The fourth Rugby World Cup 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 was afforded that luxury. 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.
Memorable moments included the opening in Wales new millennium stadium.
Western Somoa beating Wales again.
Neil Jenkins surpassing lynas’s record.
De beer scoring 4 drop goals for South Africa against England to put them into the semi-finals.They had a similar game plan against Australia. Drawing level at the end of the game with a penalty. But this time it was Australia who dropped a goal to beat them in extra time.
In the other semi-final against New Zealand, France pulled of the biggest upset in the whole of RWC history. Lohmu Scored 2 tries running through many French players. But France scored three tries to go into a clear lead.
Australia beat France comfortably in the final to win the trophy for the second time.
Twenty nations watched by a record TV audience of 3.1 billion participate in RWC 1999 which was held in Wales.
RUGBY WORLD CUP RESULTS 1999 POOL A POOL B POOL C POOL D POOL E Spain 15 - 27 Uruguay England 67 - 7 Italy Fiji 67 - 18 Namibia Wales 23 - 18 Argentina Ireland 58 - 8 USA Scotland 29 - 46 South Africa New Zealand 45 - 9 Tonga France 33 - 20 Canada W Samoa 43 - 9 Japan Australia 57 - 9 Romania Scotland 43 - 12 Uruguay England 16 - 30 New Zealand France 35 - 13 Namibia Wales 64 - 15 Japan USA 25 - 27 Romania South Africa 47 - 3 Spain Italy 25 - 28 Tonga Fiji 38 - 22 Canada Argentina 32 - 16 W Samoa Ireland 3 - 23 Australia South Africa 39 - 3 Uruguay England 101 - 10 Tonga Canada 73 - 11 Namibia Wales 31 - 38 W Samoa Australia 55 - 19 USA Scotland 48 - 0 Spain New Zealand 101 - 3 Italy France 28 - 19 Fiji Argentina 33 - 12 Japan Ireland 44 - 14 Romania
POOL A P W D L F A PTS South Africa 3 3 0 0 132 35 9 Scotland 3 2 0 1 120 58 7 Uruguay 3 1 0 2 42 97 5 Spain 3 0 0 3 18 122 3
POOL B P W D L F A PTS New Zealand 3 3 0 0 176 28 9 England 3 2 0 1 184 47 7 Tonga 3 1 0 2 47 171 5 Italy 3 0 0 3 35 196 3
POOL C P W D L F A PTS France 3 3 0 0 108 52 9 Fiji 3 2 0 1 124 68 7 Canada 3 1 0 2 114 82 5 Namibia 3 0 0 3 42 186 3
POOL D P W D L F A PTS Wales 3 2 0 1 118 71 7 Western Samoa 3 2 0 1 97 72 7 Argentina 3 2 0 1 83 51 7 Japan 3 0 0 3 36 140 3
POOL E P W D L F A PTS Australia 3 3 0 0 135 31 9 Ireland 3 2 0 1 100 45 7 Romania 3 1 0 2 50 126 5 USA 3 0 0 3 52 135 3
QUARTER FINALS PLAY-OFF ROUNDS QUARTER-FINALS
SEMI-FINALS
3rd PLACE PLAY-OFF
FINAL England 45 - 24 Fiji Wales 9 - 24 Australia South Africa
21 - 27
AustraliaSouth Africa
22 - 18
New ZealandAUSTRALIA
35 - 12
FRANCEScotland 35 - 20 W Samoa South Africa 44 - 21 England Ireland 24 - 28 Argentina New Zealand 30 - 18 Scotland New Zealand
31 - 43
France3 Matches only in QF Playoffs. France 47 - 26 Argentina
Semi-finals:
Australia
Richard Harry, Michael Foley, Andrew Blades, David Giffin, John Eales (c), Matthew Cockbain, David Wilson, Toutai Kefu, George Gregan, Stephen Larkham, Joe Roff, Tim Horan, Daniel Herbert, Ben Tune, Matthew Burke
