Oct 4, 2000: Bath's front row problems were eased a little with the news that prop Jon Mallett will be available for the early part of their European campaign
Oct 4, 2000: Newport captain Gary Teichmann believes his side has a realistic opportunity of reaching the quarter finals of the European Cup in their debut season
Oct 4, 2000: The Wallabies' disjointed build-up to their European tour continues with a further withdrawal and another to join late
Oct 4, 2000: European Cup officials have told five clubs that the organisers will come down hard if they continue to abuse competition rules
Oct 4, 2000: Western Province coach Gert Smal on Tuesday labelled the Natal Sharks physical approach in their Top Eight game at Newlands "thuggery" and said it's time for the game to be cleaned up
Oct 4, 2000: Edinburgh Reivers will face Leinster in Friday's European opener with out three of their experienced Scotland players
Oct 4, 2000: The appointment of Mark Keohane as Springbok coach-elect Harry Viljoen's special advisor has been condemned by the controversial journalist's former boss
Oct 4, 2000: Australia's World Cup-winning coach, Rod Macqueen, has given Harry Viljoen a vote of confidence
Oct 4, 2000: Lions coach Laurie Mains believes Chester Williams can succeed as Springbok assistant coach
Oct 4, 2000: The British Lions will meet a Queensland XV at Townsville's Dairy Farmers Stadium on June 12, 2001
Oct 4, 2000: Queensland coach Mark McBain has managed to put together 15 fit players for their game against Argentina A on Thursday (AEST)
Oct 3, 2000: The South African Rugby Football Union have confirmed that Nick Mallet's succesor will be announced on Friday
Oct 3, 2000: Heineken Cup chiefs tonight vowed to clamp down on troublemakers in this season's showpiece European competition on and off the pitch
Oct 3, 2000: He has yet to feature in the Zurich Premiership this term, but remains on course for a comeback on October 21, which could see him available for Northampton's third European pool match against Irish province Leinster
Oct 3, 2000: Bath have tempted Victor Ubogu out of retirement for their Heineken Cup campaign
Oct 3, 2000: Injuries among rugby union players have almost doubled since the sport scrapped its amateur status five years ago, according to research published Tuesday
Oct 3, 2000: The new All Black centre has suffered all season with leg problems, the latest one forcing him to leave the field during Canterbury's successful Shield defence against Otago last Saturday
Oct 3, 2000: The former England assistant coach has been appointed in succession to Ross Cooper, who resigned to take up a post with the NZRFU
Oct 2, 2000: Northland , stunned by the early departure of Norm Berryman in advance of Friday's Ranfurly Shield clash against Canterbury, have called up ex-Waikato player Brad Miller to their squad of 22
Oct 2, 2000: East Coast will play Horowhenua Kapiti at Eden Park as a curtainraiser to the Auckland-Otago First Division NPC match on Saturday 7 October The offer to play the curtain-raiser was made earlier this year by Auckland Rugby Football Union chief
