Round eight of the Currie Cup starts the return legs of the competition and provides fans with the most intriguing weekend yet as the Lions travel to Pretoria for the Gauteng derby and the Sharks head for Cape Town. FULL STORY >>
The fly-half crisis in Western Province has grown even worse with the news that Naas Olivier has left Cape Town to join the Griquas on a two-year deal.
Fiji's top rugby referee James Bolabiu will head to South Africa next week to officiate in the Currie Cup after getting a taste of Tri-Nations rugby as an assistant referee in the Bledisloe Cup clashes in Sydney and Auckland.
Western Province fly-half Willem De Waal is facing a lengthy lay-off as he will undergo surgery to an injured hip joint on Thursday.
The Sharks seem to have sent a message back to national coach Peter de Villiers with discarded World Cup-winning Springboks Francois Steyn and Ruan Pienaar being selected at inside centre and scrum-half respectively to face Western Province in the Currie Cup this weekend.
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