That's the thing I hope we can improve on is just our consistency. Hence why I struggle to expect how we will do as one day we could dominate and the next we get completely dominated or scrape a win
He can never play for us (South Africa) he already chose Scotland over SA so you cannot reverse your decision. What's funny is that his brother plays for SA
If u listen to his own interview about why he plays for Scotland,it's an eye opener. He gets emotional about how Scotland believed in him when he was low and didn't think he had a future in the game,and no-one else did. He felt he needed to repay Scotland!
I was lucky enough to be at this match (as a Scot living in England, it was a very good day). The highlight of the last try doesn’t do it justice-the move was started inside Scotland’s 22 and was only 3-4 phases long. Where van der Merwe’s first try was individual brilliance, his second was as a result of outstanding teamwork and individual skill from others (like Richie Gray’s catch and pass to Matt Fagerson).
It is not club rugby where you can just switch teams. He chose Scotland after he became eligibile to play for them. He cannot reverse his decision. (technically he can if he returned to south africa and did not play for scotland for 3 years but I don't see either scenario happening). It is a shame. Him and Kolbe on each wing would have been the two perfect opposites to have.
He doesent have to return to SA he is allowed to play in other countries but yes he would have to quit the Scottish team for 5 years (the rules changed fairly recently from 3 to 5) He is also in a tough position with how competitive south African wings are we already have Mapimpi, Kolbe, Ardense and Moody who are imo all just as good (some being better) than him
England won it in 2019, we've won the Calcutta cup 5 out of the last 6 times though with 4 wins and a draw (we'd won the CC the year before so counts as us winning it) and 1 loss, we've deffo become England's bogey team recently
What makes it so much more satisfying as a Scot to beat England is they are a much larger country with about 10x the population, giving them a much larger player pool to choose from. There is a tremendous rivalry between the countries and generally over time the larger county wins more often. That is why it is so satisfying to beat your larger neighbour, particularly at their home stadium and for the third game in a row. The same goes for England v Wales and England v Ireland, where England has a much greater population.
Do you forget 2018? Or just choosing to forget it. A much closer game (literally a draw and with Scotland's injury list being massive) whilst having the fun of being a high scoring game
Loved this, being Scottish of course I loved it but also you know your stuff man, I really didn’t think rugby was big in America at all but just by listening to you I’m like yeah this guy knows what he’s talking about. Love your videos in general man, it’s great to see different cultures reactions to things they maybe don’t see all the time
I love this commentator too, his name has went from my mind for a minute but he’s been a commentator for a ping time and I’ve always enjoyed his way of putting the game over
Van Der Merwe would have to play in South Africa for four years to be available for selection, it’s a recent change - you can now play for two countries in a career. But it takes a while. By which time most guys would be past their best anyway. I don’t see many guys doing it.
No, he could play anywhere, he would just have to wait three years since his most recent Scotland cap. So theoretically he could play for South Africa from 4 February 2026 - not likely though!
The Springboks dont need him. SA has such depth of talent in Rugby that there are many Van Der Merwes. Three world cup wins says it all. The Scots need him far more than the Saffas need him.
I'll give full respect as all the American reacts videos they have no clue about rugby, but you actually know your shit by the looks of it which is refreshing to see. So you'll know its the only game that really matters rather than the tournament 🏴 🏴
A question Sean When the Men's Rugby World cup comes to the USA in 2031 and the Women's Rugby World cup in 2033. Do you think many Americans will watch it? Will you be going?
Ireland, Springboks and Scotland make their pool in the Worldcup spicy. Then Add the ABs and france on the same side of the draw.. means only 2 out of the current top 6 team can make the semis.
Go to see if you can find any British and Irish Lions footage from the last tour of South Africa… The big man was playing against his nation of birth, and some great rugby was seen
The problem with South Africa taking Van De Merve is that if he did come through he plays the same position as Mpimpi and they will never replace Mpimpi for him, It's good that he has a team to play for but He would not fit into the SA team currently.
