DUHAN VAN DER MERWE

FIRST THINGS first, big Duhan van der Merwe, of Edinburgh and Scotland via George in the Western Cape, wants to clear up a few things.

That stuff about the origins of his Christian name on Wikipedia? The brilliantly curious claim that he was named after a musician from Limerick called Johnny Duhan? “It’s nonsense, man. I honestly don’t know where these people dream this stuff up.” And his brother, the Sale hooker Akker? “It says he was named after a guy who used to play the clarinet,