The teams are all in for this weekend's round two action in the Guinness PRO14 following a week in which Ireland, Wales and Italy named Six Nations squads.
Matches haven't been played in the Guinness PRO14 since March 1 but it roars back into action with six games this weekend... here are all the chosen XVs.
With so many warm-up matches played in the lead up to World Cups, World Cup debuts have tapered out in recent times. Look back through the years, however, and a number of test footballers have first been blooded on rugby's highest stage.
As a precursor to the New Zealand v Tonga game in Hamilton, the New Zealand Barbarians Legends and Pacific Legends will face off in a match that is studded with former stars.
The All Blacks have been dominant in the Bledisloe Cup in recent years, but there was a time when the Wallabies were the undisputed champions of the trans-Tasman rivalry - including the great 2000 series.
When Gordonton’s Aaron Hopa died in a tragic diving accident off Whangamata on December 8, 1998, so too did an incredible Kiwi life shaped by rugby, whanau and aroha. Ben Stanley tells the story of the Greatest All Black you never knew.
The Hurricanes are known these days as experts at the art of the cross kick, but it wasn't always the case. Back in 1996 the fledgling franchise was on the cusp of their first ever win, but fate intervened and gifted us with one of the most classic low-percentage plays of all time.