Yep, I think Hoggie was returning from an injury, so it was understandable that he was not his usual self. I also felt that Finn didn't have his best game either. There were three or four times when he carried the ball too far before releasing the pass, but that can also be attributed to good line speed from the English first-up defenders.
We're good for wingers in SA don't worry about us who do we drop to accommodate Duhan? Besides he chose sctoland and now thats it this isn't club rugby where you can just flip flop to whatever team you want
South African here. There are two main reasons for Van Der merwe not playing for us. First reason is that we already have 4 wings who are all just as good if not better than him (Mapimpi, Moody, Ardense and Kolbe) so there was never really space for him (his brother used to play for us funnily enough however he hasn't for a while and I'm not sure why). Secondly he can never play for us now (technically false he can play for us but he'd have to effectively quit international rugby for 5 years and no real player would ever do that) because the rules say once you chose a national team you cannot reverse the decision thus he can never come back to play for us and he must stay with the Scottish team. Incredibly talented player and honestly he is living testament as to why we are the greatest rugby nation. We produce so many good players that they have to go play for other national teams because the competition is so tight (there are many other players ,at least 5-6 that immediately come to mind who play for other country's because they just couldn't quite make it into our national team, who play in European teams who are all South African)
Main reason is that he had consistent injury problems and no SA team wanted to risk taking him on. Came to Edinburgh and failed another medical but they decided they’d look after him and sponsor his recovery. And now here we are.
Even if DvdM were to become available to SA again, he wouldn't be a guaranteed starter. His ball carrying is amazing obviously, but his all round game is not as good as for example Mapimpi
@cd loges I mean I wouldn't go that far tbh, he's clearly a talented player, but yes he isn't as complete a winger as let's say Josh Adams of Wales who I think would start for SA
I felt all the way through that although we had more possession we looked very vulnerable when Scotland had the ball in our half; every time there was a real danger of them scoring. Kevin Sinfield has got some real work to do with the defence. I also think we need to stop trying to play two fly halves; I would still start with Smith but I feel Farrell has little to offer at centre; let's pick proper centres. Some of our guys looked like they struggled for stamina at the end as well, especially Itoje.
The problem with England in my mind was the number of times your scrum-half booted the ball up-field with aimless box kicks and an interminable period of aerial ping-pong ensued. There didn't seem much reason or point to it: no wonder your forwards were peching away with their hands on their knees after chasing forward only to have to rinse and repeat the process after the ball had been booted back into your own 22 again by Hoggie or Russell! You're right though about the task facing Mr Sinfield. That England defence couldn't tackle a fish supper, let alone the likes of big Duhan! It must have been embarrassing to watch for the England fans in the stands. You had so much pace in your back three, but you didn't give them the ball often enough! Instead of spinning the ball wide to stretch our defence, you insisted of hitting the ball up in the forwards. Steve Tandy has worked wonders with Scotland's defence in recent years and our defence coped well with your attacks and Toonie's natural guile and flair is evident in our attacking play. We have a lot of good ball carriers in the pack and we have very dangerous runners in the backs as you found out to your discomfort on Saturday.
