• More than 60 players signed from the Southern Hemisphere have been capped by the Celtic nations over the last 20 years. While some at least have an ancestral link, a Welsh mother in Gareth Anscombe’s case, the majority do not.
SCOTLAND: Total 34. Southern Africans (14): Duhan van der Merwe, Kyle Steyn, Pierre Schoeman, Willem Nel, Allan Dell, Dylan Richardson, Jaco van der Walt, Oli Kebble, Byron McGuigan, Cornell du Preez, Josh Strauss, Tyrone Holmes, Greig Tonks (all South Africa), David Denton (Zimbabwe). New Zealanders (11): Simon Berghan, Blade Thomson, Sean Maitland, Blair Cowan, John Hardie, Hugh Blake, Phil Burleigh, Grayson Hart, Matt Mustchin, Dan Parks, Brendan Laney. Australians (9): Jack Dempsey, Sione Tuipulotu, Nick Haining, Sam Johnson, Ben Toolis, Sam Pinder, Andrew Mower, Nathan Hines, Robbie Russell.
IRELAND: Total 18. South Africans (6): Rob Herring, CJ Stander, Jean Kleyn, Quinn Roux, Robbie Diack, Richardt Strauss. New Zealanders (8): James Lowe, Jamison Gibson-Park, Bundee Aki, Sean Reidy, Nathan White, Rodney Ah You, Michael Bent, Mike Mullins. Australians (4): Mack Hansen, Finlay Bealham, Tom Court, Keith Gleeson.
WALES: Total 9. New Zealanders (5): Willis Halaholo, Johnny McNicholl, Hadleigh Parkes, Sonny Parker, Gareth Anscombe. South Africans (3): Andries Pretorius, Andy Marinos, Hal Luscombe. Australian (1): Brent Cockbain.
• More than 60 players signed from the Southern Hemisphere have been capped by the Celtic nations over the last 20 years. While some at least have an ancestral link, a Welsh mother in Gareth Anscombe’s case, the majority do not.
SCOTLAND: Total 34. Southern Africans (14): Duhan van der Merwe, Kyle Steyn, Pierre Schoeman, Willem Nel, Allan Dell, Dylan Richardson, Jaco van der Walt, Oli Kebble, Byron McGuigan, Cornell du Preez, Josh Strauss, Tyrone Holmes, Greig Tonks (all South Africa), David Denton (Zimbabwe). New Zealanders (11): Simon Berghan, Blade Thomson, Sean Maitland, Blair Cowan, John Hardie, Hugh Blake, Phil Burleigh, Grayson Hart, Matt Mustchin, Dan Parks, Brendan Laney. Australians (9): Jack Dempsey, Sione Tuipulotu, Nick Haining, Sam Johnson, Ben Toolis, Sam Pinder, Andrew Mower, Nathan Hines, Robbie Russell.