Sale Sharks fly-half Rob du Preez has extended his contract until the end of the 2025-26 season.The 30-year-old South Africa international has made 134 appearances since joining Sale from Durban-based Sharks.He and brothers Dan and Jean-Luc are now all tied to Sale for the next two seasons."I truly believe that with the group of players we have going forward, we…

Saturday's game at Twickenham will test Wales' new second-row partnership of Matthew Screech and Ben Carter.The Dragons duo will pack down against South Africa's lock pairing of Eben Etzebeth and Franco Mostert, whose last international game together was the World Cup final victory against New Zealand in Paris in October 2023.Etzebeth has more caps (119) than the Wales starting pack…

Backs: Bundee Aki, Caolin Blade (both Connacht), Craig Casey, Jack Crowley (both Munster), Ciaran Frawley, Robbie Henshaw, Jordan Larmour, James Lowe (all Leinster), Stuart McCloskey (Ulster), Conor Murray, Calvin Nash (both Munster), Jimmy OBrien, Jamie Osborne, Sam Prendergast, Garry Ringrose (all Leinster), Jacob Stockdale (Ulster).Forwards: Ryan Baird (Leinster), Finlay Bealham (Connacht), Tadhg Beirne (Munster), Caelan Doris, Tadhg Furlong, Cian Healy…

So an inexperienced Wales team taking on a South Africa side where lock Eben Etzebeth has more caps (119) than the entire Wales starting pack (118). The Springboks might also be missing a few players, but will still have 10 World Cup winners in their match-day squad."It is part of the challenge," said Gatland."If you start doubting yourself you have…