Hi Sean! Dude, you were perfectly logical at the top of this video in picking England to win the game before the kick-off! As someone who has been following Scotland's national rugby team since the 1970s, this game was a very pleasant watch. Trips to Twickenham rarely go this well for us. The fixture has been played at Twickenham on 52 occasions since 1911; England winning 39, Scotland 6 and there have been 6 draws. Two world wars meant that the Championship was cancelled between the years 1914-1920 and 1940-1947, so you can see from those statistics, Twickenham is a real fortress for England. The transition of the game of rugby union from its amateur roots to full professionalism in the mid-1990s hit Scotland very hard because we have a considerably small pool of players to choose from compared to our rivals. Rugby union is not considered a major sport in Scotland; football (you guys call it soccer in America) is the national sport in Scotland. In rugby union, there are only two professional clubs, Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh, and the Scottish Rugby Union take their players from those two clubs and those from clubs outside Scotland who qualify for Scotland either because they have Scottish family connections or through being resident in Scotland for a period of, I think, 3 years, but it may have been increased to 5 years. The South African contingent (Duhan van der Merwe, Kyle Steyn, Pierre Schoeman and Willem Nel) in the Scotland team qualify through the residency qualification. South Africa can go whistle if they want them back, but so rich are the playing resources available to them, Die Bokke don't need them, and we're very happy to have them in our team, thankyou very much! And Duhan has chosen to play his international rugby for Scotland, as have all the other players in the team who were born outside Scotland. While we seem to have the most competitive team we've had for many years and we have three tests at home in this year's 6 Nations (against Wales, Italy and Ireland), but we Scots know only too well that the Scotland team are only as good as their next result. They have trouble with stringing consecutive wins together, and there have been many false dawns after we've gone and done what we did last Saturday and won our first test match of the series. Invariably we fail to follow it up in the second test match. Wales will be no pushovers on Saturday and they'll be hurting after losing against Ireland. So I'm not going to count my chickens quite yet!
In my early days of watching the Five Nations, when I started playing as well, I could generally console with the thought that we (England) would expect to beat Scotland and Ireland and so finish mid-table. It was a long time before we would go in expecting to beat Wales and France, but things seem to have swung back in the immediate now. I am even 'nervous' about Italy this weekend at present. I hope Scotland succeed against Wales and Italy but I don't see you taking Ireland or France, but who can say, if you play out of your skins and they fall flat on the day? The Scottish faithful have had some thin pickings for a few seasons, but they have a good side at present.
Alcohol saps strength. A single unit can negate the benefits of 2 days training and ruin field performance. Gregor and every other sensible rugby coach knows this and sometimes needs to rein in their more emotional players. Games are won first by good ball possession by the team's pack horses, and only then by Race Horses like Finn and Duhan who finish the job. Dedicated, skilled and sober players committed to modern strength and conditioning training helped Scotland beat England and more recently Wales. National Pride contributed little to help our team win - remember Aly MacLeod's Tartan Army that failed miserably in their endeavor to win the 1978 World Soccer Cup. Pride comes before a Fall. Top international team's like Ireland and South Africa understand this and avoid taking an apparently innocent 'wee dram'. Good luck in France Scotland - we appreciate your sacrifices.
He lives and works in Scotland, for him to play for SA again he would have to quit for 3 years or so….he has Scottish blood, it’s that simple, absolute rubbish
No idea why all these re-uploaded videos are appearing with Americans with stupid faces in the thumbnails. Just go watch the original upload. It wont have any interruptions in it!
Your not apart of the squad we got over here and that’s okay. We still got open spaces and you’re free to enjoy the journey like the other great people of this community over here. If not wish all the best to you.
I spotted 3 South African-born players in the Scottish team, all of whom had a good game: Duhan van der Merwe, Pierre Schoeman, Kyle Steyn. SA’s talent pool is amazing. Makes me proud
Well in the Scotland squad there are even more English born players, but we don’t talk about that so in my eyes, as the SA players chose to work and play in Scotland, the boks can’t accept them as their own when they ignored them in the first place
It would be nice if Duhan stayed in SA, but we have enough good wingers already. He wouldn't be able to play for SA anyway, he already represented another country, so he would have to quit international rugby for 5 years in order to qualify for SA.
Kyle Steyn was playing! He was no. 14. Who Duhan was talking to was Chris Harris. Chris plays in midfield (number 12 or 13) Duhan plays on the wing, number 11. Please at least do some research to make your vlog more accurate, I'm sure you'll benefit.
