1999–2000 Leinster Rugby season

1999–2000 Leinster Rugby season Donnybrook, Dublin Mike Ruddock Emmett Farrell (62) Denis Hickie (5)John McWeeney (5) Heineken Cup (2nd in pool)IRFU Interprovincial Championship (3rd) 1998–99 2000–2001 The 1999-2000 season was Leinster's fifth season under professionalism, and their third under head coach Mike Ruddock. They competed in the Heineken Cup, finishing second in their pool, and the IRFU Interprovincial Championship, finishing third. They hosted Argentina, losing 22-51, featuring guest players Rob Henderson and Kieron Dawson.Kieran Rooney, "Argentina romp home", Irish Independent, 25 August 2025 Player transfers Players in IRE rugby union Bob Casey IRE rugby union Leo Cullen IRE rugby union Brian Cusack IRE rugby union Barry Everitt from IRE rugby union Munster NZL Stu Forster IRE rugby union Gary Halpin from ENG Harlequins IRE rugby union Brian O'Driscoll IRE rugby union Malcolm O'Kelly from ENG London Irish IRE rugby union Liam Toland from IRE rugby union Munster Players out IRE rugby union Fergal Campion IRE rugby union Brian Carey IRE rugby union Ciaran Clarke (retired)Thornley Gerry End of line for Clarke https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/end-of-line-for-clarke-1.211888 The Irish Times 30 July 1999 en IRE rugby union Pat Holden IRE rugby union Tim Mannix IRE rugby union Alan McGowan IRE rugby union Kevin Nowlan IRE rugby union Rory Sherriff IRE rugby union Pat WardGerry Thornley, "Ulster bid to continue their roll by recruiting heavily", The Irish Times, 31 July 1999 Squad Leinster Rugby squadProps IRE rugby union Emmet Byrne IRE rugby union Reggie Corrigan IRE rugby union Peter Coyle IRE rugby union Gary Halpin IRE rugby union Angus McKeen Hookers IRE rugby union James Blaney IRE rugby union Shane Byrne IRE rugby union Peter Smyth Locks IRE rugby union Bob Casey IRE rugby union Leo Cullen IRE rugby union Brian Cusack IRE rugby union Gabriel Fulcher IRE rugby union Malcolm O'KellyBack row IRE rugby union Trevor Brennan IRE rugby union Victor Costello IRE rugby union Colin McEntee IRE rugby union Declan O'Brien IRE rugby union Liam Toland Scrum-halves NZL Stu Forster IRE rugby union Derek Hegarty IRE rugby union Ciaran Scally Fly-halves IRE rugby union Barry Everitt IRE rugby union Emmett Farrell IRE rugby union Mark McHughCentres IRE rugby union Gareth Gannon IRE rugby union Shane Horgan IRE rugby union Brian O'Driscoll RSA Daniel Whiston Wings IRE rugby union Gordon D'Arcy IRE rugby union Denis Hickie (c) IRE rugby union Peter McKenna IRE rugby union John McWeeney Fullbacks IRE rugby union Girvan Dempsey IRE rugby union G. Dunphy (c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players. * denotes players qualified to play for Ireland on residency or dual nationality. Squad IRFU Interprovincial Championship IRFU Interprovincial Championship Team P W D LFA BPPts Statusleft Munster