1999 Rugby World Cup

1999 Rugby World Cup
1999-10-01 - 1999-11-06
Host nation	Wales
No. of nations	20 (65 qualifying)
Champions	Australia
Runner-up	France
Matches played	41
Attendance	1,750,000 (42,683 per match)
Top scorer	Gonzalo Quesada (102)
Most tries	Jonah Lomu (8)
Preceded by	1995 Rugby World Cup
Succeeded by	2003 Rugby World Cup

The 1999 Rugby World Cup was the fourth Rugby World Cup and the first to be held in rugby union's professional era.^[1] The principal host nation was Wales, although the majority of matches were played outside the country, shared between England, France, Scotland and Ireland. As the opening ceremony, first match and the Final would take place in Wales, the Welsh team were awarded the automatic qualification berth afforded the hosts. Only four automatic qualification places were available for the 1999 tournament; the other three went to the top three teams from the previous World Cup in 1995; champions (South Africa), runners-up (New Zealand), and third-place play-off winners (France).

The tournament was expanded to 20 teams (from 16), divided into five groups of four teams, a scenario that necessitated a quarter-final play-off round involving the five runners-up and best third-placed team to decide who would join the pool winners in the last eight. Qualification for the final 16 places took place between 63 other nations. The 1999 tournament saw the introduction of a repechage, effectively a second chance for teams that had finished runners-up in each qualifying zone. Uruguay and Tonga were the first nations to profit from the repechage, and took their places alongside fellow qualifiers Australia, England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Italy, Argentina, Fiji, Romania, Canada, Namibia, Japan, Spain and the United States.

The tournament began with the opening ceremony in the newly-built Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, with Wales beating Argentina 23–18, with Colin Charvis scoring the first try of the tournament. Australia won the tournament, becoming the first nation to do so twice, with a 35–12 triumph over France, who were unable to repeat their stunning semi-final victory over pre-tounament favourites New Zealand.^[2]

Contents 1 Venues 2 Qualifying 3 Squads 4 Pool stage 4.1 Pool 1 4.2 Pool 2 4.3 Pool 3 4.4 Pool 4 4.5 Pool 5 5 Knock-out stage 5.1 Quarter-final play-offs 5.2 Quarter-finals 5.3 Semi-finals 5.4 Third-place play-off 5.5 Final 6 Awards 7 References 8 External links

Venues

Venues
City	Stadium	Capacity
Paris	Stade de France	80,000
London	Twickenham Stadium	75,000
Cardiff	Millennium Stadium	74,500
Edinburgh	Murrayfield Stadium	67,500
Glasgow	Hampden Park	52,500
Dublin	Lansdowne Road	49,250
Lens	Stade Félix Bollaert	41,800
Bordeaux	Parc Lescure	34,327
Toulouse	Stade de Toulouse	27,000
Béziers	Stade de la Méditerranée	25,000
Huddersfield	McAlpine Stadium	24,500
Bristol	Ashton Gate	21,500
Leicester	Welford Road Stadium	16,500
Wrexham	Racecourse Ground	15,500
Limerick	Thomond Park	13,500
Belfast	Ravenhill Stadium	12,500
Llanelli	Stradey Park	10,800
Galashiels	Netherdale	6,000

Wales won the right to host the World Cup in 1999. The centrepiece venue for the tournament was the Millennium Stadium, built on the site of the old National Stadium at Cardiff Arms Park at a cost of £126 million from private investment. Other venues in Wales were the Racecourse Ground and Stradey Park. An agreement was reached so that the other unions in the Five Nations Championship (England, France, Ireland and Scotland) also hosted matches.

Venues in England included Twickenham, the home of the Rugby Football Union, Ashton Gate and Welford Road, all rugby union venues. The multi-use sports stadium in Huddersfield, McAlpine Stadium was also used. Scottish venues included Murrayfield Stadium, the home of the Scottish Rugby Union, Hampden Park, the home of the Scottish Football Association and the smallest venue in the 1999 tournament, Netherdale, in Galashiels, in the Scottish Borders. Venues in Ireland included Lansdowne Road, the traditional home of the Irish Rugby Football Union, Ravenhill, the Northern Ireland IRFU owned venue and Thomond Park. France used five venues, the most of any nation, including the French national stadium, Stade de France, which hosted the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

Qualifying

Main article: 1999 Rugby World Cup qualifying

The following 20 teams, shown by region, qualified for the 1999 Rugby World Cup. Of the 20 teams, only four of those places were automatically allocated and did not have to play any qualification matches. These went to the champions, runners-up and the third-placed nations at the 1995 and the tournament host, Wales. A record 65 nations from five continents were therefore involved in the qualification process designed to fill the remaining 16 spots.