We really love duhan vd Merwe but with Kolbe, mapimpi, kurt-lee, moodie and multiple utility backs like Willemse, kriel and gellant there's very little opportunity for a new player to breakthrough at wing. Btw, scotland had 4 SA players playing, duhan(wing), kyle steyn(wing), wp nel(prop) and pierre schoeman(prop)
That’s a fair shout. As good as Van der Merwe is playing, you have to remember that SA rugby is drenched with similarly talented players is most positions. Personally I think it’s a good thing if the best-of-the-rest of SA rugby can choose to live, work, pay taxes and commit allegiance to get themselves on the international stage with another country. It’s an absolute treat. I’d only tentatively include Steyn on your list though because with a Scottish mother it is hardly a tenuous connection. The other three, though, are as Scottish as a Braai ;)
@@Dayl_Adams you took him, Duhan didn't apply to play for Scotland, you can't do that, you get called as a player and then the player makes the decision to accept the call. Scotland took him, Wales did the same thing with another South African player. I was surprised that even France has a South African player(Willemse). Especially British nations they sometimes look to steal a few of our players, it is a fact, don't deny it. I use the word "take" because I know that British nations sometimes scout for South Africans of British decent, looking to see who might join their National team.
Keiran, you're clearly a Rangers fan, judging by your avatar, but I don't know if you've noticed but your football club no longer has those stars on the club crest on their team jersey!
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Duhan Van Der Merwe may have been born in South Africa, but he chose to live and work in Scotland, that makes him Scottish in my books
DVM would have to stand down from Scottish rugby for 3 years before he is eligible to play for SA. He bleeds blue now
Edinburgh gave him a shot and stuck by him when no one wanted him because of his hip issues.
In this Scots books, he's South African.
He is Scottish in my book. Name me one top tear team apart from South Africa that doesn't have a foreign born player in the starting 15?
He's doing great
Superbe Ecosse...Magnifique Rugby ! Merveilleux Tournoi des six nations ...Salutations depuis Bordeaux ( France).
Merci beaucoup.
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This is the oldest international rugby match in the world. Third time in a row Scotland have beaten the English. Wonderful stuff!!!
Scotland doesn't always have consistent results but they are one of the most entertaining teams to watch.
That's the thing I hope we can improve on is just our consistency. Hence why I struggle to expect how we will do as one day we could dominate and the next we get completely dominated or scrape a win
+1 !
They're playing well wouldn't surprise me if they beat Ireland or France
@@Trajan2401 now let's not get ahead of ourselves 😅
@@jamesstevenson9340 ,I'm actually a kiwi just my thoughts lol
He can never play for us (South Africa) he already chose Scotland over SA so you cannot reverse your decision. What's funny is that his brother plays for SA
Yes he can. If he doesn't play internationals for 3 years he can switch.
Incorrect. His brother did play for SA, he Akker doesn't anymore. Plus what @Connor6569 said.
Theoretically he could switch back, as long as he waits 3 years. But in practice that is unlikely to happen
@@Connor6569 It's 5 years now, World Rugby changed the rules.
@@Connor6569 yes but realistically no serious professional player will ever go on a 3 year break just to have a chance at making the springboks side
If u listen to his own interview about why he plays for Scotland,it's an eye opener. He gets emotional about how Scotland believed in him when he was low and didn't think he had a future in the game,and no-one else did. He felt he needed to repay Scotland!
I watched several times,he’s Scottish in my books 🏴🏴🏴
I was lucky enough to be at this match (as a Scot living in England, it was a very good day). The highlight of the last try doesn’t do it justice-the move was started inside Scotland’s 22 and was only 3-4 phases long. Where van der Merwe’s first try was individual brilliance, his second was as a result of outstanding teamwork and individual skill from others (like Richie Gray’s catch and pass to Matt Fagerson).
Glad our Gaelic brethren beat the auld enemy
Anybody against them...People up here still upset at the 66 world cup result.
It is not club rugby where you can just switch teams. He chose Scotland after he became eligibile to play for them. He cannot reverse his decision. (technically he can if he returned to south africa and did not play for scotland for 3 years but I don't see either scenario happening). It is a shame. Him and Kolbe on each wing would have been the two perfect opposites to have.
