The Stormers and Bulls will kick off the 2025/26 United Rugby Championship season at home against Leinster and Ospreys, while the Sharks and Lions start their campaigns in Glasgow and Cardiff in the final weekend of September.
Scarlets hooker Marnus van der Merwe is relishing the opportunity to impress Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus when he takes on the Sharks in Durban on Saturday night.
Sharks head coach John Plumtree has provided a welcome update on Eben Etzebeth's condition after the Springbok great suffered a knee injury on Friday.
Winger Makazole Mapimpi returned from the Sharks' two-match United Rugby Championship tour as the leading try scorer of all time for the Durban franchise.
Sharks head coach John Plumtree has asked fans for patience after his charges earned yet another tight victory in the United Rugby Championship this past weekend.
Springbok and Sharks scrumhalf Grant Williams will be sidelined for the next few weeks as he recovers from a neck injury that has flared up once again.