Africa  Namibia  South Africa (automatic qualifier; champions in 1995) Americas  Argentina  Canada  United States  Uruguay Oceania  Australia  Fiji  New Zealand (automatic qualifier; runners-up in 1995)  Samoa  Tonga

Asia  Japan Europe  England  France (automatic qualifier; third-place in 1995)  Ireland  Italy  Romania  Scotland  Spain  Wales (automatic qualifier; host nation)

Squads

Main article: 1999 Rugby World Cup squads

Pool stage

Pool 1

Team	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Points
South Africa	3	0	0	132	35	6
Scotland	2	0	1	120	58	4
Uruguay	1	0	2	42	97	2
Spain	0	0	3	18	122	0

1999-10-02
	Uruguay	27 – 15	Spain	Netherdale, Galashiels Referee: Chris White
	Tries: Diego Ormaechea, Alfonso Cardoso, Juan Menchaca Con: Diego Aguirre, Federico Sciarra Pen: Diego Aguirre		Pen: Andrei Kovalenco (5)

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1999-10-03
	Scotland	29 – 46	South Africa	Murrayfield, Edinburgh Referee: Colin Hawke
	Tries: Martin Leslie, Alan Tait Con: Kenny Logan (2) Pen: Kenny Logan (4) Drop: Gregor Townsend		Tries: Ollie Le Roux, Deon Kayser, Jaco van der Westhuyzen, Robbie Fleck, Andre Venter, Brendan Venter Con: Jannie de Beer (5) Pen: Jannie de Beer (2)

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1999-10-08
	Scotland	43 – 12	Uruguay	Murrayfield, Edinburgh Referee: Stuart Dickinson
	Tries: Robbie Russell, Gary Armstrong, Glenn Metcalfe, Martin Leslie, Gordon Simpson, Gregor Townsend Con: Kenny Logan (5) Pen: Kenny Logan		Pen: Diego Aguirre (3), Federico Sciarra

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1999-10-10
	South Africa	47 – 3	Spain	Murrayfield, Edinburgh Referee: Paul Honiss
	Tries: André Vos (2), Anton Leonard, Pieter Muller, Bob Skinstad, Werner Swanepoel Con: Jannie de Beer (6)		Pen: Ferran Velazco Querol

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1999-10-15
	South Africa	39 – 3	Uruguay	Hampden Park, Glasgow Referee: Peter Marshall
	Tries: Albert van den Bergh (2), Joost van der Westhuizen, Deon Kayser, Robbie Fleck Con: Jannie de Beer (4) Pen: Jannie de Beer (2)		Pen: Diego Aguirre

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1999-10-16
	Scotland	48 – 0	Spain	Murrayfield, Edinburgh Referee: Clayton Thomas
	Tries: Cameron Mather (2), James McLaren, Shaun Longstaff, Duncan Hodge, Cameron Murray Con: Duncan Hodge (5) Pen: Duncan Hodge

Pool 2

Team	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Points
New Zealand	3	0	0	176	28	6
England	2	0	1	184	47	4
Tonga	1	0	2	48	171	2
Italy	0	0	3	35	196	0

1999-10-02
	England	67 – 7	Italy	Twickenham, London Attendance: 73,470 Referee: Andre Watson
	Tries: Jonny Wilkinson, Richard Hill, Dan Luger, Neil Back, Phil de Glanville, Martin Corry, Matt Dawson, Matt Perry Con: Jonny Wilkinson Pen: Jonny Wilkinson		Tries: Diego Dominguez Con: Diego Dominguez

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1999-10-03
	New Zealand	45 – 9	Tonga	Ashton Gate, Bristol Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Derek Bevan
	Tries: Jonah Lomu (2), Byron Kelleher, Norm Maxwell, Josh Kronfeld Con: Andrew Mehrtens (4) Pen: Andrew Mehrtens (4)		Pen: Siua Taumalolo (3)

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1999-10-09
	England	16 – 30	New Zealand	Twickenham, London Attendance: 74,600 Referee: Peter Marshall
	Tries: Phil de Glanville Con: Jonny Wilkinson Pen: Jonny Wilkinson (3)		Tries: Byron Kelleher, Jeff Wilson, Jonah Lomu Con: Andrew Mehrtens (3) Pen: Andrew Mehrtens (3)

