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 two-legged Premiership play-off between Bedford and Rotherham will take place on May 24 and May 28
May 11, 2000: What do you do to a man when he's down
May 11, 2000: Bristol boss Bob Dwyer admitted last night that his team had produced a below-par performance in defeating Premiership opponents London Irish 28-26
May 11, 2000: Henry Honiball kept Bristol on course for Europe with a dramatic 78th-minute penalty winner to sink London Irish at the Memorial Stadium
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: Cardiff coach Lynn Howells has sent out an open invitation to fans of the Blue and Blacks ahead of Saturday's clash with Swansea
May 11, 2000: Welsh-Scottish League champions Cardiff extended their unbeaten home record to 43 matches, but were made to work hard by a Llanelli side who showed little after effects of their Heineken Cup semi-final defeat only two days previously
May 11, 2000: Caledonia brushed aside the big city challenge at Millbrae to set up a surprise district championship showdown with the Reivers
May 11, 2000: Scottish Borders set themselves up for a title decider with Caledonia on Saturday after defeating Edinburgh in the inter-district match at Philiphaugh last night
May 11, 2000: Newcastle have swooped to sign Cardiff and England A wing Liam Botham, son of cricket legend Ian
May 11, 2000: The final of the European Shield, between Castres and Pau, will be played at the Stade des Sept Deniers in Toulouse on Sunday May 28 May
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: New Coach Greg Smith names his first squad after trial games in Suva
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: Los Angeles, CA (May 7, 2000) Life College of Atlanta and the Kansas City Blues have qualified for the playoffs in the Eastern Conference while the Gentlemen of Aspen have clinched top spot in the West, so all interest now is on who will qualify
May 10, 2000: Wasps captain and Scrum columnist Lawrence Dallaglio has suggested that Northampton's selection of their second string for their recent league match may upset some other clubs, especially those looking for European Cup places
May 10, 2000: Sharks coach Hugh Reece-Edwards has rung the changes ahead of Saturday's face-saving clash with the hopeful Stormers
