While most of the focus is currently on the Rugby World Cup in France, the 2023/24 BKT United Rugby Championship season gets under way this weekend.
Damien Hoyland has been handed a farewell start for Edinburgh in their final home match of the season.
Edinburgh have confirmed the 13 players leaving at the end of the 2022/23 season, a list that includes four Scotland internationals – Damien Hoyland, Jaco van der Walt, Henry Pyrgos and Nick Haining – along with the Bulls-bound Henry Immelman.
Edinburgh winger Damien Hoyland believes the addition of four South African teams to the United Rugby Championship has proven to be a masterstroke.
Damien Hoyland is delighted to have a chance to try and reassert himself in the Scotland fold after his international career failed to take off the way he had hoped.
Damien Hoyland declared victory over Glasgow the all-time high of his Edinburgh career and claimed they could match anyone with a similar performance.
The Scottish club have handed a new deal to Test winger Damien Hoyland on the same day Jamie Farndale made his loan from Scotland Sevens permanent.
