Toyota Verblitz have confirmed that South Africa international Willie le Roux will join the Japanese club at the end of the World Cup scheduled later this year.
Former South Africa fly-half Patrick Lambie has announced his retirement from professional rugby with immediate effect after failing to recover from concussion related issues.
Scottish Rugby Fosroc Academy players Kristian Kay, Jacob Henry and Thomas Jeffrey will be moving to South Africa for five months to train at the highly-regarded Stellenbosch University.
Experienced flanker Chris Dry said New Zealand will be wary of Blitzboks when the two teams converge during the Cape Town Sevens that is scheduled to be played on 8th and 9th December.
Referee Angus Gardner admitted that he made a mistake not to penalise England's Owen Farrell for his tackle on South Africa's Andre Esterhuizen during the closing stage of the encounter between the two sides on 3rd November at Twickenham Stadium.
South Africa's Duane Vermeulen has confirmed that he had sustained a dislocated shoulder during the recently concluded November series clash against Wales at Principality Stadium last weekend.
Fiji have been the biggest gainer in the World Rugby Rankings following their 14-21 win over France in the final round of the November series that came to a conclusion last weekend.
South Africa director of rugby Rassie Erasmus has named an unchanged line-up for their final game of the European tour against Wales to be played in Cardiff on Saturday.
Wales head coach Warren Gatland has made 14 changes to the starting XV for the final game of the autumn international series against South Africa to be played at the Principality Stadium on Saturday.
Wales fullback Leigh Halfpenny will miss the upcoming autumn international Test against South Africa at Principality Stadium on Saturday after failing to make sufficient recovery from a concussion.