101.   Mike was not a pro rugby player when he came here.

102.   Most of the victims were rugby players.

103.   New Zealand rugby players might get minders to keep them out of trouble after three All Blacks were taken to a police station following a punch-up at a nightclub.

104.   New Zealand international rugby union player Aaron Hopa died Tuesday in a scuba diving training accident on the Coromandel Peninsula, police said.

105.   New Zealand rugby union players were Tuesday threatened with expulsion from the sport if they sign with a rebel competition reportedly being backed by Australian media magnate Kerry Packer.

106.   Pain-killing injections for rugby players will be banned under new guidelines set down by the International Rugby Board.

107.   Roberts ventured where no other rugby league player and few high-profile athletes have dared to go.

108.   Regional rugby players are being rewarded with bags of marijuana for success on the field, a policeman said Friday.

109.   Sharks halfback Preston Campbell, who inspired his team to a midseason move up the standings, was named the Australian rugby league player of the year Monday.

110.   Scottish rugby player Gordon McRaild pleaded innocent Monday to charges that he indecently assaulted a woman on an overseas flight last week,