1999 Rugby World Cup#Pool B
{{Short description|4th Rugby World Cup}}
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{{EngvarB|date=August 2013}}
{{Infobox Rugby World Cup
| other_titles = {{langx|cy|Cwpan Rygbi'r Byd 1999}}
| logo = RWC1999logo.svg
| logosize = 130px
| datefrom = 1 October
| dateto = 6 November 1999
| host = Wales
| nations = 20
| champion = {{ru|AUS}} (2nd title)
| runnerup = {{ru|FRA|1974}}
| third = {{ru|RSA}}
| matches = 41
| attendance = 1562427
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|ARG}} Gonzalo Quesada (102)
| most_tries = {{flagicon|NZL}} Jonah Lomu (8)
| prev = 1995
| next = 2003
}}
The 1999 Rugby World Cup ({{langx|cy|Cwpan Rygbi'r Byd 1999}}) was the fourth Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial international rugby union championship. It was the first Rugby World Cup to be held in the sport's professional era.The International Rugby Board opened the sport to professionals in August 1995, after the 1995 tournament had been completed.
Four automatic qualification places were available for the 1999 tournament; Wales qualified automatically as hosts, and the other three places went to the top three teams from the previous World Cup in 1995: champions South Africa, runners-up New Zealand and third-placed France. 63 nations took part in the qualification process, with 14 nations progressing directly to the tournament. the remaining two qualifiers were determined by a repechage, introduced for the first time in the tournaments history. This was also the first World Cup to feature 20 teams (expanded from 16).
The 20 teams were divided into five pools of four. The winner of each pool progressed to the last eight automatically, with the remaining quarter-finalists determined by three play-off matches, played between the runners-up from each pool and the best third-placed team. The tournament began with the opening ceremony in the newly constructed Millennium Stadium, with Wales beating Argentina 23–18, and Colin Charvis scoring the first try of the tournament. Australia won the tournament, becoming the first nation to do so twice and also to date the only team ever to win after having to qualify for the tournament, with a 35–12 triumph over France, who were unable to repeat their semi-final victory over pre-tournament favourites New Zealand.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/rugby_world_cup/history/2966114.stm |title=1999: France 43–31 N Zealand – BBC Sport |work=BBC News |date=24 September 2003 |access-date=18 June 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/rugby_world_cup/history/2960358.stm |title=1999: Aussies rule world again|work=BBC News |date=24 September 2003 |access-date=18 June 2013}} The overall attendance for the tournament was 1.75 million.{{cite web |url=http://goaustralia.about.com/cs/eventsfestivals/a/rugbyhistory.htm |title=New Zealand Wins 2011 Rugby World Cup – Background and History |publisher=Goaustralia.about.com |date=16 May 2013 |access-date=18 June 2013 |archive-date=4 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130504140017/http://goaustralia.about.com/cs/eventsfestivals/a/rugbyhistory.htm |url-status=dead }}
Qualifying
{{Main|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.
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| width=25%|Africa
!width=25%|Americas !width=25%|Europe !width=25%|Oceania/Asia |
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*{{ru|NAM}} (Africa)
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Venues
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 Lottery money and 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 Stadium and Welford Road Stadium, rugby union venues, as well as Ashton Gate Stadium in Bristol, which normally hosts football, and the McAlpine Stadium in Huddersfield, which normally hosts football and rugby league. 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 Stadium; and Thomond Park. France used five venues, the most of any nation, including the French national stadium, Stade de France, which hosted the final of the 1998 FIFA World Cup, and would later go on to host the finals of both the 2007 and 2023 editions of the tournament.
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| {{flagicon|WAL}} Cardiff
! {{flagicon|WAL}} Wrexham ! {{flagicon|WAL}} Llanelli ! {{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Saint-Denis |
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| Millennium Stadium |
| Capacity: 74,500
| Capacity: 15,500 | Capacity: 10,800 | Capacity: 80,000 |
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} London
! {{flagicon|SCO}} Edinburgh ! {{flagicon|SCO}} Glasgow ! {{flagicon|IRE|rugby union}} Dublin |
| Twickenham Stadium |
| Capacity: 75,000
| Capacity: 67,500 | Capacity: 52,500 | Capacity: 49,250 |
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| {{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Lens
! {{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Bordeaux ! {{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Toulouse ! {{flagicon|ENG}} Huddersfield |
| Stade Félix Bollaert |
| Capacity: 41,800
| Capacity: 38,327 | Capacity: 37,000 | Capacity: 24,500 |
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} Bristol
! {{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Béziers ! {{flagicon|ENG}} Leicester ! {{flagicon|IRE|rugby union}} Limerick |
| Ashton Gate Stadium |
| Capacity: 21,500
| Capacity: 18,000 | Capacity: 16,500 | Capacity: 13,500 |
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| {{flagicon|IRE|rugby union}} Belfast
! {{flagicon|SCO}} Galashiels |
| Ravenhill |
| Capacity: 12,500
| Capacity: 6,000 |
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{{Clear}}
Pools and format
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| width=20%|Pool A
!width=20%|Pool B !width=20%|Pool C !width=20%|Pool D !width=20%|Pool E |
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| {{ru|RSA}} {{ru|SCO}} {{ru|ESP}} {{ru|URU}} | {{ru|NZL}} {{ru|ENG}} {{ru|ITA}} {{ru|TGA}} | {{ru|FRA|1974}} {{ru|FIJ}} {{ru|CAN}} {{ru|NAM}} | {{ru|WAL}} {{ru|ARG}} {{ru|SAM}} {{ru|JPN}} | {{ru|AUS}} {{ru|IRE}} {{ru|USA}} {{ru|ROM}} |
With the expansion of the Rugby World Cup from 16 to 20 teams an unusual and complex format was used with the teams split into five pools of four teams with each team playing each other in their pool once.