Pens: Burke (8), Drop Goal: Larkham
South Africa
Os Du Randt, Naka Drotske, Cobus Visagie, Krynauw Otto, Mark Andrews, Rassie Erasmus, Andre Venter, Bob Skinstad, Joost Van Der Westhuizen, Jannie De Beer, Pieter Rossouw, Pieter Muller, Robbie Fleck, Deon Kayser, Percy Montgomery
Pens: De Beer (6), Drop Goal: De Beer
France
Xavier Garbajosa, Philippe Bernat-Salles, Richard Dourthe, Emile Ntamack, Christophe Dominici, Christophe Lamaison, Fabien Galthie, Christophe Juillet, Olivier Magne, Marc Lievremont, Fabien Pelous, Abdel Benazzi, Franck Tournaire, Raphael Ibanez (c), Cedric Soulette
Tries: Lamaison, Dominici, Dourthe, Bernat-Salles, Cons: Lamaison 4, Pens: Lamaison 3, Drop Goal: Lamaison 2
New Zealand
Carl Hoeft, Anton Oliver, Craig Dowd, Norm Maxwell, Robin Brooke, Reuben Thorne, Josh Kronfeld, Taine Randell, Byron Kelleher, Andrew Mehrtens, Jonah Lomu, Alama Ieremia, Christian Cullen, Tana Umaga, Jeff Wilson
Tries: Lomu 2, Wilson, Cons: Mehrtens 2, Pens: Mehrtens 4
AUSTRALIA 35 (Ben Tune, Owen Finegan tries; Matt Burke 7 penalty goals, 2 conversions) bt FRANCE 12 (Christophe Lamaison 4 penalty goals). Crowd: 72,000. Referee: Andre Watson (South Africa).
Australia: 1. Andrew Blades, 2. Michael Foley, 3. Richard Harry, 4. John Eales (c), 5. David Giffin, 6. Matt Cockbain, 7. David Wilson, 8. Toutai Kefu, 9. George Gregan, 10. Steve Larkham, 11. Joe Roff, 12. Tim Horan, 13. Dan Herbert, 14. Ben Tune, 15. Matthew Burke.
France: 1. Cedric Soulette, 2. Raphael Ibanez (c), 3. Franck Tournaire, 4. Abdelatif Benazzi, 5. Fabien Pelous, 6. Marc Lievremont, 7. Olivier Magne, 8. Christophe Juillet, 9. Fabien Galthie, 10. Christophe Lamaison, 11. Philippe Bernat-Salles, 12. Richard Dourthe, 13. Emile Ntamack, 14. Christophe Dominici, 15. Xavier Garbajosa.
| Name | Country |
|---|---|
| Derek Beven | Wales |
| Brian Campsall | England |
| Joel Dume | France |
| Wayne Erickson | Australia |
| Paul Honiss | New Zealand |
| Peter Marshall | Australia |
| David McHugh | Ireland |
| Ed Morrison | England |
| Andrew Cole | Australia |
| Jim Fleming | Scotland |
| Colin Hawke | New Zealand |
| Stuart Dickinson | Australia |
| Paddy O'Brien | New Zealand |
| Clayton Thomas | Wales |
| Andre Watson | South Africa |
| Chris White | England |
| Name | Country |
|---|---|
| Alan Lewis | Ireland |
| G. Morandin | Italy |
| Ian Ramage | Scotland |
| Ian Hyde-Lay | Canada |
| Pablo Deluca | Argentina |
| Scott Young | Australia |
| Shinchi Iwashita | Japan |
| Jonathan Kaplan | South Africa |
| Steve Lander | England |
| Didier Mené | France |
| Steve Walsh | New Zealand |
| Pape Henning | South Africa |
| Name | Country |
|---|---|
| Gwyn Watts | Wales |
| Colin High | England |
| Jim Irvine | Ireland |
| Bob Francis | New Zealand |
| Sandy McNeill | Australia |
| Steve Strydom | South Africa |
| Francis Palmade | France |
| Michael Reddan | Ireland |
| Stuart Thomson | Scotland |
| Steve Walsh | New Zealand |