The Stormers trek up north in their second Super Rugby Unlocked fixtures, where they will square off against the Pumas at Mbombela Stadium on Friday.

Director of Rugby Jake White has made a few changes to his team for the visit of the Sharks to Loftus Versfeld on Saturday.

Lions flyhalf and captain Elton Jantjies suffered a grade 1 calf injury during training on Tuesday 20 October and will miss the match against the unbeaten Cheetahs.

The Cheetahs will have to find a way to extend their unbeaten run in Super Rugby Unlocked without skipper Ruan Pienaar.

The Sharks return to the capital with a team significantly different from the one that lost to the Bulls at Loftus at the Super Fan Saturday exhibition, almost a month ago.

Two members of the Stormers front row have been forced into quarantine after prospective COVID-19 exposure.

The Lions confirmed four positive cases of the virus in their squad this week, but asserted that all the players concerned are currently asymptomatic.

S’bu Nkosi is one of four Sharks players back from injury in time for the Super Rugby Unlocked encounter against the Bulls at Loftus on Saturday.

Here we look at five things we have gleaned from the second round of Super Rugby Unlocked action that took place this weekend.

It’s the Cheetahs vs Bulls first up on week two of Super Rugby Unlocked, with teh aaction kicking off on Friday night.

Lions coach Ivan van Rooyen has included Springbok halfback Ross Cronje as a replacement for Smit in the only new addition to the travelling squad of 25.

Jake White is set to hand exciting and hard-hitting centre, Clinton Swart, his Bulls senior debut in the City of Roses, in part to counter the physical presence of Frans Steyn in Super Rugby Unlocked.

The Cheetahs and Bulls won their opening matches of the Super Rugby Unlocked campaign.

It was a try-fest in the first of Saturday’s two Super Rugby Unlocked fixtures, with the Cheetahs scoring a convincing win over the Pumas.

David vs Goliath at Loftus.

Relive the actionfrom the Sharks titanic clash with the Lions at Kings Park in what was the first match of Super Rugby Unlocked.

We look at the key matchups ahead of the Sharks vs Lions Super Rugby Unlocked match at Kings Park in Durban.

The Sharks and the Lions kick-off the Super Rugby Unlocked season at Kings Park in Durban tonight.

The Pumas are set to become the eighth South African team to contest a Super Rugby fixture buoyed by the fact that each of the last two South African teams to enter the competition have won their maiden games.

The Cheetahs open their Super Rugby Unlocked campaign with a home match against the Pumas in Bloemfontein on Saturday 10 October.

Nizaam Carr, Duane Vermeulen and Kurt-Lee Arendse will miss out on the Bulls’ Super Rugby Unlocked opener against Griquas through injury.

Griquas are set to become the ninth South African team to contest a Super Rugby game whn they meet the Bulls at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday 10 October 2020.

The Lions pack has been bolstered by the arrival of experienced lock Willem Alberts and coach Cash Van Rooyen feels that he could make a big difference.

The Sharks have named their team to face the Lions in the first match of Super Rugby Unlocked campaign at Kings Park on Friday.

The four, existing franchises (Bulls, Lions, Sharks and Stormers) will be joined by the Cheetahs, Pumas and Griquas for Super Rugby Unlocked.