Oct 29, 2000: Bridgend, leaders of the Welsh/Scottish League, broke a run of five successive defeats to pick up their first points in Pool Three of the European Shield as they crushed the previously unbeaten leaders Rotherham 61-8
Oct 28, 2000: Wasps captain Lawrence Dallaglio will miss his club's crucial Heineken Cup Pool 2 match against Stade Français, according to his exclusive column for Scrum.com
Oct 27, 2000: For the second weekend on the trot, Edinburgh Reivers were left to rue a disappointing first half display as they again crashed to Biarritz, 27-35 at Galashiels
Oct 27, 2000: Toulouse eradicated the memory of their last visit to Belfast, in the quarter-finals of the 1999 European Cup, when they silenced a full house of 12,000 Ulster fans with a 29-25 win recorded in dramatic fashion
Oct 27, 2000: Harlequins and Rotherham go into this weekend's European Shield fixtures with the intention of redressing the balance in European rugby
Oct 27, 2000: Mike Catt will make his delayed European entry on Saturday - and spearhead Bath's desperate attempt to grasp a Heineken Cup lifeline
Oct 27, 2000: Already without several key players, The injury problems for Toulouse have deepened ahead of the Pool 3 European Cup tie against Ulster
Oct 26, 2000: Saracens' full back Thomas Castaignede has been voted the Zurich Premiership Player of the Month for September
Oct 26, 2000: Niall Woods makes his first appearance in Harlequins' starting 22 on Saturday following his move from London Irish over the summer
Oct 26, 2000: Following an appeal, Castres have had their two-point deduction for fielding an illegible player in the Heineken Cup reduced to one point
Oct 26, 2000: Carl Hoeft's elevation to the All Black squad to cover for the injured Craig Dowd has given the burly Auckland prop a representative opportunity
Oct 25, 2000: Reprieve for Otago's Carl Hoeft, earlier demoted to the New Zealand A squad
Oct 25, 2000: Bath prop John Mallett has been cleared to play in Saturday's crunch Heineken Cup clash against Munster at the Recreation Ground
Oct 25, 2000: The two Stade Francais forwards were cleared on Wednesday evening of alleged foul-play during a Heineken Cup clash against Swansea eleven days ago
Oct 25, 2000: The Brumbies' Stirling Mortlock is fast becoming the Mr Fixit of Australia rugby after winning selection at inside-centre for the Wallabies' clash against a Japanese Presidents XV, in Tokyo, on Saturday
Oct 25, 2000: The president of the French rugby league (LNR) Serge Blanco on Tuesday asked the European Cup organizers (ERC) to drop the citings of Stade Francais players David Auradou and Fabrice Landreau
Oct 24, 2000: Fereti `Freddie' Tuilagi, has been cleared by European Rugby Cup Ltd to play for Leicester Tigers in the Heineken Cup
Oct 24, 2000: The French rugby union squad for the test match against Australia at the Stade De France on November 4:- Forwards: Christian Califano (Toulouse), Franck Tournaire (Toulouse), Sylvain Marconnet (Stade Francais), Fabrice Landreau (Stade Francais),
Oct 24, 2000: Scotland coach Ian McGeechan has called for the Six Nations to undergo a major re-vamp to prevent burn-out among international players
Oct 23, 2000: Stade Francais second row David Auradou and hooker Fabrice Landreau have been cited to appear on Wednesday before the European Rugby Cup Limited (ERC) disciplinary commission in Dublin, Stade Francais president Max Guazzini said Monday
