Springbok No 8 Warren Whiteley will captain the Emirates Lions on Saturday against the Cell C Sharks at Emirates Airline Park in Johannesburg in the first local derby of the revamped 2018 Vodacom Super Rugby competition.

Napoli will square with RB Leipzig in the UEFA Europa League round of 32 game at the Stadio San Paolo on Thursday.

There are another two tantalising European ties that will play out on Wednesday night featuring four teams from across the continent that have amassed a whopping 19 titles between them over the years.

The pair of English Premier League teams, Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City, will take to the field on Tuesday in the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 first-leg ties

The main feature in a bumper weekend of fixtures in the English Premier League pits bitter rivals Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal against each other for the 182nd North London derby.

Tottenham Hotspur welcome bitter rivals Arsenal to Wembley for the early kick-off on Saturday in what should prove to be a real firecracker in the English Premier League. There are nine other mouth-watering ties across the country, however, that cannot be ignored.