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
Aug 8, 2000: Argentinian international Agustin Pichot has committed himself to Bristol for at least one more season
Aug 8, 2000: Hosts Italy suffered their second successive defeat in the Studnet World Cup on Saturday
Aug 8, 2000: England scrum-half Kyran Bracken has backed the new bonus points system that will operate in this season's Premiership
Aug 8, 2000: Leicester Tigers director of rugby Dean Richards has spoken of his dismay at a fixture schedule that may rob him of his international stars at crucial times
Aug 8, 2000: Northampton will parade five of their victorious Heineken Cup final side in next Saturday's Eurobet Middlesex Sevens at Twickenham
Aug 8, 2000: Current England skipper Martin Johnson has declared that he will be fully supportive of whoever gets the captain's role for autumn Tests
Aug 7, 2000: Big-money signing Tim Horan could miss more than a third of Saracens' Premiership season as he struggles to overcome a serious foot injury
Aug 7, 2000: Worcester Rugby will kick off their pre-season friendlies tomorrow (Tuesday 8th) when they meet Pontypridd at Sixways (Kick Off 7pm)
Aug 7, 2000: A bunch of Fijian soldiers is waiting in ambush for the stars of the Zurich Premiership due to turn out at the Middlesex Sevens on Saturday
