Addition of Southern Kings to the competition adds spice to the closing stages of log play.

Welsh forward Gareth Delve has become the Melbourne Rebels’second international recruitment ahead of their debut Super 15 season next year.

Reds prop Laurie Weeks was on Thursday confirmed as the first Australian-based signing for the Melbourne Rebels, the 15th club in next year’s Super 15

A World Cup-winning captain and a retired high court judge have been appointed to decide which team would join an expanded Super 15 competition.