The 2024/2025 season of the French Pro D2 is about to start, and the number of international players keeps growing with the likes of Courtney Lawes, George North, Chris Farrell, and Curwin Bosch having joined it.
England boss Steve Borthwick has paid tribute to his bench after the introduction of a half-dozen replacements helped them to complete a Guinness Six Nations comeback for the second Saturday in succession.
A competitive encounter was decided by the home side’s clinical finishing as Franco Smith’s men continued their strong start to the season.
Long-serving scrum-half Ben Youngs has spoken about the silver lining of falling down the pecking order with England – getting to start five Gallagher Premiership wins in succession at Leicester with the World Cup-winning Handre Pollard.
Make no mistake – this is an All Blacks side lacking structure, strategy and confidence – but there’s good reason to believe that this weekend’s fixture at Ellis Park might not finish in the Springboks’ favour.
The Hurricanes have made seven personnel changes to their line-up for their upcoming clash with the Rebels, including handing starting berths to Dane Coles and Ruben Love.
It was last November in the opening round of the Premiership season that Ben Curry suffered the injury that sidelined him long term at Sale.
With multiple subplots surrounding the latest England vs Scotland Six Nations clash, RugbyPass looks at some key issues to watch out for.