PETER JACKSON

Until Scotland’s converted Junior Springbok struck last weekend, England had not been hit by a Five or Six Nations’ hat-trick since Maurice Richards’ famous quartet for Wales at the end of the 1969 edition.
Duhan van der Merwe’s trio made him all the rage, justifiably so, but he will have to up his game a try or two to emulate the feats of the original ‘Flying Scotsman’ from a century ago.

Ian Smith is, not surprisingly, the only player in the history of sport’s oldest annual international event to score four tries in successive matches: four against France at Inverleith in...