South Africa don't seem to be too short of wings in present times
He doesent have to return to SA he is allowed to play in other countries but yes he would have to quit the Scottish team for 5 years (the rules changed fairly recently from 3 to 5)
He is also in a tough position with how competitive south African wings are we already have Mapimpi, Kolbe, Ardense and Moody who are imo all just as good (some being better) than him
You shot your own argument down.
@@jameshepburn81 everything he said is perfectly right wtf are you talking about
Noone was saying this with tuilangi playing for england though
Duhan chose Scotland so he’s Scottish
3 victories in a row and England haven't won this fixture in 5 attempts, wonderful stuff
NO!!! Terrible stuff!
@rocketrabble6737 ,from a Scottish perspective it is wonderful stuff but it's needs to be backed up with a victory against the Welsh
England won it in 2019, we've won the Calcutta cup 5 out of the last 6 times though with 4 wins and a draw (we'd won the CC the year before so counts as us winning it) and 1 loss, we've deffo become England's bogey team recently
@@EugeneRimmer2019 was a draw. England haven’t beat Scotland at Twickenham since 2017. That’s a hell of a statistic.
@@pipoo1 meant 2020, was just trying to remember off the top of my head when I wrote that comment
Respect man, great series of games to react too. 6 nations is the best competition in the world.👍
What makes it so much more satisfying as a Scot to beat England is they are a much larger country with about 10x the population, giving them a much larger player pool to choose from. There is a tremendous rivalry between the countries and generally over time the larger county wins more often. That is why it is so satisfying to beat your larger neighbour, particularly at their home stadium and for the third game in a row. The same goes for England v Wales and England v Ireland, where England has a much greater population.
This was one of the best games of rugby I have seen in fifty years of watching rugby
it was as tight a Culcutta match as there's ever been :) England v Scotland form does not matter ever this a grude match always
Calcutta*
Do you forget 2018? Or just choosing to forget it. A much closer game (literally a draw and with Scotland's injury list being massive) whilst having the fun of being a high scoring game
Loving this from Scotland. Look forward to the Wales game.
I’m half Scottish this game made my day
Broooo please do a reaction to weight of a nation allblacks documentary it’s on TH-cam!!!
I know a few people in Scotland with their last name as Hutchinson and they all go by Hutchy.
@@bazmc1153 yup a few Hutchison’s . My nickname in high school was hutchie .
Its OK to pick the wrong team....😂😂 what a game 👍🏻🏴
Loved this, being Scottish of course I loved it but also you know your stuff man, I really didn’t think rugby was big in America at all but just by listening to you I’m like yeah this guy knows what he’s talking about. Love your videos in general man, it’s great to see different cultures reactions to things they maybe don’t see all the time
I love this commentator too, his name has went from my mind for a minute but he’s been a commentator for a ping time and I’ve always enjoyed his way of putting the game over
this yr, theres an energy ive not witnessed before, lets see what happens wales..
Van Der Merwe would have to play in South Africa for four years to be available for selection, it’s a recent change - you can now play for two countries in a career. But it takes a while. By which time most guys would be past their best anyway. I don’t see many guys doing it.
No, he could play anywhere, he would just have to wait three years since his most recent Scotland cap. So theoretically he could play for South Africa from 4 February 2026 - not likely though!
@@IanMacgilp 5yrs.
Great entertaining reaction, thanks.
Brilliant individual try from DVM
He made his bed. We have good wings playing for the Springboks and as ever, more coming through.
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The Springboks dont need him. SA has such depth of talent in Rugby that there are many Van Der Merwes. Three world cup wins says it all. The Scots need him far more than the Saffas need him.
Loved the reaction bro, dropped a sub because of it. Respect from Scotland 🏴
07:07 That reaction by you is why I subscribed 👍👍👍👍. Greetings from Denmark 🇩🇰
I'll give full respect as all the American reacts videos they have no clue about rugby, but you actually know your shit by the looks of it which is refreshing to see. So you'll know its the only game that really matters rather than the tournament 🏴 🏴
It must be strange in you watching us here in the UK playing rugby without shoulder pads and helmets! Here in the UK we breed MEN!
