1999 Rugby World Cup

Rugby union championship October 2020 August 2013 cy Cwpan Rygbi'r Byd 1999 RWC1999logo.svg 130px 1 October 6 November 1999 Wales 20 (65 qualifying) 18 (in 18 host cities) AUS (2nd title) FRA 1974 RSA 41 1562427 ARG Gonzalo Quesada (102) NZL Jonah Lomu (8) 1995 2003 The 1999 Rugby World Cup (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.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/rugby_world_cup/461052.stm World Cup kicks off in style 1 October 1999 BBC News 2 September 2026http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/rugby_world_cup/teams/wales/463037.stm Wales win World Cup opener 1 October 1999 BBC News 2 September 2026 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.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/rugby_world_cup/history/2966114.stm 1999: France 43–31 N Zealand – BBC Sport BBC News 24 September 2003 18 June 2013http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/rugby_world_cup/history/2960358.stm 1999: Aussies rule world again BBC News 24 September 2003 18 June 2013 The overall attendance for the tournament was 1.75 million.http://goaustralia.about.com/cs/eventsfestivals/a/rugbyhistory.htm New Zealand Wins 2011 Rugby World Cup – Background and History Goaustralia.about.com 16 May 2013 18 June 2013 4 May 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130504140017/http://goaustralia.about.com/cs/eventsfestivals/a/rugbyhistory.htm dead Qualifying 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. AfricaAmericasEuropeOceania/AsiaNAM (Africa) RSAARG (Americas 1) CAN (Americas 2) USA (Americas 3) URU (Repechage 2)ENG (Europe 2) FRA 1974 IRE (Europe 1) ITA (Europe 5) ROU (Europe 4) SCO (Europe 3) ESP (Europe 6) WALAUS (Oceania 1) FIJ (Oceania 2) NZL SAM (Oceania 3) TGA (Repechage 1) JPN (Asia) 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. WAL Cardiff WAL Wrexham WAL Llanelli FRA 1974 Saint-Denis Millennium Stadium Racecourse Ground Stradey Park Stade de France Capacity: 74,500 Capacity: 15,500 Capacity: 10,800 Capacity: 80,000 200px 200px 200px 200px ENG London SCO Edinburgh SCO Glasgow IRE rugby union Dublin Twickenham Stadium Murrayfield Stadium Hampden Park Lansdowne Road Capacity: 75,000 Capacity: 67,500 Capacity: 52,500 Capacity: 49,250 200px 200px 200px 200px FRA 1974 Lens FRA 1974 Bordeaux FRA 1974 Toulouse ENG Huddersfield Stade Félix Bollaert Parc Lescure Stadium de Toulouse McAlpine Stadium Capacity: 41,800 Capacity: 38,327 Capacity: 37,000 Capacity: 24,500 200px 200px 200px 200px ENG Bristol FRA 1974 Béziers ENG Leicester IRE rugby union Limerick Ashton Gate Stadium Stade de la Méditerranée Welford Road Stadium Thomond Park Capacity: 21,500 Capacity: 18,000 Capacity: 16,500 Capacity: 13,500 200px 200px 200px 200px IRE rugby union Belfast SCO Galashiels Ravenhill Netherdale Capacity: 12,500 Capacity: 6,000 200px 200px Pools and format Pool APool BPool CPool DPool ERSA SCO ESP URUNZL ENG ITA TGAFRA 1974 FIJ CAN NAMWAL ARG SAM JPNAUS IRE USA 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 1999 Rugby World Cup squads Referees AUS Andrew Cole AUS Stuart Dickinson AUS Wayne Erickson AUS Peter Marshall ENG Brian Campsall ENG Ed Morrison ENG Chris White FRA 1974 