Sep 14, 2002: Bath and London Wasps battled to a 27-27 draw in their latest Zurich Premiership clash at the Recreation Ground on Saturday
Sep 14, 2002: For the second week running, Waikato featured in a spectacular game of NPC rugby, in the end proving just too good for Wellington at the Westpac Trust Stadium on Saturday evening to triumph 49 - 35
Sep 14, 2002: Sale Sharks coach Jim Mallinder put his side's 29-16 victory over Leicester down to the "heart of the players" and reserved special praise for the contribution of man of the match Chris Jones
Sep 14, 2002: Connacht coach Stephen Nell tipped Leinster to bounce back after seeing his side snatch a dramatic 26-23 Celtic League victory at Donnybrook
Sep 14, 2002: North Harbour suffered their second successive home defeat in Albany on Saturday afternoon, going down 29-23 to Taine Randell's Otago side
Sep 14, 2002: Tim Stimpson this evening became the first player to score 1000 points in Premiership rugby
Sep 14, 2002: Leicester director of rugby Dean Richards lost 10 members of his squad to the England training camp at the beginning of the week, but insisted it was not an excuse for losing their second game of the season this evening
Sep 14, 2002: Connacht snatched a 26-23 Celtic League victory over Leinster after a nail-biting clash at Donnybrook with Mark McHugh the hero after a last-gasp winner
Sep 14, 2002: Neil Jenkins, Pontypridd's prodigal son, gave a goal-kicking master class as Pontypridd ended Bridgend's winning run with a 26-9 triumph
Sep 14, 2002: Borders triumphed in the Mansfield Park try count but were made to pay for a spate of missed goal kicks as Cardiff stand-off Iestyn Harris snuffed them out with six penalties in a final 18-15 Celtic League victory
Sep 14, 2002: A last gasp try by Lions centre Rob Henderson along with a series of great kicks by Jeremy Staunton wrecked Edinburgh's unbeaten Celtic League record at Meadowbank as Munster ran out 28-21 winners
Sep 14, 2002: England A lock Chris Jones galloped for a sensational 50-metre try as Sale Sharks inflicted a 29-16 defeat of the season on champions Leicester Tigers
Sep 13, 2002: Garath Archer will lead the Bristol Shoguns team on Sunday against Northampton Saints in their latest Zurich Premiership clash
Sep 13, 2002: Saracens coach Wayne Shelford has made nine changes, three positional, to the starting line-up for Sunday's Zurich Premiership clash with London Irish at the Madejski Stadium
Sep 13, 2002: Newcastle director of rugby Rob Andrew has dropped Tongan flanker Epi Taione for Gloucester's visit to Kingston Park, a decision he insists is entirely form related
Sep 13, 2002: Zurich Premiership side Leicester Tigers have declared a profit of £644,000, the third year in succession that they have been in the black and they remain the only club to have recorded a profit in that time
Sep 13, 2002: Fullback Olly Barkley has recovered from injuryto take his place in the West Country club's side to face London Wasps at the Recreation Ground on Sunday
Sep 13, 2002: Former Australian fullback Roger Gould will join Wallaby coach Eddie Jones and assistant coach Ewen McKenzie as a national selector
Sep 13, 2002: Leinster back row star Eric Miller has been forced out of the Ireland squad for this month's World Cup qualifier against Russia
Sep 13, 2002: Leeds Tykes' director of rugby Phil Davies believes his side can still improve further as they look to take transfer their strong home form into their first away clash of the Premiership season against Harlequins tomorrow