Springboks and All Blacks featured heavily in Saturday's action in Japan Rugby League One when Shizuoka Blue Revs faced Suntory Sungoliath in the day's big fixture.
The Boks have it in them to break their nine-year duck on this tour and get their Rugby Championship campaign back on track.
Following their record drubbing at the hands of the All Blacks in Bledisloe II, reports this weekend suggest that the Giteau Law is set to be scrapped by Rugby Australia.
Two-time British and Irish Lions captain Sam Warburton has picked Johnny Sexton ahead of Owen Farrell to start at fly-half in his Lions Test XV.
Springbok centre Jesse Kriel has inspired his Canon Eagles side to a 40-32 win over Yamaha Jubilo in the latest round of the Japan Top League, but a gruesome injury soured his day somewhat.
An All Blacks star headlined an array of international recruits who played in the second round of the Top League over the weekend.
The Top League finally got underway over the weekend, and a ton of stars from New Zealand, Australia and South Africa shone in the opening round of the season.
The talented 19-year-old earned rave reviews for his man-of-the-match display at Kingsholm last Friday night and the Scarlets have now announced he will join them from Leicester Tigers.
The Rugby Football Union and Premiership Rugby today confirmed that World Rugby has approved an optional period of up to three minutes to be added to the HIA process for the remainder of this season in the Aviva Premiership and Greene King