Oct 8, 2000: The Eagles scored one of the most stunning wins of the Currie Cup season when they came back from 22-7 down to beat the Boland Kavaliers 52-22 in Wellington
Oct 8, 2000: Western Province secured a home semi-final in the Currie Cup but had to fight hard in their Top Eight clash against a tenacious Free State Cheetahs, winning 47-38 at Bloemfontein
Oct 8, 2000: Swansea star Arwel Thomas admitted his team need to put their patchy form behind them to carry on with their winning start to the Heineken Cup
Oct 8, 2000: Leicester director of rugby Dean Richards was a relieved man after his team put a run of one win in four Zurich Premiership matches behind them with a 46-18 win over old Heineken Cup rivals Pau
Oct 8, 2000: Munster captain Mick Galwey predicted a tough return match against Welsh opponents Newport after the Irish province's 26-18 win on Saturday
Oct 8, 2000: Thomas Castaignède can do no wrong for Saracens, it seems, his latest contribution for the English club being 22 points in a fine 32-22 win away to his old club, Toulouse
Oct 8, 2000: Wales tonight suffered a major blow ahead of their autumn Test matches when Neath wing Shane Williams broke his leg
Oct 8, 2000: After a tense and exciting weekend of action to complete the round robin phase of NPC action, the pairings for next weekend's semi finals are now complete
Oct 8, 2000: In an extraordinary match in Pukekohe this afternoon, Taranaki clinched the remaining semi final place by overcoming Counties-Manukau 48-46
Oct 7, 2000: Pierre Triep-Capedeville, the Pau prop sent off for a second yellow card offence in the Heineken Cup Pool 6 match at Leicester today, has been banned for three weeks
Oct 7, 2000: An early try by Jonny Wilkinson diving in the corner was not enough for Newcastle to hold on Treviso's first half pressure: the home team hadmost of ball possession and, following susteined pressure by the forwards, scored two tries by Stefano
Oct 7, 2000: Rotherham's first foray into Europe ended with a sparkling success as they beat Grenoble, Heineken Cup representatives last season, 35-5 in Pool Three of the European Shield
Oct 7, 2000: fter scoring four tries as Swansea beat Wasps to make a sensational start to their Heineken Cup campaign Matthew Robinson revealed that he owes a debt of gratitude to Olympic silver medallist, Darren Campbell
Oct 7, 2000: The Bulldogs had their teeth pulled at Waverley Park on Friday evening when they went down 15-10 to the Falcons in their Bankfin Cup match
Oct 7, 2000: Exactly 10 years ago to the day, Natal rugby came of age with a dramatic Currie Cup triumph at Loftus Versveld after a wait of 100 unrewarding seasons
Oct 7, 2000: Under-strength Ebbw Vale slumped to a 31-10 defeat to Dax in France in the opening match of the European Shield
Oct 7, 2000: Glasgow Caledonians coach Richie Dixon is looking for his side to improve their away form as they seek a Scottish double in today's Heineken Cup opener at Pontypridd
Oct 7, 2000: Edinburgh Reivers coach Frank Hadden immediately looked forward to next week's visit to Northampton after his side began their Heineken Cup campaign with a 29-21 victory over Leinster at Myreside
Oct 7, 2000: Double Australian World Cup winner Jason Little was the toast of Gloucester after his third try in two matches since joining the Englsih club helped them to an opening night Heineken Cup win at Llanelli
Oct 7, 2000: With all but one of the round nine matches completed, Canterbury , Auckland and Wellington are confirmed as three of next weekend's four semi finalists
