New Zealand have been snubbed in the World Rugby Player of the Year awards with not a single men's or women's player making it onto the 15s shortlist for what must be the first time in history.
The top 50 prospects under 23 years of age currently plying their trade in New Zealand features three capped All Blacks already.
Sione Tuipulotu will return from injury to make his first Glasgow appearance since January in Friday night’s Investec Champions Cup last-16 clash with Harlequins at Twickenham Stoop.
Scotland wing Kyle Steyn will make his first United Rugby Championship appearance in almost five months when he captains Glasgow in Friday’s match at home to Cardiff.
Flanker Hamish Watson is out of the Scotland squad ahead of their Guinness Six Nations encounter with Ireland in Dublin this Saturday.
Sebastian Cancelliere returns from injury to start for Glasgow in Saturday’s BKT United Rugby Championship clash with Benetton Treviso in Italy.
Answering the big questions ahead of the 2024 Super Rugby Pacific season, the writers predict which player will end up as the best signing of the year.
The Premiership season is drawing to a close which means numerous players are getting ready to join new clubs over the summer break. Plenty of transfers have already been confirmed across the league.
A new coach may have brought renewed optimism and the squad might boast seven England internationals but I think Harlequins are firmly in the relegation battle this season.
July is here and teams up and down the country are heading back into preseason and beginning their preparations for the 2018/19 season.