Munster 6 6 0 0 242 103 5 29 Champions; qualified for 2000–01 Heineken Cupleft Ulster Ulster 6 3 0 3 186 129 3 15 Qualified for next season's Heineken Cupleft Leinster Leinster 6 2 0 4 145 137 2 10 Qualified for 2000–01 Heineken Cupleft Connacht Connacht 6 0 0 6 85 289 1 1 Qualified 2000–01 European Challenge Cup 7 August 1999 Munster Munster 31–20 ReportBarry Coughlan, "Munster dig deep to repel strong Leinster challenge", Irish Examiner, 9 August 1999 Leinster Leinster LangfordFoleyKellyO'Neill O'Gara (4) O'Gara Hickie (2) Everitt Everitt (2) Temple Hill Leinster lineup: 1. Reggie Corigan, 2. Shane Byrne, 3. Angus McKeen, 4. Bob Casey, 5. Malcolm O'Kelly, 6. Trevor Brennan, 7. Victor Costello, 8. Liam Toland, 9. Ciaran Scally, 10. Barry Everitt, 11. Denis Hickie (c), 12. Gareth Gannon, 13. Brian O'Driscoll, 14. John McWeeney, 15. Girvan Dempsey. Replacements: Peter Smyth (for Byrne 60'), Declan O'Brien (for Brennan 60'), Gary Halpin (for McKeen 74'), Derek Hegarty (for Scally 77'), Peter McKenna (for Hickie 74-76'). L 13 August 1999 Leinster Leinster 15-26 ReportJim Stokes, "Dion to Ulster's rescue", Belfast Telegraph, 14 August 1999 Ulster Ulster Everitt (5) HoweMason Mason (2) Mason (3) Humphreys Donnybrook Leinster lineup: 1. Reggie Corrigan, 2. Shane Byrne, 3. Angus McKeen, 4. Bob Casey, 5. Malcolm O'Kelly, 6. Trevor Brennan, 7. Liam Toland, 8. Victor Costello, 9. Ciaran Scally, 10. Barry Everitt, 11. Denis Hickie (c), 12. Brian O'Driscoll, 13. Gareth Gannon, 14. John McWeeney, 15. Girvan Dempsey. Replacements: Gary Halpin (for McKeen 79') L 3 September 1999 Leinster Leinster 22-19 Report"Cup woe strikes Dempsey", Irish Independent, 4 September 1999 Connacht Connacht S. ByrneO'Driscoll DempseyEveritt (3) Deane Elwood Elwood (4) Donnybrook Stadium Leinster lineup: 1. Reggie Corrigan, 2. Shane Byrne (c), 3. Angus McKeen, 4. Bob Casey, 5. Malcolm O'Kelly, 6. Trevor Brennan, 7. Victor Costello, 8. Liam Toland, 9. Derek Hegarty, 10. Barry Everitt, 11. John McWeeney, 12. Brian O'Driscoll, 13. Peter McKenna, 14. Gordon D'Arcy, 15. Girvan Dempsey. Replacements: Gareth Gannon (for Dempsey 8'), Declan O'Brien (for Brennan 46'), Mark McHugh (for Gannon 79'). W 30 October 1999 Connacht Connacht 8-53 Report"Leinster chalk up record in Galway", Sunday Life, 31 October 1999 Leinster Leinster Deane Elwood Costello (2)McWeeney (2)D'Arcy (2)HickieHorganFarrell Everitt (2)Farrell Musgrave Park Leinster lineup: 1. Reggie Corrigan, 2. Shane Byrne, 3. Angus McKeen, 4. Bob Casey, 5. Malcolm O'Kelly, 6. Declan O'Brien, 7. Victor Costello, 8. Liam Toland (c) 9. Derek Hegarty, 10. Barry Everitt, 11. John McWeeney, 12. Shane Horgan, 13, Peter McKenna, 14. Denis Hickie, 15. Gordon D'Arcy, Replacements: Peter Coyle (for McKeen 65'), Emmett Farrell (for Everitt 69'), Stuart Forster (for Hegarty 69'), Peter Smyth (for Byrne 69'), Colin McEntee (for Costello 69'). W 5 November 1999 Leinster