Unstoppable Freak Athlete | | Duhan van der Merwe Big Hits, Collisions, Speed & Aggression

6ft 4" (193cm) tall, weighing in at 233lbs (106kg). Duhan van der Merwe is an unstoppable freak athlete. His rare combination of size and speed allows him to bust through tackles and do damage to oppositions defensive lines.
Duhan van der Merwe is a rugby union player, who plays as a wing for Edinburgh Rugby and Scotland. He was born and grew up in South Africa, and qualified for Scotland through the three year residency rule.
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[@DieHardRugby]

Who is your favourite South African playing for another country?

[@chahid9571]

Cheslin kolbe its my favorite player in rugby

[@chahid9571]

And you my friend

[@chahid9571]

can you give me a dedication

[@rugby_talk6806]

Cj stander

[@blaquenguni9249]

Sale C Sharks

[@ratusitimanacani6781]

This guy is freakish good. He is going to go a long way in his rugby career. Respect from Fiji..

[@michaeltrumper]

Unique blend of size, power, and quickness puts him in the elite of world wingers right now. Imagine if RSA had kept him and they could field Koble and him on the same team.

[@DieHardRugby]

He could just add to the talent we already have! To have a beast like him as an option would be awesome!

[@Rbcop1]

He can never play for South Africa. He is white.

[@denisemccarthy5384]

Bruh, half of our team or more is white.

[@denisemccarthy5384]

He had Dutch ancestry yes, but his family has probably been settled in RSA for centuries.

[@ceasarvsnepolion7789]

@@Rbcop1 some of our best players are white... you slipping buddy

[@DanA-fk6tl]

He's really added that missing ingredient to Scotland, that's for sure. Scotland are genuinely credible contenders for the first time in 30 years. Russell, Hogg, Van de Merwe, Redpath, Watson, Graham...What a team! Now they can finally stop saying..."This team are going to do something really special" (like they do every year) and ACTUALLY DO IT!

[@daveb8665]

Hope so.

[@neverindoubtjones4789]

😂😂😂 for the wooden spoon. Again.

[@Sean-me1je]

Incredible athlete. Athletic proportions are spot on. Looking forwards to seeing more from him.

[@bigred8545]

Thanks for this. Would love to see a vid of Hamish Watson 💪

[@dipper1721]

0:45 get out the way ref😂

[@nifokoula1]

Beast! Man is hungry, knows how to run great lines like Habana, but can tackle and bump off defenders like the bigger wingers (Savea, Nadolo, Tuilagi)

[@mathdavies9546]

Glad scotland are finally getting a solid squad and winning test rugby

[@101MRSPICE]

Scotland’s Lomu 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@dayl1586]

You mean South African lomu

[@erichdykman5772]

He from SA man his brother is Akker van der Merwe

[@Arrica101]

@@dayl1586 But he plays for Scotland...

[@RighAlban]

He's ours now, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@chrissf6117]

I have a feeling Duhan Van Der Merwe could have played for his home country South Africa. But it is always a pleasure watching him play the Six Nations. Incredible potential like Louis Rees Zammit.

[@mysticproduce705]

Is another good player of many are at that level. Thanks

[@oneonly3049]

Duhan Van Der Merwe be a beast!!!!💪

[@riazabrahams8409]

It's a damn pitty, this is the curse of the blessing we have in South Africa 🇿🇦 tooooo many talent.. you can only pic that many players.. even if you still brilliant, some who were selected were just that much more of what the coaches were looking for. But wow, what a talent he is !!!! Very special player, he'd of made a great bok

[@adminverminator2935]

Brilliant player well done Scots.

[@thedashinglloyd2079]

You are an id1010

[@davevermtor415]

True the black government destroying everything and completely racist the only country in the world with legal racist laws... 🤣

[@davevermtor415]

Feel sorry for them, SA was great.

[@greyham123]

What the hell are you talking about?

[@mattybhoy6522]

46% unemployment rate. Anti the 8% of the population cause they have "all the jobs "

[@frederickhansen7108]

I'm picturing him in a football uniform,running over tacklers , sprinting down field , TOUCHDOWN, crowd goes wild 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🤘🤘🤘🤘, he looks good exactly where he is , the man is on beast mode, hope he has a long career🖐

[@Arrica101]

Yea but he plays rugby instead, a real sport

[@frederickhansen7108]

@@Arrica101 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@fernandorazzino3368]

Muy bueno me gusto me gustaria que manden videos de takles fuertes

[@davidwilliams-by9pd]

Yep - the Calcutta Cup is now shared between Edinburgh and Johannesburg - 6-months each!

