With just under a year to go to the first Lions test, the ex-Wallabies skipper explains just how intense the tour is, for both sides
The final week of the Super Rugby Pacific season saw the final playoff spot secured by the Fijian Drua after a big win over the Melbourne Rebels.
Mosese Bason won the DJ Graham Medal as the best player in the Super Rugby Under 20 tournament in Taupo.
All Blacks wing Sevu Reece has been named to return for the Crusaders for the first time since suffering a serious knee injury against the Blues last year.
Quade Cooper has failed in his bid to return to the Wallabies, with Michael Cheika handing a recall to five-eighth Christian Lealiifano for the Rugby Championship.
Despite his exhilarating return to first class rugby and call up to the Wallabies training group, Melbourne Rebels flyhalf Quade Cooper remains the most renowned international player in the game yet to realise his full potential and time is running out.
The Chiefs and Crusaders have been named ahead of their rematch of last year's semifinal.
As Kurtley Beale was named by the Wallabies, Quade Cooper and Scott Higginbotham missed out on selection.