1999 Rugby World Cup

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1999 Rugby World Cup
1999-10-01 - 1999-11-06
Host nation	Wales
No. of nations	20
Champions	Australia
Runner-up	France
Matches played	41
Attendance	1,750,000[citation needed]
	(42,683 per match)
Top scorer	Gonzalo Quesada (102)

The 1999 Rugby World Cup which was hosted by Wales, broke new ground as for the first time the big eight nations did not qualify automatically. Only the champions, the runners-up, the third place play-off winners from 1995 and the host nation were afforded that luxury. This meant that South Africa, New Zealand, France and Wales were assured of their places in the expanded 20-team tournament with 63 nations taking part in the qualification process for the other 16 places.

Another innovation for the 1999 tournament, which also featured matches in England, France, Scotland and Ireland, was the introduction of a repechage, 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.

These 20 nations were split into five pools of four, 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. The Millennium Stadium then saw Australia take on the French in an eagerly anticipated final. France had of course reached the inaugural final in 1987, but, just as on that occasion, they simply had nothing left as Australia became the first nation to win the World Cup twice, with a 35-12 triumph.

Contents 1 Venues 2 Qualification 3 Results 3.1 Pool A 3.2 Pool B 3.3 Pool C 3.4 Pool D 3.5 Pool E 3.6 Knock-out stages 3.6.1 Second round playoffs 3.6.2 Quarter-finals 3.6.3 Semi-finals 3.6.4 Third/fourth place playoff 3.6.5 Final 4 Post-final 5 External links

[edit] Venues

Venues
City	Stadium	Capacity
Saint-Denis	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
Huddersfield	McAlpine Stadium	28,000
Toulouse	Stade de Toulouse	27,000
Béziers	Stade de la Méditerranée	25,000
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 included the Racecourse Ground and Stradey Park. An agreement was reached so that 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.

[edit] Qualification

See 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; champion in 1995) Americas Argentina Canada United States Uruguay Oceania Australia Fiji New Zealand (automatic qualifier; runner-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)

[edit] Results

[edit] Pool A

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 Attendance: 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
	South Africa	46–29	Scotland	Murrayfield, Edinburgh Attendance: Referee: Colin Hawke
	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)		Tries: Martin Leslie, Alan Tait Con: Kenny Logan (2) Pen: Kenny Logan (4) Drop goals: Gregor Townsend

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1999-10-08
	Scotland	43–12	Uruguay	Murrayfield, Edinburgh Attendance: 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 Attendance: 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 Attendance: 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 Attendance: Referee: Clayton Thomas
	Tries: Cameron Mather (2), James McLaren, Shaun Longstaff, Duncan Hodge, Cameron Murray Con: Duncan Hodge (5) Pen: Duncan Hodge

[edit] Pool B

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: 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: 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: 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 Attendance: 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 goals: Sateki Tuipulotu

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1999-10-14
	New Zealand	101–3	Italy	McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield Attendance: Referee: Jim Fleming
	Tries: Jeff Wilson (3), Glen Osborne (2), Jonah Lomu (2), Taine Randell, Tony Brown, Christian Cullen, Mark Hammet, 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: 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

[edit] Pool C

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 Attendance: 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 Attendance: 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 Attendance: 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 Attendance: Referee: Ed Morrison
	Tries: Viliame Satala (2), Marika Vunibaka, Fero Lasagavibau Con: Nicky Little (3) Pen: Nicky Little (3) Drop goals: Nicky Little		Tries: Mike James Con: Gareth Rees Pen: Gareth Rees (4) Drop goals: Gareth Rees

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1999-10-14
	Canada	72–11	Namibia	Stade de Toulouse Attendance: 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 Attendance: 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)

[edit] Pool D

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

1999-10-01
	Wales	23–18	Argentina	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: Referee: Paddy O'Brian
	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 Attendance: 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 Attendance: Referee: Joel Dume
	Tries: Mark Taylor, (2) Robert Howley, Ian 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 Attendance: Referee: Wayne Erickson
	Tries: Alejandro Allub Pen: Gonzalo Quesada (8) Drop goals: 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 Attendance: Referee: Ed Morrison
	Tries: Gareth Thomas 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 Attendance: Referee: Stuart Dickinson
	Tries: Diego Albanese, Agustín Pichot Con: Felipe Contepomi Pen: Gonzalo Quesada (7)		Pen: Keiji Hirose (4)

[edit] Pool E

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 Attendance: 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 Attendance: Referee: Paul Honiss
	Tries: Steve 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 Attendance: Referee: Jim Flemming
	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 Attendance: 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 Attendance: Referee: Andre Watson
	Tries: 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 Attendance: Referee: Brain Campsell
	Tries: Conor O'Shea (2), Andrew Ward, Thomas Tierney, Dion O'Cuinnegain Con: Eric Elwood (5) Pen: Eric Elwood (2) Drop goals: Brian O'Driscoll		Tries: Daniel Sauan Pen: Petre Mitu (3)

[edit] Knock-out stages

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

[edit] Second round playoffs

1999-10-20
	England	45–24	Fiji	Twickenham, London Attendance: Referee: Clayton Thomas
	Tries: Phil Greening, Neil Back, Nick Beal, Dan Luger 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: Referee: David McHugh
	Tries: Cameron Murray, Martin Leslie Con: Kenny Logan Pen: Kenny Logan (5) Drop goals: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: Referee: Stuart Dickinson
	Con: David Humphreys Pen: David Humphreys (7)		Tries: Diego Albanese Con: Gonzalo Quesada Pen: Gonzalo Quesada (7)

[edit] Quarter-finals

1999-10-23
	Wales	9–24	Australia	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 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: Referee: Jim Flemming
	Tries: Joost van der Westhuizen, Pieter Rossouw Con: Jannie de Beer (2) Pen: Jannie de Beer (5) Drop goals: Jannie de Beer (5)		Pen: Paul Grayson (6), Jonny Wilkinson

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1999-10-24
	France	47–26	Argentina	Lansdowne Road, Dublin Attendance: 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

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1999-10-24
	New Zealand	30–18	Scotland	Murrayfield, Edinburgh Attendance: 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 goals: Gregor Townsend

[edit] Semi-finals

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

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

[edit] Third/fourth place playoff

1999-11-04
	South Africa	22–18	New Zealand	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: Referee: Peter Marshall
	Tries: Breyton Paulse Con: Henry Honiball (1) Pen: Henry Honiball (3) Drop goals: Percy Montgomery (2)		Pen: Andrew Mehrtens (6)

[edit] 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)

[edit] Post-final

Parades were held in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. Each city presenting the keys to the city and a special plaque to the Wallabies’ team. The Sydney celebration was the largest, with tens of thousands of people lining the street for the ticker tape parade, whilst streamers were thrown from office buildings. Another unconfirmed celebration that is tossed around collections of ATC transmissions is that the QANTAS plane carrying the Aussie team home landed at Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport, went to the circular stands CDG has, and did a couple of laps, which led to ATC questioning if they were having difficulty, to which the pilot responded "No, just doing a victory lap!"

[edit] External links

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