- Pool A was played in Scotland
- Pool B was played in England
- Pool C was played in France
- Pool D was played in the principal host nation Wales
- Pool E was played in Ireland
Points system
The points system that was used in the pool stage was unchanged from both 1991 and 1995:
- 3 points for a win
- 2 points for a draw
- 1 point for playing
The five pool winners qualified automatically to the quarter-finals. The five pool runners-up and the best third-placed side qualified for the quarter-final play-offs.
Knock-out stage
The five pool runners-up and the best third-placed team from the pool stage (which was Argentina) contested the quarter-final play-offs in three one-off matches that decided the remaining three places in the quarter-finals, with the losers being eliminated. The unusual format meant that two pool winners in the quarter-finals would have to play each other. From the quarter-final stage it became a simple knockout tournament. The semi-final losers played off for third place. The draw and format for the knock-out stage was set as follows.
Quarter-final play-offs draw
- Match H: Pool B runner-up v Pool C runner-up
- Match G: Pool A runner-up v Pool D runner-up
- Match F: Pool E runner-up v Best third-placed team
Quarter-finals draw
- Match M: Pool D winners v Pool E winners
- Match J: Pool A winners v Play-off H winners
- Match L: Pool C winners v Play-off F winners
- Match K: Pool B winners v Play-off G winners
Semi-finals draw
- Match J winners v Match M winners
- Match L winners v Match K winners
A total of 41 matches (30 pool stage and 11 knock-out) were played throughout the tournament over 35 days from 1 October 1999 to 6 November 1999.
Squads
{{Main|1999 Rugby World Cup squads}}
Referees
| style="vertical-align:top" | * {{flagicon|AUS}} Andrew Cole
| * {{Flagicon|IRE|rugby union}} David McHugh
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Pool stage
The tournament began on 1 October 1999 in the newly built Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, with Wales beating Argentina in a hard-fought game 23–18 to get their campaign off to a positive start. The Pool stage of the tournament played out as was widely expected with the Tri Nations teams of New Zealand (who inflected a massive 101–3 win against Italy at the McAlpine Stadium in Huddersfield), South Africa and Australia all winning their pools easily without losing a single game. For the then Five Nations Championship teams who all played their pool matches in their own countries it was a case of mixed fortunes with France winning their pool without losing a game. Host Wales also won their pool, though they suffered 31–38 defeat at the hands of Samoa in front of a home crowd at the Millennium Stadium. However, as expected England, Ireland and Scotland all finished second in their pools and were forced to try to qualify for the quarter-finals via the play-offs alongside fellow runners-up Samoa and Fiji, and Argentina as the best third placed side from all five pools, having been the only third-placed side to win two matches (against Samoa and Japan). Indeed, Argentina had finished level with Wales and Samoa on 7 points each in the group stages, and could only be separated by "total points scored": playing and winning their final match against Japan, they had the chance to overtake either of Samoa or Wales, but were 14 points short of overtaking Samoa's total score and a further 18 points short of Wales.