[@oliverhill3611]

Not sure any supporter of an international team can make that joke.. Unless pacific islander 💪🏼

[@DieFlabbergast]

They should call him "the Teflon Winger"! (Defenders just don't stick to him, he shrugs them off like they're not there.)

[@luzvimindasanmiguel3586]

Wow !!! That’s super wow !!!! 👏👏👏

[@Zzz-bq6pq]

What a player 😍

[@AMS-1]

What an athlete.Gifted. A tank with NOS.

[@FreeTopG777]

Some much SA talent playing outside of southafrica

[@randomguest2901]

0:43 the ref gets owned hahah

[@willieherbert1298]

Man i thort this man was a Flanker

[@wgjansenvanvuren8160]

Rassie should be ashamed of himself for not picking vd Merwe for the 2019 World Cup team.

[@cliftonboyz1959]

Maybe Rassie had his hands tied by those genius ANC politicians?

[@xx7093]

never heard of these ladz

[@jwalk6074]

Isn't this Mr Incredible?? Looks like him!😳

[@elliotstreet2462]

“Your man!”

[@rugby_talk6806]

I think the Morden winger is becoming a bigger stonger person that can hold his own even if being slightly slower

[@simorf]

Kolbe... hold my drink

[@rugby_talk6806]

@@simorf yes I never said that that style of play wasn’t good or effective I just said there is a lot more now than ever

[@wihanjacobs6052]

Kolbe: hold my Web Ellis cup

[@rolandrutihinda1207]

Everybody is probably going to say Kolbe to disagree with you. Which is fair because he is amazing. But I don't disagree with you necessarily. I just think modern rugby teams are looking for balance on their wings. If you have a big, slower, power type wing on one side you probably need a smaller, faster more agile type wing on the other. It gives teams more differentiation in attack so they can cause different problems for the opposition. Just my opinion

[@denisemccarthy5384]

Van Der Merwe is not slow at all guys.

[@jimt9261]

As an Englishman, I've got to say, impressive! Got to be in the Lions squad at the very least, if not the starting 15.

[@okramoffacebook1381]

The was his head keeps Level in the First scene is an awesome cameraview

[@daisysuperdog2814]

He is the closest to Jonah Lomu that I have seen in a while. WOW!

[@jldp24]

How? He is only 100kg.

[@RealNzlord]

Doesn't look like it against good teams

[@daisysuperdog2814]

@@RealNzlord I though he did pretty good recently. He will still grow in confidence and technique, I hope. But he is a very strong runner and he makes you work for it. Lomu also struggled against some teams, for example South Africa, but that opened up gaps for other great players around him. One must keep that in mind as well. Admittedly, I have not seen many of his games.

[@lp6111]

@@jldp24 I mean he’s 106kg which at 1.93m is quite solid considering it’s mostly muscle.

[@jldp24]

@@lp6111 he is not that big...he had small legs. Itd probbaly built up size. When he ayed varsity cup he hardly stood out. When he played u20s ..same.story. he was a beast at.school level for Outeniqua. He couldnt make it at Mo.tpeliier or Toulon. Im not hating on this guy..he moved to.Scotland and.is.doing well there..but its all overhyped.

[@theanabolichorse3451]

Ah from his type of play you can just tell he played rugby at pta...

[@OnlyTrustTheGovernment]

He came from George

[@anthonymokootherock1362]

Right played for the bulls age group sides after he left George but never cracked the nod for the senior side. He was always injured to be fair to him then left for France and eventually found himself in Scotland. He is doing great for himself personally I think it was a great career move.

[@ericfick8770]

Would love to see, South Afrika, against Scotland in a rugby match.

[@davidwilliams-by9pd]

Could see RSA vs RSA on the Lions Tour with so many South Africans playing for the Home Nations now!

[@nostramashego4226]

Boks would still run over scotland. Go Bokke!

[@joeveremalua7340]

Wow!! Power and speed 💪 in huge doses of it ..he could play any position from 6 to 15 I suppose

[@mornenaude2885]

Another SA player. Can’t blame him...

[@MetalDoraemon6]

What does SA mean?

[@jacobleaveland6387]

@@MetalDoraemon6 south Africa dude

[@feyderarthur3712]

First time I saw someone push a ref...

[@garysmith2983]

No specific criticism of Scotland, but the sooner World Rugby tighten up the eligibility rules the better.

