Feb 24, 2000: Edinburgh Reivers Chris Paterson seems to have been a victim of his versatility in recent times and this weekend will be no different as he aims to restate his case for a test place
Feb 23, 2000: Eric Peters has urged the Scotland selectors to keep their nerve and stick with the squad who have made such a disastrous start to the Six Nations campaign
Feb 22, 2000: Scotland coach Ian McGeechan has been boosted by the news that John Leslie has recovered from injury and should be available to face France on March 4
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: 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 18, 2000: Scotland latest injury worry before Saturday's meeting with Ireland concerns second row Scott Murray
Feb 17, 2000: Preston Lodge FP under-16 team has been suspended by the SRU for the rest of the season after their match at Duns was abandoned because of foul language and play
Feb 17, 2000: The SRU is joining forces with Scottish Citylink in a bid to make it easier for supporters to travel to Murrayfield for Internationals Following its exhaustive review of last autumn's Rugby World Cup, the SRU pledged to look at ways to better the
Feb 17, 2000: Despite being given as long as possible by coach Ian McGeechan it has been decided not to risk captain John Leslie in Saturday's Lloyds TSB Six Nations game at Lansdowne Road against Ireland
Feb 17, 2000: Craig Chalmers', who was carried of during Glasgow's defeat at Bridgend on Saturday, could be on the side lines for the rest of the season
Feb 17, 2000: Scotland coach Ian McGeechan has dropped the broadest hint yet that skipper John Leslie will not be involved against Ireland on Saturday - even if he is probably fit
Feb 16, 2000: Scotland have been forced to make a change in their side for Friday evening's 'A' international against Ireland
Feb 11, 2000: The SRU have announced that will play seven matches in New Zealand this summer including two tests against the All Blacks in Dunedin and Auckland
Feb 9, 2000: Scotland coach Ian McGeechan kept faith with the players who lost to Italy when he named a squad of 24 on Wednesday for the Six Nations match against Ireland in Dublin on February 19
Feb 6, 2000: Embarrassed Scotland centre Jamie Mayer has offered his apologies to the 8,000 fans who travelled to Rome only to see their team humbled by Italy
Italy 34-20 Scotland, February 5, 2000
Feb 5, 2000: Italy joined the Five Nations in 2000, to make six, after a generation of struggle to do so. Held back by bureaucracy and a certain reluctance to expand the championship, Italian rugby had peaked in the 1990s with respectable World Cup performances and wi
Six Nations 2000
Feb 5, 2000: The "Eternal City" has waited an awful long tome to host a Six Nations match but Italian Rugby's lifelong hopes were realised with the staging of today's game in Rome
Feb 4, 2000: Glenn Metcalfe has handed Scotland a boost before their Lloyds TSB Six Nations clash with Italy in Rome tomorrow
Feb 3, 2000: Shaun Longstaff is refusing to become misty-eyed about the prospect of a weekend in Rome finding himself under the stray boot of an Italian is not his idea of romance
Feb 3, 2000: Former Kiwi John Leslie has won his fitness fight and will captain Scotland in their Six Nations Championship opener against Italy in Rome on Saturday