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| style="background:#cfc"|Qualified for quarter-finals |
| style="background:#ffc"|Qualified for quarter-final play-offs |
=Pool A=
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| width=165|Team
!width=25|P !width=25|W !width=25|D !width=25|L !width=25|PF !width=25|PA !width=25|Pts | ||||||
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| style="background:#cfc"
|align=left|{{ru|RSA}} |3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 132 | 35 | 9 |
| style="background:#ffc"
|align=left|{{ru|SCO}} |3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 120 | 58 | 7 |
| align=left|{{ru|URU}}
|3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 97 | 5 |
| align=left|{{ru|ESP}}
|3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 122 | 3 |
{{rugbybox
|date=2 October 1999
|time=15:00 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01)
|home={{ru-rt|ESP}}
|score=15–27
|report=[http://www.worldrugby.org/match/2096 Report]
|away={{ru|URU}}
|pen1=Kovalenco (5) 7', 40', 48', 50', 68'
|try2=Ormaechea 23' c
Penalty try 64' c
Cardoso 77' m
Menchaca 80' m
|pen2=Aguirre 15'
|stadium=Netherdale, Galashiels
|attendance=3,761
|referee=Chris White (England)
}}
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{{rugbybox
|date=3 October 1999
|time=17:00 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01)
|home={{ru-rt|SCO}}
|score=29–46
|away={{ru|RSA}}
|con1=Logan (2)
|pen1=Logan (4)
|drop1=Townsend
|try2=Le Roux
Kayser
Van der Westhuizen
Fleck
A. Venter
B. Venter
|con2=De Beer (5)
|pen2=De Beer (2)
|stadium=Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
|attendance=57,612
|referee=Colin Hawke (New Zealand)
}}
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{{rugbybox
|date=8 October 1999
|time=16:00 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01)
|home={{ru-rt|SCO}}
|score=43–12
|away={{ru|URU}}
|try1=Russell
Armstrong
Metcalfe
M. Leslie
Simpson
Townsend
|con1=Logan (5)
|pen1=Logan
|stadium=Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
|attendance=9,463
|referee=Stuart Dickinson (Australia)
}}
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{{rugbybox
|date=10 October 1999
|time=17:00 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01)
|home={{ru-rt|RSA}}
|score=47–3
|away={{ru|ESP}}
|try1=Vos (2)
Leonard
Penalty try
Muller
Skinstad
Swanepoel
|con1=De Beer (6)
|pen2=Velazco Querol
|stadium=Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
|attendance=4,769
|referee=Paul Honiss (New Zealand)
}}
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{{rugbybox
|date=15 October 1999
|time=17:00 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01)
|home={{ru-rt|RSA}}
|score=39–3
|away={{ru|URU}}
|try1=Van den Berg (2)
Van der Westhuizen
Kayser
Fleck
|con1=De Beer (4)
|pen1=De Beer (2)
|pen2=Aguirre
|stadium=Hampden Park, Glasgow
|attendance=3,500
|referee=Peter Marshall (Australia)
}}
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{{rugbybox
|date=16 October 1999
|time=15:00 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01)
|home={{ru-rt|SCO}}
|score=48–0
|away={{ru|ESP}}
|try1=Mather (2)
McLaren
Longstaff
Hodge
C. Murray
Penalty try
|con1=Hodge (5)
|pen1=Hodge
|stadium=Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
|attendance=17,593
|referee=Clayton Thomas (Wales)
}}
=Pool B=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||||||
| width=165|Team
!width=25|P !width=25|W !width=25|D !width=25|L !width=25|PF !width=25|PA !width=25|Pts | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background:#cfc"
|align=left|{{ru|NZL}} |3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 176 | 28 | 9 |
| style="background:#ffc"
|align=left|{{ru|ENG}} |3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 184 | 47 | 7 |
| align=left|{{ru|TGA}}
|3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 171 | 5 |
| align=left|{{ru|ITA}}
|3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 196 | 3 |
{{rugbybox
|date=2 October 1999
|time=17:00 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01)
|home={{ru-rt|ENG}}
|score=67–7
|away={{ru|ITA}}
|try1=Wilkinson
Hill
Luger
Back
De Glanville
Corry
Dawson
Perry
|con1=Wilkinson (6)
|pen1=Wilkinson (5)
|try2=Dominguez
|con2=Dominguez
|stadium=Twickenham Stadium, London
|attendance=73,470
|referee=André Watson (South Africa)
}}
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{{rugbybox
|date=3 October 1999
