Cherry on top! Edinburgh hooker eyes Scotland recall after dominant display against Glasgow
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If the advent of a new year provides fresh opportunity for all then what chance Dave Cherry donning a Scotland shirt again in 2025? Stranger things have surely happened. Cherry was an integral part of Gregor Townsend’s plans at last year’s World Cup, coming off the bench in the loss to South Africa.
![[Cherry was a big presence for the capital side as they salvaged pride after last week's loss]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/29/15/93559611-0-image-a-151_1735486922255.jpg)
Then came his downfall, literally, as he reportedly tumbled down a flight of stairs on a day off, suffered a concussion and was sent home. Fifteen months later and Cherry hasn’t featured in a Scotland squad since, never mind taking to the field. It is a curious state of affairs partially explained by the emergence of his Edinburgh team-mates Ewan Ashman and Patrick Harrison, who have pushed their way into the picture. But given the retirement of Stuart McInally and Fraser Brown, and with George Turner decanting to Japan, Cherry’s experience would surely have proved handy at some point.
![[Cherry makes a big hit on Glasgow's Scotland fly-half Tom Jordan as Warriors are closed out]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/29/15/93559699-0-image-a-152_1735486927392.jpg)
The 33-year-old has mostly kept his counsel in the intervening period but emerged following Edinburgh’s 1872 Cup win over Glasgow to insist that he hasn’t quietly slipped into international retirement. There is an undoubted pecking order now at hooker and Cherry is at the back of it but, should the opportunity arise, the Edinburgh-born player revealed he would jump at the chance to pull on a Scotland jersey once again.
![[Cherry last featured for Scotland at the 2023 World Cup against South Africa]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/29/15/93559837-0-image-a-153_1735486952482.jpg)
