Sep 26, 2000: Gloucester coach Philippe Saint-Andre has snapped up former Great Britain rugby league start Bobby Goulding on a week's trial in the hope he will answer his side's injury crisis
Sep 26, 2000: The NZRFU have announced that New Zealand A will tour France, Wales and Romania this November with Canterbury's Robbie Deans as their coach
Sep 26, 2000: Representatives of England's elite players are set to meet with the RFU on Wednesday in an attempt to find a solution to their dispute over image rights
Sep 26, 2000: Springbok centres Robbie Fleck and Japie Mulder have both been cited following Saturday's bruising encounter at Ellis Park
Sep 26, 2000: There was good news for Andre Vos on Tuesday when a specialist diagnosed the Springbok captain to have fractured his eye-socket
Sep 26, 2000: The Queensland Reds have overcome an eight-point, second-half deficit to beat Rosario 21-16 and remain undefeated on their Argentina tour after four games
Sep 25, 2000: Former England A winger Brian Johnson's career has been ended by injury and he has left Gloucester after almost three years with the club
Sep 25, 2000: Leicester Tigers' centre Jason Critchley has been named in the Wales Rugby League squad that will contest the Lincoln Financial Group world Cup this year
Sep 25, 2000: Former Springbok rugby players Christian Stewart and James Small were reportedly involved in a fight at a black-tie function at the Fancourt golf resort in South Africa according to Independent Newspapers .
Sep 25, 2000: The RFU will meet with the ESDR in Manchester this afternoon in the latest of a series of meetings to decide the on-going promotion/relegation debate between the two
Sep 25, 2000: A Borders club returned to the top of the Scottish BT Premiership on Saturday after last season's Champions Heriot's FP lost their 100% record while hawick overcame Jed-Forest, and remain unbeaten
Sep 25, 2000: The prospect of Tim Horan returning to the Wallaby ranks during their autumn tour to the UK has not been ruled out by ARU chief executive John O'Neil according to The Times newspaper
Sep 25, 2000: South Africa's Minister of Sport Ngconde Balfour said at the weekend the Springbok emblem belonged to all South Africans and should not be treated as a sacred cow reserved only for those who benefited from apartheid
Sep 25, 2000: The Lions' hopes of successfully defending their Currie Cup title were dealt a blow when Andre Vos was ruled out of the rest of their campaign
Sep 25, 2000: Western Province coach Gert Smal refuses to be carried away by the euphoria after Saturday's 51-28 thumping of the Lions at Ellis Park
Sep 25, 2000: The Natal Sharks launched their Top Eight campaign in emphatic style with a 49-13 (halftime 27-5) victory over the Vodacom Eagles at Absa Stadium on Friday night
Sep 25, 2000: London Irish director of rugby Dick Best was full of praise for stand-in scrum-half Kevin Ellis after they saw off Premiership rivals Sale
Sep 25, 2000: Saracens chief executive Francois Pienaar was pleasantly surprised with the way his side destroyed Premiership newcomers Rotherham
Sep 24, 2000: Luxembourg kicked off the 2003 Rugby World Cup with a European qualifying round win over Norway in Stavanger
Sep 24, 2000: The Cook Islands defied the odds on their own turf to qualify for the 2001 Rugby World Cip Sevens with a 24-21 win over Tonga in the final of the Oceania qualifying tournament
