Dec 16, 2000: Italian coach Brad Johnstone has called up 46 players, and will add four more over the next few days, for Italy's training camp in Tirrenia from December 27 to31
Dec 14, 2000: The major professional rugby clubs of Europe met for the fist time in Lyon yesterday and set about creating an agenda for the future of European rugby
Dec 13, 2000: Rugby greats Serge Blanco and Peter Wheeler have formed an unlikely allegiance to help look after the interests of Europe's top clubs
Dec 8, 2000: The International Rugby Board has dropped five of their most experienced officials from the panel for the 2001 Six Nations Championship
Dec 7, 2000: A plan to condense the Six Nations Championship into a seven-week block has been backed by the Rugby Football Union
Nov 30, 2000: International Rugby Board members have been invited to next week's annual SANZAR conference in the hope it can bring the northern and southern hemispheres closer together
Nov 27, 2000: The crucial Heineken Cup Pool 5 clash between Gloucester and Llanelli at Kingsholm on 13 January, 2001, will be shown live on BBC Grandstand as the tournament returns with a bang in the new year
Nov 25, 2000: The All Blacks ended their European tour on a winning note beating Italy 56-19 in a keenly contested match
Nov 23, 2000: Zimbabwe created the shock result in the first day's play of the Emirates Dubai International Sevens after the fourth ranked East Africans upset the seedings to win their group
Nov 23, 2000: There will be one new cap in the Italian team that will face New Zealand on Saturday
Nov 23, 2000: Andrew Mehrtens is the stunning omission from the All Blacks for Saturday's Test against Italy in Genoa
Nov 23, 2000: The All Blacks rugby selectors could axe fullback Christian Cullen following the second-test loss to France last Sunday, the New Zealand Press Association (NZPA) reported on Thursday
Nov 21, 2000: At next month's meeting of Six Nations committe France manager Jo Maso will propose a radical overhaul for the Six Nations Championship
Nov 21, 2000: Following a special meeting in Dublin the IRB have agreed to consider introducing prize money at the 2003 World Cup
Nov 21, 2000: As the fall-out from the All Blacks' test defeat to France continues to descend, coach Wayne Smith is believed to be considering a number of changes in his side for the coming weekend's test against Italy
Nov 20, 2000: Italy coach Brad Johnstone Monday has named the following squad to face New Zealand on Saturday, November 25 in Genoa
Nov 20, 2000: An injury to Greg Somerville has necessitated the call-up of Otago's 21 year old prop Carl Hayman
Nov 19, 2000: World Sevens Series giants New Zealand and Fiji cruised into the quarter-finals of the opening 2000-2001 season event at rain-lashed Absa Stadium in Durban on Saturday
Nov 18, 2000: Prodigal son Alessandro Troncon celebrated a glorious return for Italy by leading them to a clear 37-17 victory against Romania
Nov 13, 2000: Fly half Francesco Mazzariol, newly capped flanker Fabio Ongaro, fullback Marco Baroni and replacement scrum half Lisandro Villagra are the players to be dropped from Italy's squad as coach Brad Johnstone named the new team following Saturday's 17-22
