South Africa wings Canan Moodie and Makazole Mapimpi have been selected to start for their respective Currie Cup sides this weekend after being released by the Springboks.
It's out of the frying pan and into the fire for the Crusaders after another loss in round five to the Blues, with the team now preparing to host a Chiefs outfit eager to further the reigning champions' record run of losses.
It was a baptism of fire for Ian Foster's new look All Blacks which included two new debutants in a heavily changed line-up for Bledisloe II in Dunedin.
Stevenson delivered an impassioned protest to the commercialisation of rugby in New Zealand and all of its seeping implications.
Lack of investment is a common theme across most clubs in the English Championship, but Steven Shingler has signed on the dotted line for one club that has some cash to spend.
The death of Dr Z adds extra motivation for six of the Eagles as they prepare to take on the Maori All Blacks at Soldier Field.
Beauden Barrett's selection was never in doubt, but that doesn’t mean Richie Mo’unga isn’t very, very good, writes Scotty Stevenson.
A chaotic night in Hamilton sees the Chiefs and the Hurricanes both lose, but with the quarterfinal rematch still to come, the fans are the real winners.
There are few teams in professional rugby that can muster the kind of roster-wide belief the Crusaders can.
Handre Pollard is set to make his international return as a replacement on Saturday, while Ross Cronje is back in South Africa's starting XV
