Major League Rugby's Houston SaberCats are increasingly turning to South African talent to fill their roster - and it's all thanks to their heavy-hitting director of rugby.
An All Blacks star headlined an array of international recruits who played in the second round of the Top League over the weekend.
The Sunwolves may have played their last-ever match of Super Rugby, so we look back at the best players to have represented the competition's first Japanese team.
The Sunwolves may have played their last-ever match of Super Rugby, so we look back at the best players to have represented the competition's first Japanese team.
When the Lions returned to Super Rugby in 2014, they introduced a new group of ‘no-name brand’ players to the game in South Africa - write Jan de Konnig for Rugby 365.
The Top League will feature more foreign stars than ever before in 2020.
The Sunwolves, with a handful of former Bulls players, recorded historic back-to-back victories over the Pretoria-based Bulls.
Sharks head coach Robert du Preez has made a number of changes to his matchday 23, while Jamie Joseph's starting side has just four survivors from last week.
Three seasons into the Sunwolves experiment and there are already concerns about the long-term future of a Japan-based side in Super Rugby.
Crusaders were unable to end the regular season with a perfect record after they came unstuck at Westpac Stadium on Saturday.