|time=15:00 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01)
|home={{ru-rt|NZL}}
|score=45–9
|away={{ru|TGA}}
|try1=Lomu (2)
Kelleher
Maxwell
Kronfeld
|con1=Mehrtens (4)
|pen1=Mehrtens (4)
|pen2=Taumalolo (3)
|stadium=Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol
|attendance=22,000
|referee=Derek Bevan (Wales)
}}
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{{rugbybox
|date=9 October 1999
|time=16:30 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01)
|home={{ru-rt|ENG}}
|score=16–30
|away={{ru|NZL}}
|try1=De Glanville
|con1=Wilkinson
|pen1=Wilkinson (3)
|con2=Mehrtens (3)
|pen2=Mehrtens (3)
|stadium=Twickenham Stadium, London
|attendance=72,000
|referee=Peter Marshall (Australia)
}}
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{{rugbybox
|date=10 October 1999
|time=19:00 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01)
|home={{ru-rt|ITA}}
|score=25–28
|away={{ru|TGA}}
|try1=Moscardi
|con1=Dominguez
|pen1=Dominguez (6)
|try2=Taufahema
Fatani
Tuipulotu
|con2=Tuipulotu (2)
|pen2=Tuipulotu (2)
|drop2=Tuipulotu
|stadium=Welford Road Stadium, Leicester
|attendance=10,244
|referee=David McHugh (Ireland)
}}
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{{rugbybox
|date=14 October 1999
|time=13:00 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01)
|home={{ru-rt|NZL}}
|score=101–3
|away={{ru|ITA}}
|try1=Wilson (3)
Osborne (2)
Lomu (2)
Randell
Brown
Cullen
Hammett
Gibson
Robertson
Mika
|con1=Brown (11)
|pen1=Brown (3)
|pen2=Dominguez
|stadium=McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield
|attendance=24,000
|referee=Jim Fleming (Scotland)
}}
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{{rugbybox
|date=15 October 1999
|time=13:00 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01)
|home={{ru-rt|ENG}}
|score=101–10
|away={{ru|TGA}}
|try1=Guscott (2)
Greening (2)
Luger (2)
Healey (2)
Greenwood (2)
Dawson
Perry
Hill
|con1=Grayson (12)
|pen1=Grayson (4)
|try2=Tiueti
|con2=Tuipulotu
|pen2=Tuipulotu
|stadium=Twickenham Stadium, London
|attendance=72,485
|referee=Wayne Erickson (Australia)
}}
=Pool C=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||||||
| width=165|Team
!width=25|P !width=25|W !width=25|D !width=25|L !width=25|PF !width=25|PA !width=25|Pts | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background:#cfc"
|align=left|{{ru|FRA|1974}} |3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 52 | 9 |
| style="background:#ffc"
|align=left|{{ru|FIJ}} |3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 124 | 68 | 7 |
| align=left|{{ru|CAN}}
|3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 114 | 82 | 5 |
| align=left|{{ru|NAM}}
|3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 42 | 186 | 3 |
{{rugbybox
|date=1 October 1999
|time=21:00 CEST/GMT+2 (UTC+02)
|home={{ru-rt|FIJ}}
|score=67–18
|away={{ru|NAM}}
|try1=Lasagavibau (2)
S. Tawake
Rauluni
Satala
Mocelutu
Smith
Tiko
Katalau
|con1=Serevi (8)
|pen1=Serevi (2)
|con2=Van Dyk
|pen2=Van Dyk (2)
|stadium=Stade de la Méditerranée, Béziers
|attendance=10,000
|referee=David McHugh (Ireland)
}}
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{{rugbybox
|date=2 October 1999
|time=14:00 CEST/GMT+2 (UTC+02)
|home={{ru-rt|FRA|1974}}
|score=33–20
|away={{ru|CAN}}
|try1=Ntamack
Glas
Castaignède
Magne
|con1=Dourthe (2)
|pen1=Dourthe (3)
|try2=Williams (2)
|stadium=Stade de la Méditerranée, Béziers
|attendance=18,000
|referee=Brian Campsall (England)
}}
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{{rugbybox
|date=8 October 1999
|time=21:00 CEST/GMT+2 (UTC+02)
|home={{ru-rt|FRA|1974}}
|score=47–13
|away={{ru|NAM}}
|try1=Mola (3)
Ntamack
Mignoni
Bernat-Salles
|con1=Dourthe (4)
|pen1=Dourthe (3)
|try2=Samuelson
|con2=Van Dyk
|pen2=Van Dyk (2)
|stadium=Parc Lescure, Bordeaux
|attendance=34,030
|referee=Chris White (England)
}}
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{{rugbybox
|date=9 October 1999
|time=13:30 CEST/GMT+2 (UTC+02)
|home={{ru-rt|FIJ}}
|score=38–22
|away={{ru|CAN}}
|try1=Satala (2)
Vunibaka
Lasagavibau
|con1=Little (3)
|pen1=Little (3)
|drop1=Little
|try2=James
|con2=Rees
|pen2=Rees (4)
|drop2=Rees
|stadium=Parc Lescure, Bordeaux
|attendance=27,000
|referee=Ed Morrison (England)
}}
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{{rugbybox
|date=14 October 1999
|time=20:30 CEST/GMT+2 (UTC+02)
|home={{ru-rt|CAN}}
|score=72–11
|away={{ru|NAM}}
|try1=Stanley (2)
Snow (2)
Nichols (2)
Charron
Ross
Williams
|con1=Rees (9)
|pen1=Rees (3)
|try2=Hough
|pen2=Van Dyk (2)