Leinster 13–30 Reporthttps://munsterrugby.ie/match-stats/?FixGuid=99LM5772 Leinster 13-30 Munster Munster Rugby 7 June 2019 Munster Munster Horgan Everitt Everitt Everitt O'Neill (2)WoodFoley O'Gara (2) O'Gara (2) Donnybrook Leinster lineup: 1. Reggie Corrigan, 2. Shane Byrne, 3. Angus McKeen, 4. Bob Casey, 5. Malcolm O'Kelly, 6. Declan O'Brien, 7. Victor Costello, 8. Liam Toland (c) 9. Derek Hegarty, 10. Barry Everitt, 11. John McWeeney, 12. Shane Horgan, 13, Peter McKenna, 14. Denis Hickie, 15. Gordon D'Arcy, Replacements: Mark McHugh (for D'Arcy 54'), Emmett Farrell (for Everitt 74'), Peter Smyth (for Byrne 74') L 12 November 1999 Ulster Ulster 22-23 Report"Leinster snatch win to salvage some pride", Irish Examiner, 13 November 1999 Leinster Leinster Bromley Mason Mason (5) Hickie McHugh (6) Ravenhill Leinster lineup: 1. Emmet Byrne, 2. J. Blaney, 3. Gary Halpin, 4. Bob Casey, 5. Malcolm O'Kelly, 6. Declan O'Brien, 7. Liam Toland, 8. Victor Costello 9. Stuart Forster, 10. Mark McHugh, 11. Denis Hickie, 12. Daniel Whiston, 13, Peter McKenna, 14. Gordon D'Arcy, 15. G. Dunphy, Replacements: Leo Cullen (for Costello 46'), Reggie Corrigan (E. Byrne 64'), Shane Byrne (for Blaney 60', Angus McKeen (for Halpin 60'). W Heineken Cup 1999–2000 Heineken Cup Pool 1 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffPts FRA Stade Français640222913192109838 Ireland rugby union Leinster 64021217−5150138128 SCO Glasgow Rugby62041423−9130179−494 ENG Leicester Tigers620412111127173−464 19 November 1999 19:30 Leinster IRE rugby union 27–20 ReportKieran Rooney, "Marks-man McHugh shoots down Tigers", Irish Independent, 20 November 1999 ENG Leicester Tigers McHugh (7) McHugh (2) Howard Stimpson (5) Donnybrook 6,500 Leinster lineup: 1. Emmet Byrne, 2. Shane Byrne, 3. Angus McKeen, 4. Malcolm O'Kelly, 5. Bob Casey, 6. Liam Toland, 7. Declan O'Brien, 8. Victor Costello, 9. Derek Hegarty, 10 Mark McHugh, 11. Peter McKenna, 12. Brian O'Driscoll, 13. Shane Horgan, 14. Denis Hickie, 15. Girvan Dempsey. Replacements: Reggie Corrigan, Leo Cullen. W 26 November 1999 19:30 Glasgow SCO 29–17 Report"Leinster fall back to earth", Irish Independent, 27 November 1999 IRE rugby union Leinster Longstaff (2)BullochHayes Hayes (3) Hayes S. ByrnePenalty try McHugh (2) McHugh Hughenden, Glasgow 1,800 Leinster lineup: 1. Emmet Byrne, 2. Shane Byrne, 3. Gary Halpin, 4. Bob Casey, 5. Leo Cullen, 6. Declan O'Brien, 7. Liam Toland, 8. Victor Costello, 9. Derek Hegarty, 10 Mark McHugh, 11. Peter McKenna, 12. Shane Horgan, 13. Brian O'Driscoll, 14. Denis Hickie, 15. Girvan Dempsey. Replacements: Gordon D'Arcy, Reggie Corrigan, Peter Smyth, Gabriel Fulcher. L 12 December 1999 15:00 Stade Français FRA 39–6 ReportTony Ward, "Late Stade blitz leaves Leinster in the lurch", Irish Independent, 13 December 1999 IRE rugby union Leinster MoniDominici (2)StolzLombard (2) Domínguez (3) Domínguez McHugh (2) Stade