Hamish Watson facts: 5 things you didn't know about Six Nations player of the tournament

He made 55 tackles and 67 carries and played all bar 14 minutes of Scotland’s five matches as his country achieved historic wins over England and France.

The fan vote was as keenly contested as ever with the Edinburgh star capturing 35% of over 125,000 votes cast by fans to finish ahead of 2020 winner Antoine Dupont of France, Louis Rees-Zammit and Taulupe Faletau of Wales, and Ireland duo Robbie Henshaw and Tadhg Beirne.

Here are five things you may not know about Hamish Watson.

Pinball – one of Watson’s two nicknames along with the slightly less imaginative but more common ‘Mish’ – fits Scotland’s openside flanker perfectly.

Before moving to Scotland to take up a central contract with the national sevens squad in 2011, Watson was a part of the Leicester Tigers Academy. While playing for Scotland Sevens, he was approached by Edinburgh’s Elite Development Programme and he signed his first senior deal with the club in 2014.

The Scotland back-rower was born in Manchester and despite his Scottish sounding name, he Qualified to play for them. through his grandparents. Watson represented the national U19, U20 and sevens teams before stepping up to the senior side.

He married long-term girlfriend Lucy in summer 2019. Lucy is thought to be an interior designer, and the pair have a baby daughter, called Honor.

Watson loves powering up his console, playing a lot of Fortnite and the legendary Rugby 08 for PS2.