By JON NEWCOMBE
NEWCASTLE signing DTH van der Merwe plans to blaze a trail in the Premiership before putting out fires for real when he retires in three years’ time.
Having scored tries for fun at Glasgow and then the Scarlets in PRO12, the South African-born Canadian international will bow out of professional rugby once his Falcons’ contract expires in 2020 to become a full-time firefighter.
But first he has a job to do in the English Premiership, an alien environment to him other than the briefest of spells at Saracens a decade ago.
“I’m looking forward to getting ...