|stadium=Stade de Toulouse
|attendance=28,000
|referee=Andrew Cole (Australia)
}}
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{{rugbybox
|date=16 October 1999
|time=14:00 CEST/GMT+2 (UTC+02)
|home={{ru-rt|FRA|1974}}
|score=28–19
|away={{ru|FIJ}}
|try1=Juillet
Dominici
Penalty try
|con1=Dourthe (2)
|try2=Uluinayau
|con2=Little
|pen2=Little (4)
|stadium=Stade de Toulouse
|attendance=36,000
|referee=Paddy O'Brien (New Zealand)
}}
=Pool D=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||||||
| width=165|Team
!width=25|P !width=25|W !width=25|D !width=25|L !width=25|PF !width=25|PA !width=25|Pts | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background:#cfc"
|align=left|{{ru|WAL}} |3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 118 | 71 | 7 |
| style="background:#ffc"
|align=left|{{ru|SAM}} |3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 97 | 72 | 7 |
| style="background:#ffc"
|align=left|{{ru|ARG}} |3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 51 | 7 |
| align=left|{{ru|JPN}}
|3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 140 | 3 |
{{rugbybox
|date=1 October 1999
|time=15:00 WEST/GMT+1 (UTC+01)
|home={{ru-rt|WAL}}
|score=23–18
|away={{ru|ARG}}
|con1=Jenkins (2)
|pen1=Jenkins (3)
|pen2=Quesada (6)
|stadium=Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
|attendance=72,500
|referee=Paddy O'Brien (New Zealand)
}}
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{{rugbybox
|date=3 October 1999
|time=13:00 WEST/GMT+1 (UTC+01)
|home={{ru-rt|SAM}}
|score=43–9
|away={{ru|JPN}}
|try1=Lima (2)
So'oalo (2)
Leaega
|con1=Leaega (3)
|pen1=Leaega (4)
|pen2=Hirose (3)
|stadium=Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
|attendance=15,000
|referee=Andrew Cole (Australia)
}}
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{{rugbybox
|date=9 October 1999
|time=14:30 WEST/GMT+1 (UTC+01)
|home={{ru-rt|WAL}}
|score=64–15
|away={{ru|JPN}}
|try1=Taylor (2)
Howley
Gibbs
Llewellyn
Thomas
Bateman
Howarth
Penalty try
|con1=Jenkins (8)
|pen1=Jenkins
|con2=Hirose
|pen2=Hirose
|stadium=Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
|attendance=72,500
}}
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{{rugbybox
|date=10 October 1999
|time=13:00 WEST/GMT+1 (UTC+01)
|home={{ru-rt|ARG}}
|score=32–16
|away={{ru|SAM}}
|try1=Allub
|pen1=Quesada (8)
|drop1=Quesada
|try2=Paramore
|con2=Leaega
|pen2=Leaega (3)
|stadium=Stradey Park, Llanelli
|attendance=11,000
|referee=Wayne Erickson (Australia)
}}
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{{rugbybox
|date=14 October 1999
|time=15:00 WEST/GMT+1 (UTC+01)
|home={{ru-rt|WAL}}
|score=31–38
|away={{ru|SAM}}
|try1=Thomas
Penalty try (2)
|con1=Jenkins (2)
|pen1=Jenkins (4)
|try2=Bachop (2)
Falaniko
Lam
Leaega
|con2=Leaega (5)
|pen2=Leaega
|stadium=Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
|attendance=72,500
|referee=Ed Morrison (England)
}}
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{{rugbybox
|date=16 October 1999
|time=19:00 WEST/GMT+1 (UTC+01)
|home={{ru-rt|ARG}}
|score=33–12
|away={{ru|JPN}}
|con1=Contepomi
|pen1=Quesada (7)
|pen2=Hirose (4)
|stadium=Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
|attendance=36,000
|referee=Stuart Dickinson (Australia)
}}
=Pool E=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||||||
| width=165|Team
!width=25|P !width=25|W !width=25|D !width=25|L !width=25|PF !width=25|PA !width=25|Pts | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background:#cfc"
|align=left|{{ru|AUS}} |3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 31 | 9 |
| style="background:#ffc"
|align=left|{{ru|IRE}} |3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 100 | 45 | 7 |
| align=left|{{ru|ROM}}
|3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 126 | 5 |
| align=left|{{ru|USA}}
|3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 135 | 3 |
{{rugbybox
|date=2 October 1999
|time=19:00 WEST/GMT+1 (UTC+01)
|home={{ru-rt|IRE}}
|score=53–8
|report=[http://www.worldrugby.org/match/2112 Report]
|away={{ru|USA}}
|try1=Bishop
Wood (4)
O'Driscoll
Penalty try
|pen1=Humphreys (2)
|try2=Dalzell
|pen2=Dalzell
|stadium=Lansdowne Road, Dublin
|attendance=30,000
}}
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{{rugbybox
|date=3 October 1999
|time=19:00 WEST/GMT+1 (UTC+01)
|home={{ru-rt|AUS}}
|score=57–9
|report=[http://www.worldrugby.org/match/1693 Report]
|away={{ru|ROM}}
|try1=Kefu (3)
Roff (2)
Kafer
Burke
Little
Horan
|pen2=Mitu (3)
|stadium=Ravenhill Stadium, Belfast