A question Sean
When the Men's Rugby World cup comes to the USA in 2031 and the Women's Rugby World cup in 2033. Do you think many Americans will watch it? Will you be going?
Ireland, Springboks and Scotland make their pool in the Worldcup spicy. Then Add the ABs and france on the same side of the draw.. means only 2 out of the current top 6 team can make the semis.
Your not having him lol with love from a Scotland fan
Go to see if you can find any British and Irish Lions footage from the last tour of South Africa… The big man was playing against his nation of birth, and some great rugby was seen
The problem with South Africa taking Van De Merve is that if he did come through he plays the same position as Mpimpi and they will never replace Mpimpi for him, It's good that he has a team to play for but He would not fit into the SA team currently.
That was Hogg's first game back since December, so he's a bit rusty
Yep, I think Hoggie was returning from an injury, so it was understandable that he was not his usual self. I also felt that Finn didn't have his best game either. There were three or four times when he carried the ball too far before releasing the pass, but that can also be attributed to good line speed from the English first-up defenders.
We have a Duhan vd Merwe factory bro. 😂
We're good for wingers in SA don't worry about us who do we drop to accommodate Duhan? Besides he chose sctoland and now thats it this isn't club rugby where you can just flip flop to whatever team you want
It’s the Calcutta cup… The oldest sporting contest in the world… All bets are off.
It's always good to beat the Englanders Englanders
South African here. There are two main reasons for Van Der merwe not playing for us. First reason is that we already have 4 wings who are all just as good if not better than him (Mapimpi, Moody, Ardense and Kolbe) so there was never really space for him (his brother used to play for us funnily enough however he hasn't for a while and I'm not sure why). Secondly he can never play for us now (technically false he can play for us but he'd have to effectively quit international rugby for 5 years and no real player would ever do that) because the rules say once you chose a national team you cannot reverse the decision thus he can never come back to play for us and he must stay with the Scottish team.
Incredibly talented player and honestly he is living testament as to why we are the greatest rugby nation. We produce so many good players that they have to go play for other national teams because the competition is so tight (there are many other players ,at least 5-6 that immediately come to mind who play for other country's because they just couldn't quite make it into our national team, who play in European teams who are all South African)
Main reason is that he had consistent injury problems and no SA team wanted to risk taking him on. Came to Edinburgh and failed another medical but they decided they’d look after him and sponsor his recovery.
And now here we are.
Or 'Kolbe' perhaps!
Plus playing in 6 nations is a good draw as well as staying in Europe.
@@rocketrabble6737 yeah I saw I spelt Kolbes name wrong but was just to lazy to go change it
It's good to be blue! Marvellous Scotland, absolutely marvellous! 💙
Even if DvdM were to become available to SA again, he wouldn't be a guaranteed starter. His ball carrying is amazing obviously, but his all round game is not as good as for example Mapimpi
True. He’s too one dimensional and that’s not good enough in modern rugby. He doesn’t have a kicking game and his passing is not up to much
@cd loges I mean I wouldn't go that far tbh, he's clearly a talented player, but yes he isn't as complete a winger as let's say Josh Adams of Wales who I think would start for SA
kolbe, Arendse, Moody SA produces some next level wingers we will be fine without Duhan lol
I love the rugby reaction videos!
I felt all the way through that although we had more possession we looked very vulnerable when Scotland had the ball in our half; every time there was a real danger of them scoring. Kevin Sinfield has got some real work to do with the defence.
I also think we need to stop trying to play two fly halves; I would still start with Smith but I feel Farrell has little to offer at centre; let's pick proper centres.
Some of our guys looked like they struggled for stamina at the end as well, especially Itoje.
