REPORT: Europe's club rugby competitions made a sombre start Friday with a minute's silence for Lions player Hyron Andrews who was found dead in his hotel room earlier.
OPINION: Same mission, different results - that is what the South African franchises will focus on in the latest addition to the Champions Cup as they kick off their 2026/27 campaigns this weekend.
INTERVIEW: Sharks coach JP Pietersen is targeting a maiden away win against Lyon without his Springboks, who will join the squad next week for their clashes against Cardiff and Munster.
OPINION: The Wallabies have fallen to a record 13th straight defeat to the All Blacks, losing 21-43 at Sydney’s Accor Stadium on Saturday. It was the final match in a first-of-its-kind quadruple-header, which began with a dominant Wallaroos win against Scotland.
MATCH REPORT: Beauden Barrett and Josh Moorby both scored twice as a rampaging New Zealand swept past the Wallabies 43-21 in Sydney on Saturday to stretch their win streak over them to 13 Tests.
WRAP: Edinburgh suffered a 17-27 defeat against Toulon in their Challenge Cup opener as Melvyn Jaminet scored 22 points for the French visitors.
READERS’ FORUM: Welcome to our LIVE coverage of the second Bledisloe Cup encounter between Australia and New Zealand at Accor Stadium in Sydney.
PREVIEW: The Lions will be honouring Hyron Andrews in the best way possible by running out on the field at Stade Marcel Deflandre and facing Stade Rochelais.
SPOTLIGHT: Europe's premier products, the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup, get underway this weekend with an intriguing additional layer.
PREVIEW: South African interest takes centre stage as the 2026-27 EPCR Challenge Cup kicks off on Friday, with the Sharks chasing a strong start to their campaign in France and the Cheetahs facing a formidable test against in-form Aviron Bayonnais on Sunday.
TRANSFER NEWS: The Stormers will add some muscle to their second row stocks.
TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT: Flyhalf Chris Smith will don the captain's armband for the 10bet Lions in their Champions Cup debut against La Rochelle.