11:35am | Talismanic captain Richie McCaw leads a raft of reinforcements named on Saturday in a 30-man All Blacks squad selected for the Tri-Nations series.

09:16am | The beastly figure of Springbok prop Tendai Mtawarira might be lurking in the shadows of the imposing stadium previously known as Ellis Park, but veteran England prop forward Phil Vickery is ready to make his British and Irish Lions swan song a memorable one.

12:03pm | The fall-out over the two-week ban handed down to Springbok lock Bakkies Botha took an intriguing twist with the revelation that the IRB has been dragged into the affair.
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02:28pm | Springbok No.8 Ryan Kankowski, who will get his first Test run of the year against the British and Irish Lions in Johannesburg on Saturday, is hopeful of a more "open" game than what has been the case in the first two Tests.