Two of the new kids on the block, the Sunwolves and the Kings have named their squads for the Super Rugby season.
The Kings have submitted a provisional 31-man squad, but the team is not finalised, with the club and the Eastern Province Rugby Union experiencing financial difficulties, resulting in a high turnover of players ahead of the season.
The Sunwolves 39-man squad may also change, with coach Mark Hammett indicating that he is looking to add more depth at No.13 in particular.
Sunwolves 2016 Super Rugby squad
Takuma Asahara, Ziun Gu, Shohei Hirano, Keita Inagaki, Shinnosuke Kakinaga, Masataka Mikami, Koki Yamamoto, Ryuhei Arita, Shota Horie (c), Takeshi Kizu, Futoshi Mori, Tim Bond, Yoshiya Hosoda, Shinya Makabe, Liaki Moli, Hitoshi Ono, Kazuhiko Usami, Taiyo Ando, Andrew Durutalo, Fa'atiga Lemalu, Tomรกs Leonardi, Tsuyoshi Murata, Ed Quirk, Atsushi Hiwasa, Daisuke Inoue, Kaito Shigeno, Yuki Yatomi, Tusi Pisi, Yu Tamura, Harumichi Tatekawa, Derek Carpenter, Mifiposeti Paea, Ryohei Yamanaka, Viliami Lolohea, John Stewart, Akihito Yamada, Yasutaka Sasakura, Riaan Viljoen, Hajime Yamashita.
Southern Kings provisional 2016 Super Rugby squad
1. Schalk Ferreira, 2. Edgar Marutlulle, 3. Jacobie Adriaanse, 4. Steven Sykes, 5. John Charles Astle, 6. Chris Cloete, 7. Thembelani Bholi, 8. Jacques Engelbrecht, 9. Ntando Kebe, 10. Elgar Watts, 11. Malcolm Jaer, 12. Shane Gates, 13. Stefan Watermeyer, 14. Luzuko Vulindlu, 15. Jurgen Visser, 16. Sithembiso (Sti) Sithole, 17. Martin Bezuidenhout, 18. Tom Botha, 19. Schalk Oelofse, 20. Cornell Hess, 21. Cyril-John Velleman, 22. Stephan Willemse, 23. Junior Pokomela, 24. Kevin Luiters, 25. Louis Fouche, 26. Lukhanyo Am, 27. Phillippus Jacobs Snyman (JP) du Plessis, 28. Siyanda Grey, 29. Jaco van Tonder, 30. Marin Ferreira, 31. Tyler Paul
