Apr 11, 2000: Defensive coach John Muggleton has gone to work shoring up New South Wales' outside backs for the anticipated attacking blitzkrieg from the free-scoring ACT Brumbies in Sydney on Saturday
Apr 11, 2000: Former British Lions star John Bentley has urged Wigan winger Jason Robinson to switch codes and accept a five-year contract from the RFU
Apr 11, 2000: Phil Vickery will be able to contribute to Gloucester's Premiership run-in after his disciplinary hearing date was set for May 16
Apr 11, 2000: The all-French Heineken Cup quarter final between 1996 European champions Toulouse and Montferrand is officially a 38,000 sell-out and with all the quarter-finals attracting capacity crowds, the battle for semi-final places will pull in 72,200
Apr 11, 2000: Glasgow Caledonians have been forced to put their summer tour of Canada on hold until plans for the new British Cup have been finalised
Apr 11, 2000: The opposing sides in the battle over the future structure of the game in England will meet this week to thrash out the future of the sport
Apr 11, 2000: Wasps have encountered unforseen problems in registering new signing Phil Greening to play in their European Cup quarter-final clash with Northampton this weekend
Apr 10, 2000: The Nawaka club from Fiji endorsed their favourites tag at the Bells Melrose Millennium sevens on Saturday
Apr 10, 2000: Munster coach Declan Kidney will be sweating over the fitness of his inspirational hooker Keith Wood ahead of Saturday's European Cup quarter final against Stade Francais
Apr 10, 2000: A Welsh rugby supporter died in hospital from injuries he received in a fight in the Irish midlands town of Roscrea 12 days ago, police said on Monday
Apr 10, 2000: Wellington Hurricanes' flanker-cum-lock Inoke Afeaki has been given a temporary suspension by the NZRFU judicial committee after admitting that he had punched a Crusaders' player on Friday
Apr 10, 2000: Maori rugby, one of the traditional strengths of the New Zealand game, has a new structure within the New Zealand Rugby Football Union
Apr 9, 2000: Los Angeles, CA (April 9, 2000) The Kansas City Blues' sole grip on top spot in the Eastern Conference was short lived and they now share the lead with Atlanta's Life College while the Gentlemen of Aspen steamrolled another opponent in the West
Apr 9, 2000: Canada's new professional coach, Australian David Clark begins his attempt to restore credibility to Canadian rugby by introducing a team full of uncapped players for the first game of the Epson Cup against Tonga in Vancouver on May 20
Apr 9, 2000: England prop Phil Vickery is facing suspension following his dismissal for dangerous play during Gloucester's 36-16 Premiership defeat against Bath
Apr 9, 2000: Swansea kept alive their hopes of qualifying for next season's Heineken Cup as Arwel Thomas helped edge out Neath 52-44 in an 11-try spectacular
Apr 9, 2000: Scott Gibbs has ended speculation about his future by signing a new contract with Swansea
Apr 9, 2000: The Waratahs kept their season alive by beating the luckless Chiefs this afternoon, 37-30
Apr 8, 2000: It's not nice to fool Mother Nature
Apr 8, 2000: Former England captain Will Carling announced on Saturday that he would retire completely next month, then couldn't resist a parting swipe at current England coach Clive Woodward
