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As the great WP Nel retires, the paucity of home-grown Scottish scrummagers is troubling.
While most of the focus is currently on the Rugby World Cup in France, the 2023/24 BKT United Rugby Championship season gets under way this weekend.
Scotland fly-half Jaco Van Der Walt has dropped out of the Edinburgh side through injury. Scotland players David Cherry and Simon Berghan will turn out for Edinburgh.
Glasgow Warriors have signed yet another Scotland prop from local rivals Edinburgh. Prop Simon Berghan has become the latest player to swap sides.
Simon Berghan and Edinburgh are sitting pretty at the top of Pool 5 in the European Champions Cup.
The 24-year-old number 10 is scoring more than 10 points a game for his Guinness PRO14 club, having just started a two-season deal.
There were contrasting fortunes for the eight New Zealanders in the thick of Six Nations action over the weekend.