Ireland will hope their pack reinforcements can help them rebound from their loss to Scotland when they face France in Bordeaux on Saturday.
In a warm-up match prior to the 2011 Rugby World Cup but counting for the Can-Am Trophy, the USA meet Canada in Glendale, Colorado on Saturday.
Peter de Villiers has named the most experienced South Africa side in the country's history for Saturday's clash with Australia in Durban.
All Blacks lock Jarrad Hoeata will travel to South Africa with the squad after a scan on his right shoulder cleared him to play.
Glenwood go up -by the busload from Durban over the Berg to Bloemfontein to play mighty Grey College. It should be an interesting contest between two of South Africa's top schools.
South Africa will go into Saturday's Tri-Nations encounter against Australia in Durban knowing that time is fast running out as they bid to get their World Cup preparations back on track.
The Panthers Rugby Club has been suspended by the Golden Lions Rugby Union after an alleged racial attack on rivals from the Soweto Rugby Club.
Fiji host Tonga in the Punjas Series at Churchill Park in Lautoka on Saturday - a series but also, naturally, a warm-up for the World Cup in a month's time.
Super Rugby champions the Reds are taking their prized silverware on a tour of Queensland with players, coaches and staff set to visit 22 cities and towns over the next three months.
Wales captain Matthew Rees looks certain to miss the World Cup after it emerged the Scarlets hooker could need surgery on his injured neck.
He may have been there and done it twice before, but Gill College skipper Lorenzo Nel is not taking Saturday's FNB Classic Clashes game against Hoërskool Cradock lightly.
South African flyhalf Butch James comes out of the Test wilderness Saturday against Australia with a World Cup starting place on the line.
Defeat can be a powerful motivator and for Akona Npeta, the captain of Cradock High School, he will be doing his utmost to lead his team to victory over Gill College in their FNB Classic Clashes match this Saturday.
Former captain Will Carling insists talented centre Manu Tuilagi is a must for England's 30-man Rugby World Cup squad.
South Africa play Australia in Durban on Saturday in Round Three of the Tri-Nations, and this time we seem to have A Team playing A Team. That means we could have a proper match.
