Rugby's elite 100-cap club
Scotland star Chris Paterson will join a very elite group of rugby players this weekend, becoming only the 11th player ever to reach 100 international appearances for their country.
Some Six Nations statistics, Round 1
We give some statistics from the matches in the first round of the Six nations - tight matches rather than matches of creativity and adventure.
Smit and his Boks locked until 2011
Good news for Springbok supporters is that the entire top echelon of the Bok team, including captain John Smit, have committed themselves to remaining in South Africa until after the 2011 World Cup.
IRB Sevens: Fiji closing in on NZ
Fiji managed to close the gap on leaders New Zealand, when they edged fellow Pacific Islanders Samoa in a dramatic Final on Day Two of the Wellington leg of the International Rugby Board Sevens World Series on Saturday.
6N Rewind: 2009, Year of the Irish
Ireland, under the leadership of Declan Kidney and after several near-misses, ended a long 61-year wait for Grand Slam glory when they won the 2009 Six Nations title with an impressive clean sweep of their Championship rivals.
Laws: scrum watch
The scrum is one of the biggest issues in world rugby and of great concern to the law-makers, the International Rugby Board.