Mar 31, 2002: Leicester director of rugby Dean Richards accused his players of 'being in the comfort zone' after they slumped to a 36-24 defeat at Wasps
Mar 31, 2002: Ireland back row Eric Miller has been ruled out of next weekend's final Lloyds TSB Six Nations Championship clash with France in Paris
Mar 31, 2002: Rob Andrew was relieved to see Newcastle end their barren run in the Zurich Premiership with an emphatic win over Sale at Kingston Park
Mar 31, 2002: Leeds Tykes' director of rugby Phil Davies tipped his side to beat relegation after this afternoon's narrow defeat to London Irish
Mar 31, 2002: Harlequins remain at the foot of the Premiership table in spite of a brave effort at the Memorial Stadium in a 43-27 defeat where 10 tries were scored as both sides picked up a scoring bonus point
Mar 31, 2002: It had been built up as the return of England captains past and present - but under the watchful gaze of Clive Woodward, Alex King took the plaudits as Wasps beat Leicester 36-24, the Tigers' first defeat since November
Mar 31, 2002: Newcastle ended their barren run in the Zurich Premiership with an emphatic 30-10 victory over Sale at Kingston Park
Mar 31, 2002: Leeds' Zurich Premiership survival hopes suffered a heavy blow as they surrendered an 11-point lead to eventually lose 29-24 to Heineken Cup hopefuls London Irish
Mar 31, 2002: The Kiwi ambush of Australian rugby is complete with a breathtaking 33-32 win for the Crusaders over the Brumbies in Christchurch
Mar 31, 2002: New Zealand defeated France 71-18 in the final of the IRB/FIRA-AER World U19 Championship in Treviso
Mar 30, 2002: Bath coach Michael Foley believes have a huge task ahead of them to prevent relegation from the top flight in England
Mar 30, 2002: Gloucester coach Nigel Melville admitted his side had not played well in their 36-13 victory over Saracens but was more than happy to claim the points and singled out Ludovic Mercier for special praise
Mar 30, 2002: Caerphilly's hopes of a Principality Cup giant-killing act were buried as Pontypridd's powered to a convincing 46-31 win to move into the semi-finals
Mar 30, 2002: Llanelli survived a scare to book their 23rd Welsh Cup semi-finals place in 31 years with a 46-24 victory after a see-saw match of swiftly changing fortunes
Mar 30, 2002: League champions Hawick stayed on course for a Scottish double with a bruising 27-13 BT Cellnet Cup semi-final
Mar 30, 2002: Paul Grayson kicked Northampton to a 29-11 victory over Bath to add to the west country side's fears of relegation out of the top flight
Mar 30, 2002: Fly-half Ludovic Mercier was the key man for Gloucester as they swept Saracens aside 36-13 in their latest Zurich Premiership clash
Mar 30, 2002: Former Wallaby great Mark Ella warned English "tripe" was threatening the southern hemisphere's rugby supremacy
Mar 30, 2002: Holders Newport crashed out of the Principality Cup 20-14 on Friday night after Cardiff scrum-half Rob Howley settled a tense quarter-final clash four minutes from time
Mar 30, 2002: Edinburgh edged out Glasgow 23-19 at Hughenden last night in the Welsh/Scottish League clash, and in doing so claimed the Virgin Trains Cup