[@MrIncorr3ct]

Piss off! We have 2 Pro teams. Only a few thousand players at any level. England literally have 1000x more players

[@garysmith2983]

@@MrIncorr3ct Thats not the point. A national side should be based on home grown talent, not a global recruitment process. It’s not just Scotland, most nations have exploited it. The rules are the problem. Change the rules. Also, lest you forget, Scotland were very competitive in the early eighties with no overseas talent.

[@theultimatesharpshooter6734]

I think it should be if you were there since the age of 15 or have spent 5 years in that country you can represent them. 3 years is way too short

[@rezendogmorales3747]

His ability to out run through a gap while still attempting to tackle him is due to his running form. Iv noticed he runs past or over an opponent already accelerating in that direction, side stepping way before he comes into contact with them or while he's punching the hole, giving him full acceleration and power. Most players side step off 1 foot right before contact to try and confuse opposition and this gives them less power to punch a hole as they're coming off 1 foot.. just my observation. I used to play League.. I only knew how to run straight and had a good fend and small left foot side step. This guy is fckn unreal

[@MrSimonw58]

Johnny Bravo

[@And-ml5wm]

What's awesome is he plays for Scotland.

[@kunzumla94]

Lucky Scots

[@hindsy90]

Song?

[@hindsy90]

Anyone know the music?

[@johannvanaardt7221]

Reminds me of a young George North.

[@hunj48]

This guy might be the only winger capable of defending Joshua Tuisova

[@Goubo2000]

Nah im scottish myself but tuisova is just different breed 🤣

[@Waywind420]

0:42 F's for referee

[@vagabondslot-machine8832]

Get him on the plane for the Test Series

[@kerrinnaude2777]

What! My god...

[@TheLogicalRevolution]

Such a shame the Bokke lost him... so much talent just lost and gone because of the sad state affairs in South Africa

[@theultimatesharpshooter6734]

Bokke won the World cup and Rugby championship without him. He is not missed

[@TheLogicalRevolution]

Very true, huge testament to the amazing talent pool in South Africa and how amazing of a coach Rassie is. Kolbe easily the worlds number 1 wing. But to say Duhan is not missed is just silly. Why wouldn’t we want more top notch quality wings like himself in the ranks for the future or if Kolbe and Mampipi ever went down.

[@theultimatesharpshooter6734]

@@TheLogicalRevolution We don't know how he would have fared in SA seeing that he wasn't liked back here or even in France. Reason I say this is because there is a phenomenon where "Good" players go overseas and shine to become superstars. Think of a guy like CJ stander, he was good but not the best here went overseas and shone brightly for Munster and Ireland. After which Saffas started saying "Such a shame he is not playing for the Boks" during a time when we had Vermulen, Flow, Kolisi, PSDT, Du preez brothers etc... SA has brilliant wings. Nkosi, Kurt-Lee, Mapimpi, Stravino, Davids etc... Reason I say we don't miss him is because he wouldn't have been selected at wing.

[@baller-fk5ng]

The show goes on. We produce talent every year. One player ain’t gonna hurt us at all. There is enough talent in SA bud. Plus we just won a World Cup so clearly we have talent

[@TheLogicalRevolution]

That’s a fair enough argument. But I guess you said it yourself we don’t know how he would have been. The main point made was it’s sad to see the talent go overseas when they had the potential to be a great asset to the Bokke. This is all what if’s, and to your point there is plenty of talent to pull from across the board in positions still back home. But again if said trend were to go the extreme, eventually we’d see a decline in the Boks performance if top level young talent keeps going overseas.

[@neverindoubtjones4789]

He's quick but not Zammo quick.

[@queasybeetle]

Maybe one day he will play for South Africa A.

[@Arrica101]

Can't happen. He is capped for Scotland so that is the only national team he can play for now

[@queasybeetle]

@@Arrica101 South Africa A is not a national team. He can still play for them.

[@DrAAAli]

Duhan, please give the NFL a try, you'll be awesome.

[@khairulfarhanz9915]

imagine him collides with north

[@nathanmitchell9695]

North would go off for a HIA.

[@duk41]

Nathan Mitchell yeah coz you get to 100 international caps by being injured all the time 🤦🏽‍♂️😂

[@bikeman9899]

Reminds me of Joma Lomu

[@vincentbigot143]

...The Scottish Jonah Lomu! ....with a South African flavor

[@turboboer6274]

Another big loss for Springbok rugby,like so many others the past 2 decades. What a shame. Oh yes, quota systems, how could I forget.

[@en4902]

The quota team that won the work cup hey....

