1.   The youths are likely to be in Scotland at the same time as the New Zealand national side and Auckland provincial side.

2.   Another disciplinary hearing was scheduled for Monday for two players of the Mpumalanga Lions provincial side that lost to the Lions last week.

3.   At the same time, SARFU said the Transvaal Rugby Union had sought permission to talk to Christie about coaching the provincial side.

4.   Australia started its Indian cricket tour disastrously losing the first three-day match by ten wickets on Thursday to a top provincial side.

5.   Craig Jamieson faced some tight squeezes during his scrumhalf years for the Natal provincial side.

6.   Former New Zealand cricket captain Ken Rutherford said Sunday he has signed a two-year deal with South African provincial side Transvaal.

7.   Former New Zealand coach Alex Wyllie has been fired as coach of the Eastern Province provincial side.

8.   Griffiths had promoted development programs for blacks and called for quotas of black players on all squads except for the national team and provincial sides.

9.   His Counties-Manukau provincial side has three regular season games and two possible play-off matches before the squad is chosen.

10.   His side is big and strong and a number of his men play on the best provincial sides in Australia and New Zealand.