Wallabies scrum-half Nic White has re-signed with the Western Force for another Super Rugby season, having already played 23 matches for the club.
Super Rugby Pacific is winning over fans with the increased speed of the game capturing crowds and television audiences.
After Saturday night, it is a close on another Super Rugby Pacific regular season, and what a season it was.
Australian forwards have been rewarded for their consistent form with six named in a Super Rugby Pacific Team of the Year, including props Angus Bell and Allan Alaalatoa.
Former Wallabies lock Sam Carter will hang up the boots after the Western Force take on the British & Irish Lions at Optus Stadium next month.
What to make of the campaigns of the Brumbies, Reds, Waratahs and Force heading into the final round of Super Rugby Pacific?
The Crusaders looked vulnerable against the Highlanders, which will have the Brumbies licking their lips ahead of welcoming the men from Christchurch to Canberra.
Taniela Tupou is back in the NSW Waratahs starting side for the first time since round seven, named to take on the Western Force this weekend.
Western Force coach Simon Cron has welcomed a handful of Wallabies back into the starting lineup ahead of this weekend’s clash with the Waratahs.
The Waratahs capitulated against a very good Crusaders side, the Western Force folded to the Fiji Drua in Lautoka, and the ACT Brumbies and Queensland Reds battled it out for Aussie supremacy in the capital.