England fly-half Marcus Smtih will start at full-back on Friday night for Harlequins against Gallagher Premiership champions Northampton Saints.
Leigh Halfpenny will make his competitive Harlequins debut on Sunday against Sale Sharks in the first round of the Gallagher Premiership.
Owen Farrell and Marcus Smith will challenge each other head-on this Saturday for their Gallagher Premiership clubs following a Guinness Six Nations campaign in which their 10/12 axis was abandoned.
The Lions have been a dealt a major blow in the lead up to the finals rounds of Super Rugby for 2019 with Kwagga Smith out of their upcoming matches due to a hamstring injury sustained against the Hurricanes.
Lions head coach Swys de Bruin has made a few changes to his team for Saturday’s Super Rugby Round 16 clash against the Stormers on Saturday - not least dropping Elton Jantjies.
On a weekend when their South African Conference rivals – the Bulls, Sharks and Jaguares – all failed to win, it was the Lions who managed to register a vital victory, moving them off the bottom of the table.
Mike Rehu brings you his Super Rugby Team of the Week for Round Six, which features 15 players from nine teams.
The loss of almost 50 caps worth of Test experience may not sound that dramatic, but becomes more pronounced when you look at the Super Rugby experience that departed the Lions.
Here are all of week three's lineups in one place.