Jean-Bouin 3,424 Leinster lineup: 1. Reggie Corrigan, 2. Shane Byrne, 3. Gary Halpin, 4. Bob Casey, 5. Malcolm O'Kelly, 6. Declan O'Brien, 7. Liam Toland, 8. Victor Costello, 9. Derek Hegarty, 10 Mark McHugh, 11. Gordon D'Arcy, 12. Shane Horgan, 13. Brian O'Driscoll, 14. Denis Hickie, 15. Girvan Dempsey. Replacements: Peter Coyle, Peter Smyth, Emmett Farrell, Leo Cullen. L 17 December 1999 17:30 Leinster IRE rugby union 24–23 ReportKieran Rooney, "Farrell puts Leinster back in Euro picture", Irish Independent, 18 December 1999 FRA Stade Français O'DriscollMcWeeney Farrell Farrell (3) Farrell Domínguez Pool-Jones Domínguez (2) Domínguez (3) Donnybrook 3,000 Leinster lineup: 1. Reggie Corrigan, 2. Shane Byrne, 3. Gary Halpin, 4. Bob Casey, 5. Malcolm O'Kelly, 6. Declan O'Brien, 7. Liam Toland, 8. Victor Costello, 9. Stuart Forster, 10. Emmett Farrell, 11. John McWeeney, 12. Shane Horgan, 13. Brian O'Driscoll, 14. Denis Hickie, 15. Peter McKenna. W 7 January 2000 18:30 Leinster IRE rugby union 44–17 ReportKieran Rooney, "Leinster keep Cup hopes alive", Irish Independent, 8 January 2000 SCO Glasgow HalpinMcKennaMcWeeneyFarrellO'DriscollHickie Farrell (4) Farrell (2) MetcalfeSimpson Hayes (2) Hayes Donnybrook 5,000 Leinster lineup: 1. Reggie Corrigan, 2. Shane Byrne, 3. Gary Halpin, 4. Bob Casey, 5. Malcolm O'Kelly, 6. Declan O'Brien, 7. Liam Toland, 8. Victor Costello, 9. Stuart Forster, 10. Emmett Farrell, 11. John McWeeney, 12. Shane Horgan, 13. Brian O'Driscoll, 14. Denis Hickie, 15. Peter McKenna. Replacements: Mark McHugh, Peter Coyle, Trevor Brennan. W 15 January 2000 15:00 Leicester Tigers ENG 10–32 ReportPeter O'Reilly, "Leinster miss out on the cigar", Sunday Tribune, 16 January 2000 IRE rugby union Leinster EzulikiLloyd McWeeneyCasey Farrell (2) Farrell (5) Farrell Welford Road 12,458 Leinster lineup: 1. Reggie Corrigan, 2. Shane Byrne, 3. Gary Halpin, 4. Bob Casey, 5. Malcolm O'Kelly, 6. Declan O'Brien, 7. Liam Toland, 8. Victor Costello, 9. Stuart Forster, 10. Emmett Farrell, 11. John McWeeney, 12. Shane Horgan, 13. Brian O'Driscoll, 14. Denis Hickie, 15. Peter McKenna. Replacements: Peter Smyth, Peter Coyle, Leo Cullen, Trevor Brennan. W Representative 24 August 1999 Leinster IRE rugby union 22-51 Report ARG Argentina CoyleMcKenna Everitt (2) Everitt Contepomi (2)JuradoCamardónOrengoCorleto Contepomi (5) Contepomi Fernández Miranda Donnybrook Leinster lineup: 1. Reggie Corrigan, 2. Shane Byrne, 3. Gary Halpin, 4. Bob Casey, 5. Brian Cusack, 6. Declan O'Brien, 7. Kieron Dawson, 8. Victor Costello, 9. Stuart Forster, 10. Barry Everitt, 11. John McWeeney, 12. Shane Horgan, 13. Rob Henderson, 14. Denis Hickie (c), 15. Emmett Farrell. Replacements: Peter McKenna (for Hickie 31'), Gabriel Fulcher (for Cusack 50'), Liam Toland (for Dawson 60'), Peter Coyle (for Halpin). L References 1998-99 Category:1999–2000 in Irish rugby union Category:1999–2000 Heineken Cup