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1999-10-10
	Italy	25 – 28	Tonga	Welford Road, Leicester Referee: David McHugh
	Tries: Alessandro Moscardi Con: Diego Dominguez Pen: Diego Dominguez (6)		Tries: Taunaholo Taufahema, 'Isileli Fatani, Sateki Tuipulotu Con: Sateki Tuipulotu (2) Pen: Sateki Tuipulotu (2) Drop: Sateki Tuipulotu

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1999-10-14
	New Zealand	101 – 3	Italy	McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield Referee: Jim Fleming
	Tries: Jeff Wilson (3), Glen Osborne (2), Jonah Lomu (2), Taine Randell, Tony Brown, Christian Cullen, Mark Hammett, Daryl Gibson, Scott Robertson, Dylan Mika Con: Tony Brown (11) Pen: Tony Brown (3)		Pen: Diego Dominguez

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1999-10-15
	England	101 – 10	Tonga	Twickenham, London Attendance: 72,485 Referee: Wayne Erickson
	Tries: Jeremy Guscott (2), Phil Greening (2), Dan Luger (2), Austin Healey (2), Will Greenwood (2), Matt Dawson, Matt Perry, Richard Hill Con: Paul Grayson (12) Pen: Paul Grayson (4)		Tries: Tevita Tiueti Con: Sateki Tuipulotu Pen: Sateki Tuipulotu

Pool 3

Team	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Points
France	3	0	0	108	52	6
Fiji	2	0	1	124	68	4
Canada	1	0	2	114	82	2
Namibia	0	0	3	28	186	0

1999-10-01
	Fiji	67 – 18	Namibia	Stade de la Méditerranée, Béziers Referee: David McHugh
	Tries: Fero Lasagavibau (2), Setareki Tawake Naivaluwaqa, Jacob Raulini, Viliame Satala, Alifereti Mocelutu Vuivau, Greg Smith, Imanueli Tikomaimakogai, Emori Katalau Con: Waisale Serevi (8) Pen: Waisale Servei (2)		Tries: Mario Jacobs, Johannes Senekal Con: Leandre Van Dyk Pen: Leandre Van Dyk (2)

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1999-10-02
	France	33 – 20	Canada	Stade de la Méditerranée, Béziers Referee: Brian Campsall
	Tries: Émile Ntamack, Stéphane Glas, Thomas Castaignède, Olivier Magne Con: Richard Dourthe (2) Pen: Richard Dourthe (3)		Tries: Morgan Williams (2) Con: Robert Ross, Gareth Rees Pen: Robert Ross, Gareth Rees

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1999-10-08
	France	47 – 13	Namibia	Parc Lescure, Bordeaux Referee: Chris White
	Tries: Ugo Mola (3), Emile Ntamack, Richard Dourthe, Pierre Mignoni, Philippe Bernat-Salles Con: Richard Dourthe (4) Pen: Richard Dourthe (3)		Tries: Arthur Samuelson Con: Leandre Van Dyk Pen: Leandre Van Dyk (2)

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1999-10-09
	Fiji	38 – 22	Canada	Parc Lescure, Bordeaux Referee: Ed Morrison
	Tries: Viliame Satala (2), Marika Vunibaka, Fero Lasagavibau Con: Nicky Little (3) Pen: Nicky Little (3) Drop: Nicky Little		Tries: Mike James Con: Gareth Rees Pen: Gareth Rees (4) Drop: Gareth Rees

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1999-10-14
	Canada	72 – 11	Namibia	Stade de Toulouse Referee: Andrew Cole
	Tries: Winston Stanley (2), Rod Snow (2), Kyle Nichols (2), Al Charron, Robert Ross, Morgan Williams Con: Gareth Rees (9) Pen: Gareth Rees (3)		Tries: Quinton Hough Pen: Leandre Van Dyk (2)

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1999-10-16
	France	28 – 19	Fiji	Stade de Toulouse Referee: Paddy O'Brien
	Tries: Christophe Juillet, Christophe Dominici Con: Richard Dourthe (2) Pen: Richard Dourthe (2), Christophe Lamaison		Tries: Alfred Uluinayau Con: Nicky Little Pen: Nicky Little (4)

Pool 4

Team	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Points
Wales	2	0	1	118	71	4
Samoa	2	0	1	97	72	4
Argentina	2	0	1	83	51	4
Japan	0	0	3	36	140	0

1999-10-01
	Wales	23 – 18	Argentina	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Referee: Paddy O'Brien
	Tries: Colin Charvis, Mark Taylor Con: Neil Jenkins (2) Pen: Neil Jenkins (3)		Pen: Gonzalo Quesada (6)

