Jan 17, 2000: Craig Smith, of Scottish BT Premiership side Melrose has received a 22-week suspension after being sent off in a league game against Glasgow hawks last month
Jan 17, 2000: The quarter finals of the Heineken Cup will provide two titanic tussles with Premiership rivals Northampton and Wasps clashing in an all-English affair and Welsh titans Llanelli and Cardiff meeting head on
Jan 17, 2000: Hawke's Bay were surprise winners of the Maori Sevens Championship played in Rotorua over the weekend.They defeated King Country 31-17 in the final and beat the fancied Bay of Plenty B side in their semi final, 24-19, after extra time
Jan 17, 2000: Otago Highlanders and All Black centre Pita Alatini will appear in the Otahuhu District Court on February 15 on charges of driving with excess breath alcohol and careless driving.He is believed to have been stopped by police over the weekend driving
Jan 16, 2000: As well as the European Cup, Sunday also marked the last day of pool fixtures in the European Shield with the quarter finalists now decided
Jan 16, 2000: Latest: Former Australia coach Greg Smith has been appointed to coach the Fijian national side for the next two years
Jan 15, 2000: Newcastle clinched a place in the quarter-finals of the European Shield with a late flourish to seal a 19-11 win against French side Narbonne at a wet and windy Kingston Park
Jan 15, 2000: Cardiff intend giving away no secrets ahead of tomorrow's crucial Heineken Cup encounter at Harlequins
Jan 14, 2000: Jason Leonard and Will Carling both sit out Harlequins' final Heineken Cup match of the season against Cardiff on Sunday
Jan 14, 2000: The Scottish Rugby Union is to stage its second conference on the game at Murrayfield on April 14
Jan 14, 2000: Neath have been placed on an Allan Bateman alert when Heineken Cup quarter-finalists Northampton arrive at The Gnoll tomorrow
Jan 14, 2000: Edinburgh Reivers have been warned not to get dragged into a physical battle with Grenoble as they seek an unlikely win and Heineken Cup survival tomorrow
Jan 14, 2000: Wasps have already qualified for the Heineken Cup quarter-finals but they are in no mood to accept second best at Stradey Park tomorrow
Jan 14, 2000: Llanelli will field the same starting line up which over came Bourgoin for their all or nothing final European group match against Wasps on Sunday
Jan 14, 2000: The Scottish Rugby Union have come up with a 10-point plan which could have avoided embarrassment at the recent World Cup, and which they hope will be put in place for future tournaments or senior Internationals at Murrayfield
Jan 14, 2000: Bedford and Gloucester tonight withdrew citings that could have resulted in four players from the two clubs being banned
Jan 14, 2000: England coach Clive Woodward tonight added six Bath players to his training squad preparing for this season's Six Nations Championship
Jan 14, 2000: It has been reported in New Zealand that new Auckland Blues' coach Gordon Hunter is suffering an inoperable cancer
Jan 14, 2000: Otago Highlanders and All Black prop Kees Meeuws' injury problems are causing concern after he missed the Highlanders' fitness testing session on Thursday
Jan 13, 2000: London Irish have qualified for the European Shield knockout stages after European Rugby Cup directors took disciplinary action against Agen