Joël Dumé IRE rugby union David McHugh NZL Colin Hawke NZL Paul Honiss NZL Paddy O'Brien RSA André Watson SCO Jim Fleming WAL Derek Bevan WAL Clayton Thomas 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. Qualified for quarter-finalsQualified for quarter-final play-offs Pool A TeamPWDLPFPAPtsRSA3300132359SCO3201120587URU310242975ESP3003181223 2 October 1999 15:00 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01) ESP 15–27 Report URU Kovalenco (5) 7', 40', 48', 50', 68' Ormaechea 23' cPenalty try 64' cCardoso 77' mMenchaca 80' m AguirreSciarra Aguirre 15' Netherdale, Galashiels 3,761 Chris White (England) 3 October 1999 17:00 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01) SCO 29–46 RSA M. LeslieTait Logan (2) Logan (4) Townsend Le RouxKayserVan der WesthuizenFleckA. VenterB. Venter De Beer (5) De Beer (2) Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh 57,612 Colin Hawke (New Zealand) 8 October 1999 16:00 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01) SCO 43–12 URU RussellArmstrongMetcalfeM. LeslieSimpsonTownsend Logan (5) Logan Aguirre (3)Sciarra Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh 9,463 Stuart Dickinson (Australia) 10 October 1999 17:00 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01) RSA 47–3 ESP Vos (2)LeonardPenalty tryMullerSkinstadSwanepoel De Beer (6) Velazco Querol Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh 4,769 Paul Honiss (New Zealand) 15 October 1999 17:00 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01) RSA 39–3 URU Van den Berg (2)Van der WesthuizenKayserFleck De Beer (4) De Beer (2) Aguirre Hampden Park, Glasgow 3,500 Peter Marshall (Australia) 16 October 1999 15:00 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01) SCO 48–0 ESP Mather (2)McLarenLongstaffHodgeC. MurrayPenalty try Hodge (5) Hodge Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh 17,593 Clayton Thomas (Wales) Pool B TeamPWDLPFPAPtsNZL3300176289ENG3201184477TGA3102471715ITA3003351963 2 October 1999 17:00 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01) ENG 67–7 ITA WilkinsonHillLugerBackDe GlanvilleCorryDawsonPerry Wilkinson (6) Wilkinson (5) Dominguez Dominguez Twickenham Stadium, London 73,470 André Watson (South Africa) 3 October 1999 15:00 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01) NZL 45–9 TGA Lomu (2)KelleherMaxwellKronfeld Mehrtens (4) Mehrtens (4) Taumalolo (3) Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol 22,000 Derek Bevan (Wales) 9 October 1999 16:30 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01) ENG 16–30 NZL De Glanville Wilkinson Wilkinson (3) KelleherWilsonLomu Mehrtens (3) Mehrtens (3) Twickenham Stadium, London 72,000 Peter Marshall (Australia) 10 October 1999 19:00 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01) ITA 25–28 TGA Moscardi Dominguez Dominguez (6) TaufahemaFataniTuipulotu Tuipulotu (2) Tuipulotu (2) Tuipulotu Welford Road Stadium, Leicester 10,244 David McHugh (Ireland) 14 October 1999 13:00 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01) NZL 101–3 ITA Wilson (3)Osborne (2)Lomu (2)RandellBrownCullenHammettGibsonRobertsonMika Brown (11) Brown (3) Dominguez McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield 24,000 Jim Fleming (Scotland) 15 October 1999 13:00 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01) ENG 101–10 TGA Guscott (2)Greening (2)Luger (2)Healey (2)Greenwood (2)DawsonPerryHill Grayson (12) Grayson (4) Tiueti Tuipulotu Tuipulotu Twickenham Stadium, London 72,485 Wayne Erickson (Australia) Pool C TeamPWDLPFPAPtsFRA 19743300108529FIJ3201124687CAN3102114825NAM3003421863 1 October 1999 21:00 CEST/GMT+2 (UTC+02) FIJ 67–18 NAM Lasagavibau (2)S. TawakeRauluniSatalaMocelutuSmithTikoKatalau Serevi (8) Serevi (2) JacobsSenekal Van Dyk Van Dyk (2) Stade de la Méditerranée, Béziers 10,000 David McHugh (Ireland) 2 October 1999 14:00 CEST/GMT+2 (UTC+02) FRA 1974 33–20 CAN NtamackGlasCastaignèdeMagne Dourthe (2) Dourthe (3) Williams (2) RossRees RossRees Stade de la Méditerranée, Béziers 18,000 Brian Campsall (England) 8 October 1999 21:00 CEST/GMT+2 (UTC+02) FRA 1974 47–13 NAM Mola (3)NtamackMignoniBernat-Salles Dourthe (4) Dourthe (3) Samuelson Van Dyk Van Dyk (2) Parc Lescure, Bordeaux 34,030 Chris White (England) 9 October 1999 13:30 CEST/GMT+2 (UTC+02) FIJ 38–22 CAN Satala (2)VunibakaLasagavibau Little (3) Little (3) Little James Rees Rees (4) Rees Parc Lescure, Bordeaux 27,000 Ed Morrison (England) 14 October 1999 20:30 CEST/GMT+2 (UTC+02) CAN 72–11 NAM Stanley (2)Snow (2)Nichols (2)CharronRossWilliams Rees (9) Rees (3) Hough Van Dyk (2) Stade de Toulouse 28,000 Andrew Cole (Australia) 16 October 1999 14:00 CEST/GMT+2 (UTC+02) FRA 1974 28–19 FIJ JuilletDominiciPenalty try Dourthe (2) Dourthe (2)Lamaison Uluinayau Little Little (4) Stade de Toulouse 36,000 Paddy O'Brien (New Zealand) Pool D TeamPWDLPFPAPtsWAL3201118717SAM320197727ARG320183517JPN3003361403 1 October 1999 15:00 WEST/GMT+1 (UTC+01) WAL 23–18 ARG CharvisTaylor Jenkins (2) Jenkins (3) Quesada (6) Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 72,500 Paddy O'Brien (New Zealand) 3 October 1999 13:00 WEST/GMT+1 (UTC+01) SAM 43–9 JPN Lima (2)So'oalo (2)Leaega Leaega (3) Leaega (4) Hirose (3) Racecourse Ground, Wrexham 15,000 Andrew Cole (Australia) 9 October 1999 14:30 WEST/GMT+1 (UTC+01) WAL 64–15 JPN Taylor (2)HowleyGibbsLlewellynThomasBatemanHowarthPenalty try Jenkins (8) Jenkins TuidrakiOhata Hirose Hirose Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 72,500 Joël Dume (France) 10 October 1999 13:00 WEST/GMT+1 (UTC+01) ARG 32–16 SAM Allub Quesada (8) Quesada Paramore Leaega Leaega (3) Stradey Park, Llanelli 11,000 Wayne Erickson (Australia) 14 October 1999 15:00 WEST/GMT+1 (UTC+01) WAL 31–38 SAM ThomasPenalty try (2) Jenkins (2) Jenkins (4) Bachop (2)FalanikoLamLeaega Leaega (5) Leaega Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 72,500 Ed Morrison (England) 16 October 1999 19:00 WEST/GMT+1 (UTC+01) ARG 33–12 JPN AlbanesePichot Contepomi Quesada (7) Hirose (4) Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 36,000 Stuart Dickinson (Australia) Pool E TeamPWDLPFPAPtsAUS3300135319IRE3201100457ROM3102501265USA3003521353 2 October 1999 19:00 WEST/GMT+1 (UTC+01) IRE 53–8 Report USA BishopWood (4)O'DriscollPenalty try Humphreys (4)Elwood (2) Humphreys (2) Dalzell Dalzell Lansdowne Road, Dublin 30,000 Joël Dume (France) 3 October 1999 19:00 WEST/GMT+1 (UTC+01) AUS 57–9 Report ROM Kefu (3)Roff (2)KaferBurkeLittleHoran Burke (5)Eales Mitu (3) Ravenhill Stadium, Belfast 12,500 Paul Honiss (New Zealand) 9 October 1999 19:00 WEST/GMT+1 (UTC+01) USA 25–27 Report ROM ShumanHightowerLyle Dalzell (2) Dalzell (2) Petrache (2)Solomie (2) Mitu (2) Mitu Lansdowne Road, Dublin 3,000 Jim Fleming (Scotland) 10 October 1999 15:00 WEST/GMT+1 (UTC+01) IRE 3–23 Report AUS Humphreys TuneHoran Burke (2) Burke (2)Eales Lansdowne Road, Dublin 49,250 Clayton Thomas (Wales) 14 October 1999 17:00 WEST/GMT+1 (UTC+01) AUS 55–19 Report USA Staniforth (2)LathamWhitakerFoleyBurkeLarkhamStrauss Burke (5)Roff Burke Grobler Dalzell Dalzell (4) Thomond Park, Limerick 13,000 André Watson (South Africa) 15 October 1999 19:00 WEST/GMT+1 (UTC+01) IRE 44–14 Report ROM O'Shea (2)WardTierneyO'Cuinneagain Elwood (5) Elwood (2) O'Driscoll Săuan Mitu (3) Lansdowne Road, Dublin 33,000 Brian Campsall (England) Ranking of third-placed teams Qualified for quarter-final play-offs PoolTeamWDLPFPAPDPtsDARG 2018351327CCAN 10211482325AURU 1024297-555EROM 10250126-765BTGA 10247171-1245 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. https://www.theguardian.com/rugbycup/Story/0,,202426,00.html Irish crash out in Argentine frenzy 21 October 1999 Guardian 4 December 2025 Quarter-final play-offs 20 October 1999 13:00 WEST/GMT+1 (UTC+01) ENG 45–24 Report FIJ LugerBackBealGreening DawsonWilkinson Wilkinson (7) SatalaNakautaTiko Little (3) Serevi Twickenham Stadium, London 55,000 Clayton Thomas (Wales) 20 October 1999 15:30 WEST/GMT+1 (UTC+01) SCO 35–20 Report SAM C. MurrayM. LesliePenalty try Logan Logan (5) Townsend LimaSititi Leaega (2) Leaega (2) Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh 20,000 David McHugh (Ireland) 20 October 1999 20:30 CEST/GMT+2 (UTC+02) ARG 28–24 Report IRE Albanese Quesada Quesada (7) Humphreys (7) Humphreys Stade Félix Bollaert, Lens 22,000 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.http://goaustralia.about.com/cs/eventsfestivals/a/rugbyhistory.htm Rugby World Cup Background and History Goaustralia.about.com 10 October 2011 15 November 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111115101641/http://goaustralia.about.com/cs/eventsfestivals/a/rugbyhistory.htm dead 24 October – Stade de France RSA 44 ENG 21 23 October – Millennium Stadium AUS 24 WAL 9 24 October – Murrayfield NZL 30 SCO 18 24 October – Lansdowne Road FRA 1974 47 ARG 26 30 October – Twickenham RSA 21 AUS (a.e.t.) 27 31 October – Twickenham NZL 31 FRA 1974 43 6 November – Millennium Stadium AUS 35 FRA 1974 12 4 November – Millennium Stadium RSA 22 NZL 18 Third yes Quarter-finals 23 October 1999 15:00 WEST/GMT+1 (UTC+01) WAL 9–24 Report AUS Jenkins (3) Gregan (2)Tune Burke (3) Burke Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 72,000 Colin Hawke (New Zealand) 24 October 1999 14:00 CEST/GMT+2 (UTC+02) RSA 44–21 Report ENG Van der WesthuizenP. Rossouw De Beer (2) De Beer (5) De Beer (5) Grayson (6)Wilkinson Stade de France, Saint-Denis 75,000 Jim Fleming (Scotland) 24 October 1999 18:00 WEST/GMT+1 (UTC+01) SCO 18–30 Report NZL C. MurrayPountney Logan Logan Townsend Umaga (2)WilsonLomu Mehrtens (2) Mehrtens (2) Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh 59,750 Ed Morrison (England) 24 October 1999 15:30 WEST/GMT+1 (UTC+01) ARG 26–47 Report FRA 1974 PichotArbizu Quesada (2) Quesada (3)Contepomi Garbajosa (2)Bernat-Salles (2)Ntamack Lamaison (5) Lamaison (4) Lansdowne Road, Dublin 40,000 Derek Bevan (Wales) Semi-finals 30 October 1999 15:00 WEST/GMT+1 (UTC+01) AUS 27–21(a.e.t.) Report RSA Burke (8) Larkham De Beer (6) De Beer Twickenham Stadium, London 72,000 Derek Bevan (Wales) 31 October 1999 15:00 WET/GMT (UTC+00) FRA 1974 43–31 Report NZL LamaisonDominiciDourtheBernat-Salles Lamaison (4) Lamaison (3) Lamaison (2) Lomu (2)Wilson Mehrtens (2) Mehrtens (4) Twickenham Stadium, London 70,000 Jim Fleming (Scotland) Third-place play-off 4 November 1999 20:00 WET/GMT (UTC+00) NZL 18–22 Report RSA Mehrtens (6) Paulse Honiball Honiball (3) Montgomery (2) Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 60,000 Peter Marshall (Australia) Final 1999 Rugby World Cup final 6 November 1999 15:00 WET/GMT (UTC+00) AUS 35–12 Report FRA 1974 TuneFinegan Burke (2) Burke (7) Lamaison (4) Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 72,500 André Watson (South Africa) Statistics 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. + Top 10 point scorersPlayerTeamPositionPlayedTriesConversionsPenaltiesDrop goalsTotal pointsGonzalo QuesadaARGFly-half503311102Matt BurkeAUSFull-back6217190101Jannie de BeerRSAFly-half501715697Andrew MehrtensNZLFirst five-eighth501119079Jonny WilkinsonENGFly-half41816069Christophe LamaisonFRA 1974Fly-half61912265Silao LeaegaSAMWing421110062Neil JenkinsWALFly-half401211057Paul GraysonENGFly-half401210054Kenny LoganSCOWing40911051 Broadcasting British television rights holders ITV acted as the host broadcaster for the tournament, with S4C also broadcasting matches in the Welsh language.ITV Sport tackles Rugby World Cup coverage with help from BT http://www.sourcewire.com/news/2929/itv-sport-tackles-rugby-world-cup-coverage-with-help-from BT Broadcast Services 19 April 1999 with coverage shown in 209 countries, to an audience of 3.1 billion viewers.Rugby Union for Dummies 3rd Edition 261 17 Nick Cain Greg Growden 9781119991823 John Wiley & Sons 2011 In Australia, the event was broadcast by Seven Network. Broadcast UK history ITV (1 October 1999 – 6 November 1999) S4C (1 October 1999 – 6 November 1999) References External links MppBGj-0QRM Rugby World Cup 1999 Semi-Final: New Zealand v France Rugbyworldcup.com 1999 Rugby World Cup Reports and Statistics (Archived) 1999 Rugby World Cup https://web.archive.org/web/20071012212754/http://worldcupweb.com/wcrugby/results/1999.asp 12 October 2007 on Worldcupweb.com Statistics on ESPN Scrum Category:International rugby union competitions hosted by England Category:International rugby union competitions hosted by France Category:International rugby union competitions hosted by Ireland Category:International rugby union competitions hosted by Scotland Category:International rugby union competitions hosted by Wales 1999 Category:1999 rugby union tournaments for national teams Category:1999–2000 in French rugby union Category:1999–2000 in English rugby union Category:1999–2000 in Irish rugby union Category:1999–2000 in Scottish rugby union Category:1999–2000 in Welsh rugby union Rugby Rugby