[@turboboer6274]

@@en4902 that was something no one would have expected. I put it down to a mastermind coach,that did his absolute best to work with what he had. Like someone without a couple of fingers that can do what those with 10 fingers can do. No matter how you look at it, quota systems is not beneficial to anyone,nor the quota player, nor the replaced players.

[@redsidebiker]

Didn't he get tapped by Wales' slowest back last weekend, after having a start on him? Just curious like - the camera never lies......

[@damocles2240]

The Lomou of the NORTH!

[@ashtaylor8170]

Jonah Lomu reincarnated.

[@ElliotG89]

Duhan Van Der Eligibility

[@jimmymc1234]

Lions tour for this guy

[@neverindoubtjones4789]

😂 he's about 5th choice at best. Zammit, Adams, May, Watson all better than him.

[@duk41]

Got left for dead by Rees Zamitt

[@Tahrman]

Still in a losing team against the Glorious Welsh😇😇

[@CleoMoera]

Should be a No8..

[@animekawaiichan9399]

Can't believe he chose to play for Scotland instead of The world Champions: Springboks!! Imagine how the team would've been if Rassie called him for the squad. What a MAJOR downfall!

[@oscargt3951]

More the fact the springboks completely neglected him. And plus you have players like Mapimpi and Kolbe.

[@superbok4517]

South Africa id throwing all there talent players away really

[@waltherziemerink]

Euros and Pounds talk...

[@blaquenguni9249]

Yeah we'll never win a World Cup with all that talent exodus.... Oh wait

[@superbok4517]

@@waltherziemerink true true... But south Africans go because of politics to

[@superbok4517]

@@blaquenguni9249 if we could get all our over seas players wow bokke wil be masjien of a team.... To much politics in RSa aiiii.... Throwing amazing players away

[@thedashinglloyd2079]

He plays wing. A position we've always been good at. Replace Chelsin Kolbe? He probably saw he couldn't break in the squad and moved.

[@TheChate7]

a shame he plays for scotland

[@DieHardRugby]

To have such a large beast of an option in the backline would be great for us. Luckily we do have some good depth anyway.

[@lii114]

@@DieHardRugby I guess we all from the same crib

[@keeemon4451]

the scotland team which is becoming one of the best on earth?

[@jaj15]

@@keeemon4451 well they aren't are they

[@andrewkirkhope2842]

@@jaj15 yes they are

[@manualteirac9817]

Chabal: "hold my beer" !

[@ThomasA250]

Why doesn't this include the tackle he missed v France in the 2021 Six Nations which cost Scotland a try?

[@20165776YEAR]

was vdm covering 3 man over lap? perhaps you should look more closely next time?

[@ThomasA250]

@@20165776YEAR I don't need to. I saw VDM fail to use the touchline as a defence and try to fly into a tackle rather than stand the France winger up and make him turn back inside where the rest of the Scotland cover was. Something that you'd learn as a junior player.

[@livingcolours1541]

Two hand van der Merwe. 😂

[@Gavlar040378]

If Scotland attack coaches have any sense, they should be trying to get him on or near the ball at every opportunity. Takes more than one to stop him most of the time, even if he is used as a decoy to draw in defenders - more space should come for Russell to pick passes and get the likes of Hogg and Graham in more space.

[@faceless3433]

bad hands maybe. we didn't see to much of that.

[@MrArronMc]

Finn and VDM's first conversation was apparently "give me the ball and I will sprint"

[@geansai333]

Highlight reel clips: 26 Passes: zero South Africans: Learning rugby in the gym since danny craven week. #rugbysdirtylittleS

[@charllouwbarrett1593]

Wait until he plays against his country of origin and he wil not even stand out

[@dantewalters5209]

I think you're wrong. This is a good, strong South African boy who shouldn't have left our shores, but you can't blame him.

[@charllouwbarrett1593]

Maybe but I promise you put him against Duane Vermulen and he will shit his pants

[@pcs54]

@@charllouwbarrett1593 I mean ppl also doubted cheslin kolbe and he was snubbed from the national team for a long time and now hes the best winger in the world. Duhan is elite.

[@charllouwbarrett1593]

@@pcs54 its debatable all I am saying is scotlands players are not on the level of SA and the all blacks soo 🤔

[@pcs54]

@@charllouwbarrett1593 the majority arent, but duhan and hogg for example are.

[@timmehtimmehtimmehti]

Would love it if he was part of a winning lions tour to SA, would be the ultimate fuck you to the springbokes

[@lockodonis]

He can’t catch rhys zamit mind....

