This weekend, Western Province take on the Sharks in what may be the final Currie Cup final ever at Newlands.

I’m sure I can’t be alone in feeling like the competition has lost some of its gloss over the past few years, but it will still be a pretty special occasion.

A few steps below the Currie Cup, you’ll find the Gold Cup, which still manages to produce some outstanding talent. This past weekend in Wellington, the crowd at the match between Roses and Protea saw a simply outstanding try, with Roses going the length of the field to score after some supreme handling skills:

TRY OF THE YEAR? Outrageous skills from @RosesUnitedRFC in their Boland Grand Challenge quarterfinal win over Protea in Wellington. If you haven’t watched a club game recently, this is what you’re missing on a weekly basis at community fields across the country! pic.twitter.com/ROiPEXOa9e

— Gold Cup Rugby (@GoldCupRugby) October 22, 2018

Those offloads are almost All Black-like.

Switching codes and heading over to Canada for the Canadian Football League, here’s the first of our two huge hits.

During last Friday’s match between the BC Lions and Edmonton Eskimos, Lions cornerback T.J. Lee delivered a classic “bring it on” challenge.

Let’s just say it didn’t end well:

This made my day…#truckstick @EdmontonEsks @barstoolsports @TSN1260 pic.twitter.com/Xx0SLTWkZm

— Jason Milne (@JasonMilne) October 20, 2018

Watch that clip a second time, and then a third.

To finish, here’s a big hit coming out of Penn State, in Pennsylvania, and their men’s rugby team. Hospital pass ahead:

HERE COMES THE BOOM @PennStateMRugby pic.twitter.com/59Rmt7YlnS

— Barstool Penn State (@PSUBarstool) October 23, 2018

There’s a little bit of a Derick Hougaard / Brian Lima hit about that one:

As you were.

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