The Munster-Leinster rivalry that exists today is a far cry from that which existed when the four provinces first began playing rugby against each other back in the 1880s but the evolution of that relationship will pick up a gear again tomorrow.

Australia’s rising injury toll has forced head coach Eddie Jones to bring in four new faces to his 28-man squad for the final Test of the Tri-Nations, against New Zealand in Auckland on Saturday September 3.

A SLIGHTLY experimental All Blacks will face Fiji in their first test of the year tomorrow as coach Graham Henry fine-tunes the side ahead of the three-test Lions series.