[@monsieur9743]

Doubt any player could turn around and catch Zammit

[@lockodonis]

@@monsieur9743 well that South African was already running towards zamit before he received the ball so even more impressive...

[@fergusoh5092]

But rhys zamit doesnt weigh 106kg and can't run through players

[@lockodonis]

@@fergusoh5092 but rhys zamit can win games though

[@fergusoh5092]

@@lockodonis Let's be honest, Wales played well and smashed England, but against Scotland and Ireland they would've lost without the red cards

[@nickjp76]

Great player, glad a fellow Saffer is doing well but some really poor defending and awful tackling gifting him a lot of tries. You NH guys need to learn how to take down big wingers!!

[@420frosty2]

Wehhhh scotoand💔thought our boete would be playing for RSA

[@faampie]

how the fuck did our selectors miss this guy?!!!

[@pictishblood5688]

The melanin content of his skin.

[@samleboeuf6993]

@@pictishblood5688 melanin has nothing to do with this. He is just overrated and couldnt prove himself even at a provincial level

[@lifeOFzeff]

He is a shiny R5 coin in a small pile of not so shiny pennies

[@lewisp2211]

A true scot 😂😂😂

[@DieFlabbergast]

Does he come from the Clan Der Merwe, from West Lothian? Aye, a good old Scots name, that.

[@pictishblood5688]

Lothian has a lot of Anglo-Saxon blood. Clan Fleming has Dutch origin. He looks Scottish.

[@Arrica101]

@@pictishblood5688 he might look Scottish but he has only been there for 4 years. He is from South Africa

[@pictishblood5688]

@@Arrica101 If there weren't quotas against Whites in SA he'd play for them, even as a squad player.

[@mikeschulz6598]

3 year eligibility residency rule is far too short..

[@faceless3433]

I agree. The country's school and club systems helped to get him to where he is and it doesn't seem right or honest to just poach players like that for national teams.

[@MrArronMc]

@@faceless3433 VDM is now 25, if SA wanted him they could have got him.

[@MiniMatthew]

Scotland literally have 15 foreign born players in their six nations squad. To out that into perspective, England have 2...

[@DieFlabbergast]

"literally" eh? Could be worse; it could be figuratively.

[@hamishmunroe9906]

And how many have England had previously compared to Scotland? A LOT more. So pipe down

[@MrArronMc]

Scotland also has the smallest player pool in the 6 nations, Scotland has 11687 "Senior males" to put that into perspective England have 131399

[@dunlaoghaire]

didn't realise he was Scottish !

[@travismailsa1]

Uhm where did you come up with that? He is clearly South African!

[@dunlaoghaire]

@@travismailsa1 I thought he played for Scotland ??? I must be tripping

[@travismailsa1]

@@dunlaoghaire Yeah he does, but he is from George, South Africa. Think something about a 3 year residency to paly with Scotland. A lot of South African players go abroad for the money.

[@d.jparer5184]

Got bunned by rees zammit though didnt he?

[@Goubo2000]

He would get flattened tho in a 1v1 tackle tho so win win situation for both

[@jasonleerjason5001]

Duhan McMerwe 😂

[@sandyplankton4005]

I forsee a lions berth

[@dutch5580]

Akkers' little brother

[@gooihom]

What a shame. Should have been a Springbok.

[@r9715]

Isn't he South African?

[@mihlegames2497]

he is

[@domwhitaker1054]

How can he qualify to play for Scotland ??He’s about as Scottish as my backside is !!!!!!!

[@beatbest3680]

0:44 Ref was bumped off...

[@ThabaniTBowseHadebe0909]

Strong South African!!

[@sinenhlanhlamlondo8013]

As good as he is Springboks would've used him well

[@michaelduplessis5660]

Seinige poes hy

[@Lucky-sg4wc]

I'd like to see one of these guys make it in the NFL.

[@thesavagesausage]

Jake Paul got huge

[@rasrealitymacky3489]

I'm sure he regrets picking Scotland instead of his birth place South Africa 🇿🇦 the World Champions. Equally, Scotland will never ever be rugby world champions in his life time. 💯

[@cameronmarais8913]

South Africa lost a great winger who could’ve took part in the British and Irish Lions tour for them , even better a fixed winger for the Boks to play against big teams like NZL , sometimes I won’t understand why we don’t keep our youth for the future and give them away for forgein teams

[@Thegrumpycoach]

40 player springbok pool , not many spots hey , some great presently preforming wingers will be left

[@jaybone8617]

He wasn't considered a great winger when he left.