Tiaan van der Merwe

{{Short description|South African rugby union player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Use South African English|date=October 2018}}

{{Infobox rugby biography

| name = Tiaan van der Merwe

| image =

| fullname = Tiaan van der Merwe

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|04|04|df=y}}

| birth_place = Johannesburg, South Africa

| height = {{height|m=1.85}}

| weight = {{cvt|104|kg|lb stlb}}

| school = Helpmekaar Kollege

| university =

| relatives =

| position = Hooker

| currentclub = Lokomotiv Penza

| youthyears1 = 2014–2018

| youthclubs1 = {{Rut|Golden Lions}}

| years1 = 2018

| clubs1 = {{Rut|Golden Lions}}

| apps1 = 1

| points1 = 0

| years2 = 2019

| clubs2 = {{Rut|Golden Lions XV}}

| apps2 = 3

| points2 = 0

| years3 = 2021–2022

| clubs3 = {{Rut|Griquas}}

| apps3 = 1

| points3 = 0

| years4 = 2022

| clubs4 = → {{Rut|Leopards}}

| apps4 = 8

| points4 = 15

| years5 = 2022–

| clubs5 = Lokomotiv Penza

| apps5 = 17

| points5 = 75

| repyears1 = 2018

| repteam1 = South Africa Under-20

| repcaps1 = 2

| reppoints1 = 5

| clubupdate = 19 March 2024

| repupdate = 19 March 2024

}}

Tiaan van der Merwe (born {{birth date|1998|04|04|df=y}}) is a South African rugby union player for the Lokomotiv Penza in the Russian Rugby Championship.{{SA Rugby Player Profile | id=138734 | name=Tiaan van der Merwe | date=28 October 2018}} His regular position is hooker.{{Cite web |date=2018-06-21 |title=Junior Boks hooker Tiaan van der Merwe banned |url=https://www.sarugbymag.co.za/junior-springboks-hooker-banned/ |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=SA Rugby magazine |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Tiaan van der Merwe |url=http://www.espnscrum.com/southafrica/rugby/player/299422.html |access-date=2024-03-19 |publisher=ESPNscrum}}{{Cite web |title=Tiaan VAN DER MERWE – Player statistics – international stats – It's rugby |url=https://www.itsrugby.co.uk/player-international-43417.html#google_vignette |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=itsrugby.co.uk}}