Feb 22, 2000: World Cup hero Tim Horan is likely to miss Queensland's Super 12 rugby union opener against Otago in Dunedin on Saturday, team officials said
Feb 22, 2000: Former British Lions manager and England international Fran Cotton believes the time is right for Clive Woodward to take on the role of Lions coach for the tour of Australia in 2001
Feb 22, 2000: Wales Youth finished their Tri-Nations competion against the iberian countries with a thumping 36-10 win over Spain's Under 19 side at Narberth on Sunday
Feb 22, 2000: Press reports in Wales are suggesting that Swansea are in a perilous financial position as a result of low attendances and high wage costs
Feb 22, 2000: The Waratahs fly-half battle has been won by Manuel Edmonds for the Waratahs opening Super 12 clash with the Stormers on Saturday
Feb 22, 2000: The future of the Otago Highlanders' centre is in doubt after he was ruled out of the opening game against the Queensland Reds in Dunedin
Feb 22, 2000: All Black winger Jeff Wilson's decision to revive his cricketing career has proved very unpopular with the Otago Highlanders' hierarchy
Feb 21, 2000: IRB referee Joel Dume has welcomed the use of some fresh faces as part of the officiating teams for the Six Nations championship
Feb 21, 2000: Queensland veteran Dan Crowley has been dropped from the Reds team for their opening Super 12 clash against Otago in Dunedin on Saturday night
Feb 21, 2000: The Ireland selectors will be facing a rather different problem when they sit down to select the side to face Italy at Lansdowne Road in two weeks time -who to leave out rather than who to bring in
Feb 21, 2000: Rugby league convert Andrew Walker has pushed Wallaby Joe Roff out of his favoured fullback slot for the ACT Brumbies' opening Super 12 rugby match against Auckland here on Friday night
Feb 21, 2000: Scotland prop George Graham dislocated his shoulder in scoring Scotland's second try on Saturday - and is unlikely to feature again in this year's championship
Feb 21, 2000: Veteran forward Mick Galwey felt empathy towards the host of young, fresh faces making their debuts in Ireland's glorious return to winning ways
Feb 21, 2000: Caerphilly go in search of desperately needed Welsh-Scottish Premier League points when they take on in-form Ebbw Vale at Virginia Park on Monday night
Feb 21, 2000: The Fijian Rugby Union has accepted an invitation to send its sevens team to the inaugural Malaysian sevens tournament in Kuala Lumpur between 17 - 19 March
Feb 21, 2000: The Canterbury Crusaders begin their defence of their Super 12 crown against the Chiefs on Sunday without two of their All Black contingent
Feb 21, 2000: Italy's kiwi coach Brad Johnstone has put his country's defeat in Cardiff against Wales into perspective
Feb 21, 2000: Queensland's test hooker Michael Foley has joined Ben Tune and Matt Cockbain on the injury list
Feb 21, 2000: French coach Bernard Laporte, smarting from Saturday's 15-9 Six Nations defeat to England, vowed on Sunday that he would make changes to the team that takes on Scotland in a fortnight's time in Edinburgh
Feb 21, 2000: France's veteran hooker Marc dal Maso has been ruled out of the Six Nations match with Scotland in a fortnight's time because of a heavily bruised collarbone