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1999-10-03
	Samoa	43 – 9	Japan	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham Referee: Andrew Cole
	Tries: Brian Lima (2), Steven So'oialo (2), Silao Leaegailesolo Con: Silao Leaegailesolo (3) Pen: Silao Leaegailesolo (4)		Pen: Keiji Hirose (3)

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1999-10-09
	Wales	64 – 15	Japan	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Referee: Joel Dume
	Tries: Mark Taylor, (2) Robert Howley, Scott Gibbs, David Llewellyn, Gareth Thomas, Allan Bateman, Shane Howarth Con: Neil Jenkins (8) Con: Neil Jenkins		Tries: Patiliai Tuidraki, Daisuke Ohata Con: Keiji Hirose Pen: Keiji Hirose

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1999-10-10
	Argentina	32 – 16	Samoa	Stradey Park, Llanelli Referee: Wayne Erickson
	Tries: Alejandro Allub Pen: Gonzalo Quesada (8) Drop: Gonzalo Quesada		Tries: Peter Paramore Con: Silao Leaegailesolo Pen: Silao Leaegailesolo (3)

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1999-10-14
	Wales	31 – 38	Samoa	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Referee: Ed Morrison
	Tries: Gareth Thomas, penalty try (2) Con: Neil Jenkins (2) Pen: Neil Jenkins (4)		Tries: Stephen Bachop (2), Filiga Falaniko, Patrick Lam, Silao Leaegailesolo Con: Silao Leaegailesolo Pen: Silao Leaegailesolo

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1999-10-16
	Argentina	33 – 12	Japan	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Referee: Stuart Dickinson
	Tries: Diego Albanese, Agustín Pichot Con: Felipe Contepomi Pen: Gonzalo Quesada (7)		Pen: Keiji Hirose (4)

Pool 5

Team	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Points
Australia	3	0	0	135	31	6
Ireland	2	0	1	100	45	4
Romania	1	0	2	50	126	2
United States	0	0	3	52	135	0

1999-10-02
	Ireland	53 – 8	United States	Lansdowne Road, Dublin Referee: Joel Dume
	Tries: Keith Wood (4), Eric Elwood (2), Brian O'Driscoll, Justin Bishop Con: David Humphreys (4) Pen: David Humphreys (2)		Tries: Kevin Dalzell Pen: Kevin Dalzell

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1999-10-03
	Australia	57 – 9	Romania	Ravenhill, Belfast Referee: Paul Honiss
	Tries: Toutai Kefu (3), Joe Roff (2), Rod Kafer, Matthew Burke, Jason Little, Tim Horan Con: Matthew Burke (5), John Eales		Pen: Petre Mitu (3)

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1999-10-09
	United States	25 – 27	Romania	Lansdowne Road, Dublin Referee: Jim Fleming
	Tries: Kurt Shuman, Brian Hightower, Dan Lyle Con: Kevin Dalzell (2) Pen: Kevin Dalzell (2)		Tries: Adrian Petrache, Gheorghe Solomie, Tudor Constantin Con: Petre Mitu (2) Pen: Petre Mitu

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1999-10-10
	Ireland	3 – 23	Australia	Lansdowne Road, Dublin Referee: Clayton Thomas
	Pen: David Humphreys		Tries: Ben Tune, Tim Horan Con: Matthew Burke (2) Pen: Matthew Burke (2), John Eales

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1999-10-14
	Australia	55–19	United States	Thomond Park, Limerick Referee: Andre Watson
	Tries: Scott Staniforth (2),Chris Latham, Chris Whitaker, Michael Foley, Matthew Burke, Stephen Larkham, Tiaan Straaus Con: Matthew Burke (5), Joe Roff Pen: Matthew Burke		Tries: Juan Grobler Con: Kevin Dalzell Pen: Kevin Dalzell (4)

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1999-10-15
	Ireland	44 – 14	Romania	Lansdowne Road, Dublin Referee: Brain Campsell
	Tries: Conor O'Shea (2), Andrew Ward, Thomas Tierney, Dion O'Cuinneagain Con: Eric Elwood (5) Pen: Eric Elwood (2) Drop goals: Brian O'Driscoll		Tries: Daniel Sauan Pen: Petre Mitu (3)

Knock-out stage

	Quarter-final play-offs					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
							South Africa	44
							England	21
		England	45
		Fiji	24
												South Africa	21
											Australia	27
							Australia	24
							Wales	9
																	Australia	35
																	France	12
							New Zealand	30
							Scotland	18
		Scotland	35
		Samoa	20
												New Zealand	31
											France	43
							France	47
							Argentina	26
		Argentina	28
		Ireland	24

