Emirates Lions survived a stunning second-half fightback from Zebre to begin the inaugural United Rugby Championship with a thrilling 38-26 win in Parma.
Two games in, Warren Gatland and his coaches are already showing varied gameplans to keep the Springboks guessing
The match will see the return to action of Jaco Kriel, who left Premiership side Gloucester at the start of the year to return to SA and the Lions earlier this year.
A South African Super Rugby franchise have confirmed that they are in talks with veteran flank Willem Alberts.
The last few years have seen Bulls coaches come-and-go again - Nollis Marais (2016/17) and John Mitchell (2018). Pote Human, the third coach in the new era of coaching musical chairs will hopefully restore some stability.
The Jaguares were in control early on in Pretoria, but could not withstand a fightback from the Bulls in Super Rugby.
The Sunwolves, with a handful of former Bulls players, recorded historic back-to-back victories over the Pretoria-based Bulls.
SUPER RUGBY PREVIEW 2018: In the fourth instalment of our 15-part build up to the season we start with the South African conference and look at the Bulls.
There appears to be no stopping Crusaders, who ran in 10 tries in Saturday's 62-24 walloping of Bulls to make it 10 from 10 in Super Rugby.
The Lions could well be title contenders once again following a big win over the Waratahs, while the Stormers also made it two wins from two