|attendance=12,500
|referee=Paul Honiss (New Zealand)
}}
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{{rugbybox
|date=9 October 1999
|time=19:00 WEST/GMT+1 (UTC+01)
|home={{ru-rt|USA}}
|score=25–27
|report=[http://www.worldrugby.org/match/2113 Report]
|away={{ru|ROM}}
|con1=Dalzell (2)
|pen1=Dalzell (2)
|con2=Mitu (2)
|pen2=Mitu
|stadium=Lansdowne Road, Dublin
|attendance=3,000
|referee=Jim Fleming (Scotland)
}}
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{{rugbybox
|date=10 October 1999
|time=15:00 WEST/GMT+1 (UTC+01)
|home={{ru-rt|IRE}}
|score=3–23
|report=[http://www.worldrugby.org/match/1694 Report]
|away={{ru|AUS}}
|pen1=Humphreys
|con2=Burke (2)
|stadium=Lansdowne Road, Dublin
|attendance=49,250
|referee=Clayton Thomas (Wales)
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=14 October 1999
|time=17:00 WEST/GMT+1 (UTC+01)
|home={{ru-rt|AUS}}
|score=55–19
|report=[http://www.worldrugby.org/match/1695 Report]
|away={{ru|USA}}
|try1=Staniforth (2)
Latham
Whitaker
Foley
Burke
Larkham
Strauss
|pen1=Burke
|try2=Grobler
|con2=Dalzell
|pen2=Dalzell (4)
|stadium=Thomond Park, Limerick
|attendance=13,000
|referee=André Watson (South Africa)
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=15 October 1999
|time=19:00 WEST/GMT+1 (UTC+01)
|home={{ru-rt|IRE}}
|score=44–14
|report=[http://www.worldrugby.org/match/2114 Report]
|away={{ru|ROM}}
|try1=O'Shea (2)
Ward
Tierney
O'Cuinneagain
|con1=Elwood (5)
|pen1=Elwood (2)
|drop1=O'Driscoll
|try2=Săuan
|pen2=Mitu (3)
|stadium=Lansdowne Road, Dublin
|attendance=33,000
|referee=Brian Campsall (England)
}}
=Ranking of third-placed teams=
| class="wikitable" |
| style="background:#ffc"|Qualified for quarter-final play-offs |
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||||||
| width=165|Team
!width=40|W !width=40|D !width=40|L !width=40|PF !width=40|PA !width=40|PD !width=40|Pts | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background:#ffc"
|align=left|{{ru|ARG}} |2 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 51 | 32 | 7 |
| align=left|{{ru|CAN}}
|1 | 0 | 2 | 114 | 82 | 32 | 5 |
| align=left|{{ru|URU}}
|1 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 97| | ||
| 55 | 5 | |||||
| align=left|{{ru|ROM}}
|1 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 126| | ||
| 76 | 5 | |||||
| align=left|{{ru|TGA}}
|1 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 171| | ||
| 124 | 5 |
Play-off stage
The quarter-final play-offs were three one-off knock-out matches between the runners-up of each pool and the best third-placed side from all five pools to decide the remaining three places in the quarter-finals. The matches were played in mid-week between the completion of the pool stage and the start of the quarter-finals. The matches produced fairly easy wins for England, beating Fiji 45–24, and also for Scotland, beating Samoa 35–20. However, the final match produced the shock of the round where Argentina upset Ireland 28–24 in Lens.
=Quarter-final play-offs=
{{rugbybox
|date=20 October 1999
|time=13:00 WEST/GMT+1 (UTC+01)
|home={{ru-rt|ENG}}
|score=45–24
|report=[http://www.worldrugby.org/match/1150 Report]
|away={{ru|FIJ}}
|pen1=Wilkinson (7)
|con2=Little (3)
|pen2=Serevi
|stadium=Twickenham Stadium, London
|attendance=55,000
|referee=Clayton Thomas (Wales)
}}
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{{rugbybox
|date=20 October 1999
|time=15:30 WEST/GMT+1 (UTC+01)
|home={{ru-rt|SCO}}
|score=35–20
|report=[http://www.worldrugby.org/match/2115 Report]
|away={{ru|SAM}}
|try1=C. Murray
M. Leslie
Penalty try
|con1=Logan
|pen1=Logan (5)
|drop1=Townsend
|con2=Leaega (2)
|pen2=Leaega (2)
|stadium=Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
|attendance=20,000
|referee=David McHugh (Ireland)
}}
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{{rugbybox
|date=20 October 1999
|time=20:30 CEST/GMT+2 (UTC+02)
|home={{ru-rt|ARG}}
|score=28–24
|report=[http://www.worldrugby.org/match/2116 Report]
|away={{ru|IRE}}
|try1=Albanese
|con1=Quesada
|pen1=Quesada (7)
|pen2=Humphreys (7)
|drop2=Humphreys
|stadium=Stade Félix Bollaert, Lens
|attendance=22,000
|referee=Stuart Dickinson (Australia)
}}
Knockout stage
The winners from the quarter-final play-offs, who had played in mid-week, joined the pool winners, who had enjoyed a week long rest, in the quarter-finals. England, hosts Wales and Scotland were all knocked out, and France, who beat Argentina, were the only team left from the Northern Hemisphere.