The problem with England in my mind was the number of times your scrum-half booted the ball up-field with aimless box kicks and an interminable period of aerial ping-pong ensued. There didn't seem much reason or point to it: no wonder your forwards were peching away with their hands on their knees after chasing forward only to have to rinse and repeat the process after the ball had been booted back into your own 22 again by Hoggie or Russell! You're right though about the task facing Mr Sinfield. That England defence couldn't tackle a fish supper, let alone the likes of big Duhan! It must have been embarrassing to watch for the England fans in the stands. You had so much pace in your back three, but you didn't give them the ball often enough! Instead of spinning the ball wide to stretch our defence, you insisted of hitting the ball up in the forwards. Steve Tandy has worked wonders with Scotland's defence in recent years and our defence coped well with your attacks and Toonie's natural guile and flair is evident in our attacking play. We have a lot of good ball carriers in the pack and we have very dangerous runners in the backs as you found out to your discomfort on Saturday.
Hi Sean! Dude, you were perfectly logical at the top of this video in picking England to win the game before the kick-off! As someone who has been following Scotland's national rugby team since the 1970s, this game was a very pleasant watch. Trips to Twickenham rarely go this well for us. The fixture has been played at Twickenham on 52 occasions since 1911; England winning 39, Scotland 6 and there have been 6 draws. Two world wars meant that the Championship was cancelled between the years 1914-1920 and 1940-1947, so you can see from those statistics, Twickenham is a real fortress for England.
The transition of the game of rugby union from its amateur roots to full professionalism in the mid-1990s hit Scotland very hard because we have a considerably small pool of players to choose from compared to our rivals. Rugby union is not considered a major sport in Scotland; football (you guys call it soccer in America) is the national sport in Scotland. In rugby union, there are only two professional clubs, Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh, and the Scottish Rugby Union take their players from those two clubs and those from clubs outside Scotland who qualify for Scotland either because they have Scottish family connections or through being resident in Scotland for a period of, I think, 3 years, but it may have been increased to 5 years. The South African contingent (Duhan van der Merwe, Kyle Steyn, Pierre Schoeman and Willem Nel) in the Scotland team qualify through the residency qualification. South Africa can go whistle if they want them back, but so rich are the playing resources available to them, Die Bokke don't need them, and we're very happy to have them in our team, thankyou very much! And Duhan has chosen to play his international rugby for Scotland, as have all the other players in the team who were born outside Scotland.
While we seem to have the most competitive team we've had for many years and we have three tests at home in this year's 6 Nations (against Wales, Italy and Ireland), but we Scots know only too well that the Scotland team are only as good as their next result. They have trouble with stringing consecutive wins together, and there have been many false dawns after we've gone and done what we did last Saturday and won our first test match of the series. Invariably we fail to follow it up in the second test match. Wales will be no pushovers on Saturday and they'll be hurting after losing against Ireland. So I'm not going to count my chickens quite yet!
In my early days of watching the Five Nations, when I started playing as well, I could generally console with the thought that we (England) would expect to beat Scotland and Ireland and so finish mid-table. It was a long time before we would go in expecting to beat Wales and France, but things seem to have swung back in the immediate now. I am even 'nervous' about Italy this weekend at present. I hope Scotland succeed against Wales and Italy but I don't see you taking Ireland or France, but who can say, if you play out of your skins and they fall flat on the day? The Scottish faithful have had some thin pickings for a few seasons, but they have a good side at present.
Alcohol saps strength. A single unit can negate the benefits of 2 days training and ruin field performance. Gregor and every other sensible rugby coach knows this and sometimes needs to rein in their more emotional players. Games are won first by good ball possession by the team's pack horses, and only then by Race Horses like Finn and Duhan who finish the job. Dedicated, skilled and sober players committed to modern strength and conditioning training helped Scotland beat England and more recently Wales. National Pride contributed little to help our team win - remember Aly MacLeod's Tartan Army that failed miserably in their endeavor to win the 1978 World Soccer Cup. Pride comes before a Fall. Top international team's like Ireland and South Africa understand this and avoid taking an apparently innocent 'wee dram'. Good luck in France Scotland - we appreciate your sacrifices.
