How Scotland rugby star men are enjoying their summer: weddings, engagements, pregnancy announcements and more
The likes of Finn Russell, Duhan van der Merwe and Darcy Graham have all been celebrating news off the field the past few weeks.
A long season of rugby came to an end with Scotland’s 33-17 win over Fiji at Murrayfield earlier this month as the players finally got to step back and take a well-deserved rest.
While some clubs are already back training, the individuals involved in the Nations Championship Summers Tests are being given an extended break to recharge their batteries and, in quite a few cases, celebrate some pretty significant life events. The internationalost have been sharing some big news with the Scottish Rugby supporters and the rest of the world through their social media channels in recent weeks.
Many of the Scotland players were in attendance as fly-half Finn Russell got married just outside Edinburgh at Gilmerton House. The 33-year-old tied the knot with his partner Emma Canning, now the new Mrs Russell, at the North Berwick estate.
Duhan van der Merwe and his wife Nika were amongst the guests and their would have also been congratulations all round for the couple who earlier this month announced they are expecting a baby next year. The mum to be posted that they “waited so long for you” with a due date in early January.
The two time British & Irish Lion’s Edinburgh and Scotland teammate Darcy Graham was yet another celebrating big news this summer. The Hawick native, who is the country’s leading all time try scorer, got engaged to his partner Louise Davies while on holiday in Ibiza.
Closer to home, any rugby fans in attendance at the recent Luke Combs concert at Murrayfield will have struggled to miss a few familiar faces making a cameo appearance during the gig. The country and western star brought brothers Matt and Zander Fagerson on to the stage where they would share in a few tins of Tennent’s.
However, it was their own libation that the Glasgow Warriors’ men were promoting, their Highland Moon ‘Scottish Moonshine’ which was being sold across the venue during the concert. Combs’ official Instagram account, which has almost 200k followers, commented that “We tried it & can confirm it’s tasty.”
Scotland’s international rugby stars are due to return to training next month once they have fully rested up and recuperated after a gruelling 2026/27 campaign. They will be back in Test match action come the recommencing of the Nations Championship with matches against New Zealand, Australia and Japan all being played at Murrayfield in November.
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