The England head coach role could soon be vacant as the pressure mounts a year out from the World Cup in France
Former Springboks tighthead Lourens Adriaanse has revealed he has played his last rugby match after explaining on Facebook TV that he is nearly halfway through his chemo following a cancer diagnosis.
While the European URC exodus from South Africa may have made all the headlines this week, the saga has opened the opportunity for a local derby that will be close to a full bodied Test match in terms of personnel.
Club teams normally have to wait twelve years for a second crack at the Lions but the Sharks are now set to play them twice in four days.
Here are all of week three's lineups in one place.
SUPER RUGBY PREVIEW 2018: In the third instalment of our 15-part build-up to the season we start with the South African Conference and look at the Sharks.
SUPER RUGBY PREVIEW 2018: In the third instalment of our 15-part build-up to the season we start with the South African Conference and look at the Sharks.