Louis Rees-Zammit has bailed on his NFL side-quest and is set to make his return to Rugby Union this year.
The Welsh Rugby Union has announced that Steve Tandy will begin his tenure as Wales' head coach from September and will lead them into the 2027 Rugby World Cup in Australia.
Wales ended almost two years of heartbreak by claiming their first victory since the 2023 Rugby World Cup with a 31-22 win over Japan in Kobe.
Wales' woes deepened on Saturday as Japan handed them an 18th straight defeat, edging a tightly contested first Test 24-19 in Kitakyushu.
The United Rugby Championship playoffs are now confirmed, with eight teams from across Ireland, South Africa, Scotland and Wales all locked in for the quarterfinals on 30 and 31 May.
A 30-man Stormers squad left Cape Town on Tuesday for a vital two-match United Rugby Championship tour in Wales and Ireland over the next fortnight.