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.
After earning his 50th Stormers cap this past weekend, the sky is the limit for flyer Suleiman Hartzenberg.
The Bulls will have to contend with Duhan van der Merwe in their URC quarter-final against Edinburgh, with the news that the Scotland winger is set to return from injury for the playoff clash.
Bulls coach Jake White revealed he wanted to stress test his charges ahead of the United Rugby Championship quarterfinals with a surprise move.
The Bulls delivered a top-class attacking display at Loftus Versfeld to thrash the Dragons 55–15 in their final round-robin match of the United Rugby Championship.
Stormers head coach John Dobson says Damian Willemse's red card in their URC victory over Cardiff on Friday could be a "disaster" for the Cape side ahead of the playoffs.