Oct 22, 2000: Wayne Smith has announced his All Black squad for the forthcoming trip to Japan, France and Italy , and there are some interesting additions to and omissions from his Tri Nations squad
Oct 21, 2000: Newport outside-half Shane Howarth was the hero of Rodney Parade, kicking his seventh and final penalty goal in injury time with the last kick of his side's 21-20 win over Castres
Oct 21, 2000: Paul Burke kicked six penalty goals and converted Will Greenwood's late try in a 25-3 dfeat of Dax as Harlequins made it three out of three in European Shield Pool 5
Oct 21, 2000: London Irish jumped above opponents Brive to the top of European Shield Pool 6 with an exhilarating second half display which brought them an emphatic 35-8 win at the Madejski Stadium
Oct 21, 2000: Edinburgh Reivers' hopes of making it three Heineken Cup wins on the trot were shattered in a 29-18 defeat by Biarritz at a rain-sodden Parc de Sports Aguilera on Saturday evening
Oct 21, 2000: A penalty try in the seventh minute of injury time allowed Gloucester to escape with a draw in this tougher than expected Heineken Cup clash
Oct 21, 2000: Gloucester salvaged a 22-22 draw against Colomiers with a last-gasp penalty try at Kingsholm and their Wallaby star Jason Little admitted: "We were fortunate to get away with it." The Cherry and Whites had lost an early lead and were trailing 15-22
Oct 21, 2000: Stade Francais put all their troubles of last weekend behind them running in five tries to beat hapless Wasps at a canter
Oct 21, 2000: Edinburgh Reivers scrum-half Graeme Burns returns to the French hothouse of Biarritz on Saturday looking for a Scottish double
Oct 20, 2000: Edinburgh Reivers chief executive Nick Oswald claims that the side have another target to attain when they face Biarritz on Saturday
Oct 20, 2000: A European Rugby Cup Limited (ERC) disciplinary committee found against Swansea's Garin Jenkins here Thursday following foul play citings against the Welsh club by French outfit Stade Francais
Oct 18, 2000: Heineken Cup chiefs have reaffirmed their stance preventing Wales prop Peter Rogers from playing in this season's tournament after a board meeting
Oct 18, 2000: Following news on Wednesday that Abdelatif Benazzi, had damaged his shoulder in a club game last weekend it has now been revealed that he will require an operation that will keep him out of action for three months
Oct 18, 2000: Toulouse's injury problems worsened on Tuesday with news that centre Lee Stensness, is out for the rest of the season
Oct 17, 2000: Swansea are to appeal against a decision by the ERC not allow the citing of three Stade Francais players because of technical omissions in their statements
Oct 17, 2000: Swansea have had their Heineken Cup citings of three Stade Français players thrown out by European Rugby Cup Ltd
Oct 17, 2000: France's 31-player squad, for their Test match against Australia at the Stade de France on November 4, announced by French coach Bernard Laporte on Tuesday
Oct 17, 2000: Veteran French forward Abdelatif Benazzi will miss the autumn tests against Australia and New Zealand
Oct 17, 2000: Southern Hemisphere referees in two of the three Tests have eased Wallaby concerns over criticism of their backline plays on the upcoming tour of Europe, but they are taking no chances
Oct 16, 2000: Toulouse fullback Xavier Garbajosa, who was injured in Saturday's Heineken Cup match against Cardiff, has a pulled hamstring in his right leg, the club said on Monday