The semi-finals, which were both played at Twickenham Stadium, produced two of the most dramatic matches of the tournament, with Australia beating South Africa 27–21 in extra-time after normal time ended with the scores locked at 18-18. The second semi-final between favourites New Zealand and underdogs France was an all-time classic, as France overturned a 24–10 deficit to win 43–31 and reach their second World Cup final. France and Australia met at the Millennium Stadium on 6 November 1999, with Australia winning 35–12 to become the first team to win the Webb Ellis Cup twice. The cup was presented by Queen Elizabeth II to Australian captain John Eales.
The overall attendance for the tournament was 1.75 million.{{cite web |url=http://goaustralia.about.com/cs/eventsfestivals/a/rugbyhistory.htm |title=Rugby World Cup Background and History |publisher=Goaustralia.about.com |access-date=10 October 2011 |archive-date=15 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111115101641/http://goaustralia.about.com/cs/eventsfestivals/a/rugbyhistory.htm |url-status=dead }}
{{Round8
|24 October – Stade de France|{{ru|RSA}}|44|{{ru|ENG}}|21
|{{nowrap|23 October – Millennium Stadium}}|{{ru|AUS}}|24|{{ru|WAL}}|9
|24 October – Murrayfield|{{ru|NZL}}|30|{{ru|SCO}}|18
|24 October – Lansdowne Road|{{ru|FRA|1974}}|47|{{ru|ARG}}|26
|30 October – Twickenham|{{ru|RSA}}|21|{{ru|AUS}} (a.e.t.)|27
|31 October – Twickenham|{{ru|NZL}}|31|{{ru|FRA|1974}}|43
|{{nowrap|6 November – Millennium Stadium}}|{{ru|AUS}}|35|{{ru|FRA|1974}}|12
|{{nowrap|4 November – Millennium Stadium}}|{{ru|RSA}}|22|{{ru|NZL}}|18
|consol=Third|3rdplace=yes}}
=Quarter-finals=
{{rugbybox
|date=23 October 1999
|time=15:00 WEST/GMT+1 (UTC+01)
|home={{ru-rt|WAL}}
|score=9–24
|report=[http://www.worldrugby.org/match/739 Report]
|away={{ru|AUS}}
|pen1=Jenkins (3)
|con2=Burke (3)
|pen2=Burke
|stadium=Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
|attendance=72,000
|referee=Colin Hawke (New Zealand)
}}
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{{rugbybox
|date=24 October 1999
|time=14:00 CEST/GMT+2 (UTC+02)
|home={{ru-rt|RSA}}
|score=44–21
|report=[http://www.worldrugby.org/match/1151 Report]
|away={{ru|ENG}}
|try1=Van der Westhuizen
P. Rossouw
|con1=De Beer (2)
|pen1=De Beer (5)
|drop1=De Beer (5)
|stadium=Stade de France, Saint-Denis
|attendance=75,000
|referee=Jim Fleming (Scotland)
}}
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{{rugbybox
|date=24 October 1999
|time=18:00 WEST/GMT+1 (UTC+01)
|home={{ru-rt|SCO}}
|score=18–30
|report=[http://www.worldrugby.org/match/1890 Report]
|away={{ru|NZL}}
|con1=Logan
|pen1=Logan
|drop1=Townsend
|con2=Mehrtens (2)
|pen2=Mehrtens (2)
|stadium=Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
|attendance=59,750
|referee=Ed Morrison (England)
}}
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{{rugbybox
|date=24 October 1999
|time=15:30 WEST/GMT+1 (UTC+01)
|home={{ru-rt|ARG}}
|score=26–47
|report=[http://www.worldrugby.org/match/2117 Report]
|away={{ru|FRA|1974}}
|con1=Quesada (2)
|try2=Garbajosa (2)
Bernat-Salles (2)
Ntamack
|con2=Lamaison (5)
|pen2=Lamaison (4)
|stadium=Lansdowne Road, Dublin
|attendance=40,000
|referee=Derek Bevan (Wales)
}}
=Semi-finals=
{{rugbybox
|date=30 October 1999
|time=15:00 WEST/GMT+1 (UTC+01)
|home={{ru-rt|AUS}}
|score=27–21
(a.e.t.)
