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.
Mark Bennett will make his 100th appearance for Edinburgh against Ospreys in the BKT United Rugby Championship at Hive Stadium on Friday night.
Former Springboks winger Sbu Nkosi, who has been a free agent since leaving the Bulls last summer, is poised to make his comeback.
Eleven Gallagher Premiership players have had their say on whether Billy Vunipola or Lawrence Dallaglio should be selected on the BT Sport Immortals XV team.
Jacques Nienaber’s Springboks have been forced into making a change to the starting XV to face the All Blacks next Saturday, replacing Bongi Mbonambi with rookie Joseph Dweba less than 24 hours after originally naming their team for round two.
2007 World Cup winner Bismarck du Plessis has announced his return to franchise rugby in South Africa with a move to the Bulls.
Ex-All Blacks coach Steve Hansen and former Springboks boss Jake White have both thrown their weight behind the new World 12s concept.
At the time of the squads being announced for the 2021 British and Irish Lions tour of South Africa, we decided to create our own hypothetical addition to the tour, U21 squads for each side.
In anticipation of the new season kicking-off this weekend, we have devised a XV made up of the biggest stars on show in Major League Rugby this year.