BRENDAN GALLAGHER

There was a curious moment in the last minute at Murrayfield last night when a message suddenly flashed up on our screens “Duhan van der Merwe, yellow, low degree of danger”.
It was of course a communication dialled from the anonymous man in the bunker who had decided not to upgrade the South African’s late tip tackle to red.
The irony, however, was delicious. Low degree of danger? Van der Merwe was absolutely bloody lethal all day long, a deadly finisher at the very top of his game. Pound for pound probably the most dangerous player in this year’s Six Nations given that ...