well I finally managed to sort the 400 pictures I took at the rugby game last night and can only say. The D200 really does not work very well in low light and shooting constantly at iso3200 and iso1600 in the beginning did not improve the picture quality. We are basically back to black and white pictures, which are pretty grainy and still shoot only at 1/50th-1/100th of a second at 300mm.

Yes I managed to borrow a 300mm F/4 lens and it's just great and I want one. Maybe in June or august, if I get my situation here sorted.