britain - March 20, 2021 Scotland's Duhan van der Merwe scores their eighth try REUTERS/Russell Cheyne/File Photo

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Duhan van der Merwe is in line to join a small band of British and Irish Lions who have played against their country of birth after being selected on Thursday for the tour of his native South Africa.

The 25-year-old flyer is a former South African junior international, who played against new Lions team mate Maro Itoje in the junior World Cup final seven years ago but has since become a Scottish international

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