The Cheetahs took a giant leap towards the Super Rugby play-offs, with a bonus-point 34-22 win over the Southern Kings in Port Elizabeth on Saturday.
Christian Lealiifano kicked the Brumbies to a crucial 20-13 win over the Blues in their Super Rugby clash at Eden Park on Saturday.
The Force denied the Highlanders a second win of the season, when the home team scored a dramatic 19-18 win in Perth on Saturday.
The Brumbies cemented their place at the top of the Australian Conference with a deserved 20-13 win over the Blues on Saturday.
Hurricanes lock Jeremy Thrush has been called into the second All Black wider training group camp in Mt Maunganui on Sunday.
Jan Serfontein will play off the Bulls' bench against The Sharks on Saturday, after Louis Fouché failed a late fitness test.
Stuart Lancaster has been formally set the challenge of leading England into the 2015 Rugby World Cup as one of the two top-ranked nations.
Calum Clark is a doubt for England's tour of Uruguay and Argentina after an ankle injury ruled him out of Saturday's Aviva Premiership final.
Ben Foden aims to put a disappointing season behind him by helping Northampton to their first Aviva Premiership title on Saturday.
Stormers captain Jean de Villiers has explained that getting his side back to winning ways is the most important thing for him at the moment.
Take a World Cup and increase the pressure and intensity even more and that is what you get from a British and Irish Lions Tour according to Wallabies coach Robbie Deans.
Defence again holds the key for the Kings, when they take on the Cheetahs in their all-South African derby match in Port Elizabeth on Saturday.
Nick Evans is relishing the chance to play at fly-half for the Barbarians against England on Sunday.
Leicester fly-half Toby Flood is desperate to get rid of the "bitter taste" of back-to-back Aviva Premiership final defeats
Leinster out to hand Joe Schmidt, Jonathan Sexton and Isa Nacewa the perfect send-off in the PRO12 final against Ulster.
