May 12, 2000: The New South Wales Waratahs kept the Otago Highlanders on tenterhooks for a Super 12 rugby semi-final place with a gritty 22-15 victory at the Sydney Football Stadium here Friday night
May 12, 2000: The Brumbies are hot favourites for the Super 12 crown after defeating the Crusaders 17-12 in Christchurch to finish the season on top of the table
May 12, 2000: Queensland coach John Connolly has completed his annual mathematics course and knows the Reds need a massive stroke of luck to make the Super 12 finals
May 11, 2000: The ACT Brumbies and Canterbury Crusaders - two sides expected to clash in the final - face each other on Friday in the last league round of the Super 12
May 11, 2000: Crusaders scrumhalf Justin Marshall enjoys the company of his Brumbies counterpart George Gregan, except on the rugby field itself
May 11, 2000: Gordon Slater, the Hurricanes prop who stayed at home in New Zealand while his wife was giving birth to their first child, is expected to arrive in South Africa on Thursday and to play against the Bulls in Pretoria on Friday
May 11, 2000: The normally flamboyant ACT Brumbies were aiming for a simpler style of play in tomorrow night's Super 12 battle with the Crusaders, according to lock Justin Harrison
May 11, 2000: Auckland Blues coach Gordon Hunter has told his team to keep emotion out of its all-important Super 12 rugby game against the Queensland Reds at Ballymore on Saturday
May 11, 2000: New South Wales rugby captain Jason Little is poised to give the battling Waratahs a major boost by signing up for one more season
May 11, 2000: Auckland Blues coach, Gordon Hunter, is looking on his side's clash against the Reds at Ballymore in Brisbane on Saturday night as a quarter-final
May 11, 2000: Hurricanes' forward pack strengthened for crucial round 12 match in South Africa
May 10, 2000: Veteran Highlanders lock John Blaikie has been left out of the squad to face the Waratahs on Saturday after failing to recover from a head injury
May 10, 2000: All Blacks flanker Dylan Mika has missed out on the travelling squad while winger Joeli Vidiri has been benched for the Auckland Blues' final tilt at making the Super 12 rugby semi-finals
May 10, 2000: Andrew Mehrtens is out of Friday's crucial match against the ACT Brumbies, but is likely to be available for the semifinal a week later
May 10, 2000: Just one match out from the Super 12 semi-finals and the ACT Brumbies have been dealt a massive blow losing Joe Roff in the lead-up to what's shaping as the preview of the competition final, Friday night's clash with the Crusaders in New Zealand
May 10, 2000: Waikato Chiefs' disappointing Super 12 season is likely to result in coach's dismissal, with some interesting candidates poised to compete for his job
May 10, 2000: Wallaby lock's recall to Waratahs'side for clash with Highlanders sees a patching up of differences with coach
May 10, 2000: Auckland Blues' Carlos Spencer, who has only recently returned to top level action after knee reconstruction surgery immediately after the World Cup, is unlikely to start Saturday's crucial Super 12 match against the Reds in Brisbane
May 10, 2000: A disagreement over the Crusaders' winger disrupts Super 12 and Epson Cup preparation
May 9, 2000: The ACT Brumbies are resigned to life without Wallaby Joe Roff for Friday night's crunch Super 12 clash with the Crusaders