Quarter-final play-offs

1999-10-20
	England	45 – 24	Fiji	Twickenham, London Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Clayton Thomas
	Tries: Dan Luger, Neil Back, Nick Beal, Phil Greening Con: Matt Dawson, Jonny Wilkinson Pen: Jonny Wilkinson (7)		Tries: Viliame Satala, Meli Nakauta, Imanueli Tikomaimakogai Con: Nicky Little (3) Pen: Waisale Serevi

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1999-10-20
	Scotland	35 – 20	Samoa	Murrayfield, Edinburgh Attendance: 67,000 Referee: David McHugh
	Tries: Cameron Murray, Martin Leslie Con: Kenny Logan Pen: Kenny Logan (5) Drop:Gregor Townsend		Tries: Brian Lima, Semo Sititi Con: Silao Leaegailesolo (2) Pen: Silao Leaegailesolo (2)

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1999-10-20
	Ireland	24 – 28	Argentina	Stade Félix Bollaert, Lens Attendance: 41,320 Referee: Stuart Dickinson
	Pen: David Humphreys (7) Drop: David Humphreys		Tries: Diego Albanese Con: Gonzalo Quesada Pen: Gonzalo Quesada (7)

Quarter-finals

1999-10-23
	Wales	9 – 24	Australia	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 74,499 Referee: Colin Hawke
	Pens: Neil Jenkins (3)		Tries: George Gregan (2), Ben Tune Con: Matthew Burke (3) Pen: Matthew Burke

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1999-10-24
	South Africa	44 – 21	England	Stade de France, Paris Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Jim Fleming
	Tries: Joost van der Westhuizen, Pieter Rossouw Con: Jannie de Beer (2) Pen: Jannie de Beer (5) Drop: Jannie de Beer (5)		Pen: Paul Grayson (6), Jonny Wilkinson

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1999-10-24
	New Zealand	30 – 18	Scotland	Murrayfield, Edinburgh Attendance: 67,529 Referee: Ed Morrison
	Tries: Tana Umaga (2) Jeff Wilson, Jonah Lomu Con: Andrew Mehrtens (2) Pen: Andrew Mehrtens (2)		Tries: Cameron Murray, Budge Pountney Con: Kenny Logan Pen: Kenny Logan Drop: Gregor Townsend

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1999-10-24
	France	47 – 26	Argentina	Lansdowne Road, Dublin Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Derek Bevan
	Tries: Xavier Garbajosa (2), Philippe Bernat-Salles (2), Emile Ntamack Con: Christophe Lamaison (5) Pen: Christophe Lamaison (4)		Tries: Agustin Pichot, Lisandro Arbizu Con: Gonzalo Quesada (2) Pen: Gonzalo Quesada (3), Felipe Contepomi

Semi-finals

1999-10-30
	South Africa	21 – 27 (a.e.t)	Australia	Twickenham, London Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Derek Bevan
	Pen: Jannie de Beer (6) Drop: Jannie de Beer		Pen: Matthew Burke (8) Drop: Stephen Larkham

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1999-10-31
	New Zealand	31 – 43	France	Twickenham, London Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Jim Fleming
	Tries: Jonah Lomu (2), Jeff Wilson Con: Andrew Mehrtens (2) Pen: Andrew Mehrtens (4)		Tries:Christophe Lamaison, Christophe Dominici, Richard Dourthe, Philippe Bernat-Salles Con: Christophe Lamaison (4) Pen: Christophe Lamaison (3) Drop: Christophe Lamaison (2)

Third-place play-off

1999-11-04
	South Africa	22 – 18	New Zealand	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 74,500 Referee: Peter Marshall
	Tries: Breyton Paulse Con: Henry Honiball Pen: Henry Honiball (3) Drop goals: Percy Montgomery (2)		Pen: Andrew Mehrtens (6)

Final

Main article: 1999 Rugby World Cup Final

1999-11-06
	Australia	35 – 12	France	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 74,500 Referee: André Watson
	Tries: Ben Tune, Owen Finegan Con: Matthew Burke (2) Pen: Matthew Burke (7)		Pen: Christophe Lamaison (4)

Awards

1999 Rugby World Cup Winners
Australia Second title

References

External links

• Rugbyworldcup.com
• 1999 Rugby World Cup on Worldcupweb.com
• 1999 Rugby World Cup on SAweb.co.za

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