An electrical storm midway at half-time could not prevent the Lions from clinching a deserved 40-10 URC win over the Sharks in Johannesburg on Saturday.
Tane Edmed was in fine form for the Waratahs as he set up a superb try for Harry Wilson in their 37-24 win over the Crusaders in Melbourne on Saturday.
The return of key Springboks has raised the intensity of the Stormers as the Cape Town travel to Loftus Versfeld for the North-South derby with the Bulls.