Scotland forever 🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴
Hopefully you are supporting Wales on Saturday 🤣🤣🤣🤣😁..... 🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴
Great game ! :)
You really love this sport ( im enghish )
Duhan can’t go back to SA. He’s played for Scotland and qualified through residency so he now cannot go back and play for the boks
So for Duhan VDM to play for South Africa I think he would have to move back to South Africa and not play for Scotland for four years
Duhan Van Mac Swerver has a Scottish toenail which means hes Scottish forever
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7:15 - That is a South African, yes.
He lives and works in Scotland, for him to play for SA again he would have to quit for 3 years or so….he has Scottish blood, it’s that simple, absolute rubbish
Well done Scotland 👏
NO PADDING lol
Honestly SA don't need van der merve we have better players coming through, and besides van der merve has weaknesses defensively that can be exploited
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Your not apart of the squad we got over here and that’s okay. We still got open spaces and you’re free to enjoy the journey like the other great people of this community over here.
If not wish all the best to you.
Always be Scottish son
I spotted 3 South African-born players in the Scottish team, all of whom had a good game: Duhan van der Merwe, Pierre Schoeman, Kyle Steyn.
SA’s talent pool is amazing. Makes me proud
WP Nel too. Quarter of the starting line up.
Well in the Scotland squad there are even more English born players, but we don’t talk about that so in my eyes, as the SA players chose to work and play in Scotland, the boks can’t accept them as their own when they ignored them in the first place
@@CaitSithDubh oh yes that’s true! 4 South Africans 💪
@@oscardawson2502 or the english player born in scotland
It would be nice if Duhan stayed in SA, but we have enough good wingers already. He wouldn't be able to play for SA anyway, he already represented another country, so he would have to quit international rugby for 5 years in order to qualify for SA.
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u got it wrong big man
Kyle Steyn was playing! He was no. 14. Who Duhan was talking to was Chris Harris. Chris plays in midfield (number 12 or 13) Duhan plays on the wing, number 11. Please at least do some research to make your vlog more accurate, I'm sure you'll benefit.
@@deeperanddown How rude.
Great game
We really love duhan vd Merwe but with Kolbe, mapimpi, kurt-lee, moodie and multiple utility backs like Willemse, kriel and gellant there's very little opportunity for a new player to breakthrough at wing.
Btw, scotland had 4 SA players playing, duhan(wing), kyle steyn(wing), wp nel(prop) and pierre schoeman(prop)
That’s a fair shout. As good as Van der Merwe is playing, you have to remember that SA rugby is drenched with similarly talented players is most positions.
Personally I think it’s a good thing if the best-of-the-rest of SA rugby can choose to live, work, pay taxes and commit allegiance to get themselves on the international stage with another country. It’s an absolute treat.
I’d only tentatively include Steyn on your list though because with a Scottish mother it is hardly a tenuous connection.
The other three, though, are as Scottish as a Braai ;)
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Why?
@@ianarnett because
Don't worry about South Africa, we have no shortage of very good Wingers even though Scotland took Duhan van Der Merwe from us.
He choose to play for Scotland, we didn’t “take” him…
@@Dayl_Adams you took him, Duhan didn't apply to play for Scotland, you can't do that, you get called as a player and then the player makes the decision to accept the call. Scotland took him, Wales did the same thing with another South African player. I was surprised that even France has a South African player(Willemse). Especially British nations they sometimes look to steal a few of our players, it is a fact, don't deny it. I use the word "take" because I know that British nations sometimes scout for South Africans of British decent, looking to see who might join their National team.
@@abongiledlova477 he accepted the call? is it the Scotland management forcing him to say yes? Hahah
@@abongiledlova477 “you took him” we offered and he said yes, it’s that simple he has every opportunity to say NO.
@@Dayl_Adams Lol call players from Scotland to play in your national team and leave South Africans alone. You took Duhan from us!
I got England hahaha we've got England's number now
Keiran, you're clearly a Rangers fan, judging by your avatar, but I don't know if you've noticed but your football club no longer has those stars on the club crest on their team jersey!
Scotland and France " THE AULD ALLIANCE" For 100s of years, when i look at the 6 nations i want Scotland to win but i also want France to win.