|report=[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/rugby_world_cup/history/2997672.stm Report]
|away={{ru|RSA}}
|pen1=Burke (8)
|drop1=Larkham
|pen2=De Beer (6)
|drop2=De Beer
|stadium=Twickenham Stadium, London
|attendance=72,000
|referee=Derek Bevan (Wales)
}}
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{{rugbybox
|date=31 October 1999
|home={{ru-rt|FRA|1974}}
|score=43–31
|report=[http://www.worldrugby.org/match/1891 Report]
|away={{ru|NZL}}
|try1=Lamaison
Dominici
Dourthe
Bernat-Salles
|con1=Lamaison (4)
|pen1=Lamaison (3)
|drop1=Lamaison (2)
|con2=Mehrtens (2)
|pen2=Mehrtens (4)
|stadium=Twickenham Stadium, London
|attendance=70,000
|referee=Jim Fleming (Scotland)
}}
=Third-place play-off=
{{rugbybox
|date=4 November 1999
|home={{ru-rt|NZL}}
|score=18–22
|report=[http://www.worldrugby.org/match/1892 Report]
|away={{ru|RSA}}
|pen1=Mehrtens (6)
|try2=Paulse
|con2=Honiball
|pen2=Honiball (3)
|drop2=Montgomery (2)
|stadium=Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
|attendance=60,000
|referee=Peter Marshall (Australia)
}}
=Final=
{{Main|1999 Rugby World Cup final}}
{{rugbybox
|date=6 November 1999
|home={{ru-rt|AUS}}
|score=35–12
|report=[http://www.worldrugby.org/match/1697 Report]
|away={{ru|FRA|1974}}
|con1=Burke (2)
|pen1=Burke (7)
|pen2=Lamaison (4)
|stadium=Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
|attendance=72,500
|referee=André Watson (South Africa)
}}
Statistics
{{Main|1999 Rugby World Cup statistics}}
The tournament's top point scorer was Argentina's Gonzalo Quesada, who scored 102 points. Jonah Lomu scored eight tries, a Rugby World Cup record.
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Top 10 point scorers | |||||
| width=145|Player
!width=145|Team !width=100|Position !width=40|Played !width=40|Tries !width=40|Conv{{shy}}ersions !width=40|Penal{{shy}}ties !width=40|Drop goals !width=40|Total points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="left"|Gonzalo Quesada
|align="left"|{{Ru|ARG}} |5 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 1 | ! scope=row style="background:#ccc"|102 |
| align="left"|Matt Burke
|align="left"|{{Ru|AUS}} |6 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 0 | ! scope=row style="background:#ccc"|101 |
| align="left"|Jannie de Beer
|align="left"|{{Ru|RSA}} |5 | 0 | 17 | 15 | 6 | ! scope=row style="background:#ccc"|97 |
| align="left"|Andrew Mehrtens
|align="left"|{{Ru|NZL}} |5 | 0 | 11 | 19 | 0 | ! scope=row style="background:#ccc"|79 |
| align="left"|Jonny Wilkinson
|align="left"|{{Ru|ENG}} |4 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 0 | ! scope=row style="background:#ccc"|69 |
| align="left"|Christophe Lamaison
|align="left"|{{Ru|FRA|1974}} |6 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 2 | ! scope=row style="background:#ccc"|65 |
| align="left"|Silao Leaega
|align="left"|{{Ru|SAM}} |Wing |4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 0 | ! scope=row style="background:#ccc"|62 |
| align="left"|Neil Jenkins
|align="left"|{{Ru|WAL}} |4 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 0 | ! scope=row style="background:#ccc"|57 |
| align="left"|Paul Grayson
|align="left"|{{Ru|ENG}} |4 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 0 | ! scope=row style="background:#ccc"|54 |
| align="left"|Kenny Logan
|align="left"|{{Ru|SCO}} |Wing |4 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 0 | ! scope=row style="background:#ccc"|51 |
Broadcasting
British television rights holders ITV acted as the host broadcaster for the tournament, with S4C also broadcasting matches in the Welsh language.{{cite web |title=ITV Sport tackles Rugby World Cup coverage with help from BT |url=http://www.sourcewire.com/news/2929/itv-sport-tackles-rugby-world-cup-coverage-with-help-from |publisher=BT Broadcast Services |date=19 April 1999 }} with coverage shown in 209 countries, to an audience of 3.1 billion viewers.{{cite book |title=Rugby Union for Dummies 3rd Edition |page=261 |chapter=17 |first1=Nick |last1=Cain |first2=Greg |last2=Growden |isbn=9781119991823 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |year=2011}} In Australia, the event was broadcast by Seven Network.
=Broadcast UK history=
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{External media|video1={{youTube|MppBGj-0QRM|Rugby World Cup 1999 Semi-Final: New Zealand v France}}}}
- [http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/ Rugbyworldcup.com]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20121114002240/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/rugby/1999/world_cup/index.html 1999 Rugby World Cup Reports and Statistics] (Archived)
- [http://www.worldcupweb.com/wcrugby/results/1999.asp 1999 Rugby World Cup] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012212754/http://worldcupweb.com/wcrugby/results/1999.asp |date=12 October 2007 }} on Worldcupweb.com
- [http://www.espnscrum.com/2011-rugby-world-cup/rugby/series/18476.html Statistics] on ESPN Scrum
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