Aug 11, 2000: England scrum-half Kyran Bracken has been appointed Saracens' captain for the new season
Aug 11, 2000: Neath beat Zurich Premiership new-boys Rotherham 31-24 at the Gnoll on Thursday night
Aug 11, 2000: NEC Harlequins made short work of Ebbw Vale on Thursday night during their pre-season tour to Brecon
Aug 11, 2000: Scotland bounced back after their loss to South Africa to defeat Wales in the play-off round of the seventh Student World Cup in Rome on Thursday night
Aug 11, 2000: Jeremy Guscott hits the comeback trail tonight after 10 months out of the game
Aug 10, 2000: Bristol number eight Dean Ryan could be banned for the start of the new season after being sent off in a friendly against Caerphilly
Aug 10, 2000: Never one to mince his words, London Irish's Dick Best had some typically acerbic comments for the Premiership wage cap at a press conference held at Sunbury on Thursday
Aug 10, 2000: World rugby's most successful sevens players Waisale Serevi and Eric Rush will take part in Saturday's Eurobet Middlesex Sevens at Twickenham
Aug 9, 2000: The 12 Zurich Premiership clubs today launched a new marketing initiative designed to generate £7.5 million in sponsorship, nurture grassroots rugby and increase crowds by 40 percent
Aug 9, 2000: Saracens have made Japan fly-half Kensuke Iwabuchi their latest signing ahead of the new Zurich Premiership season
Aug 9, 2000: London Irish are set to confirm the signings of five new players at a news conference at the Madejski Stadium in Reading tomorrow
Aug 9, 2000: Bristol go into tonight's pre-season friendly against Caerphilly tonight with two Welsh internationals in their side hoping to make a point
Aug 9, 2000: Keith Wood will pull on the famous quartered jersey of NEC Harlequins for the first time since his sabbatical in Ireland in a friendly against Ebbw Vale on Thursday night
Aug 9, 2000: Sale today confirmed they have signed former Scotland captain Bryan Redpath from under the noses of Premiership rivals Harlequins
Aug 9, 2000: Gloucester new boys Jake Boer and Robert Todd both impressed for their new club last night scoring a hat trick apiece against Birmingham Solihull
Aug 9, 2000: Worcester went down 28-40 to Pontypridd in a pre-season friendly at Sixways
Aug 9, 2000: England, South Africa , France all qualified qualified for the quarters of final of IVth Student Rugby World Cup all recording two wins out of two in the group stage
Aug 9, 2000: Will he or won't he, that seems to be the question as Tim Horan battles a nagging foot injury
Aug 9, 2000: Australian rugby union star Jason Little has signed a contract with English club Gloucester, the club announced late Tuesday
Aug 8, 2000: Leicester Tigers coach Dean Richards has three major injury concerns before the champion of champions clash with Cardiff on Saturday
