1999 Five Nations Championship

Rugby union competition October 2021 1999 Five Nations Championship 6 February – 11 April 1999 ENGIREFRA 1974SCOWAL SCO 14 10 45 WAL Neil Jenkins (64 points) FRA 1974 Émile NtamackSCO Alan Tait (5 tries) 1998 1998 Five Nations Championship 2000 2000 Six Nations Championship The 1999 Five Nations Championship (sponsored by Lloyds TSB) was the 70th series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations, this was the 105th series of the tournament. Ten matches were played over five weekends from 6 February to 11 April. The tournament was won by Scotland, who finished above England on points difference. It was notable for the dramatic climax to the tournament, which was decided in the dying minutes of the final match. England were heavy favourites to beat Wales and win the tournament and the grand slam. With England leading the match by six points as the clock passed 80 minutes, Wales centre Scott Gibbs evaded a number of tackles to score a try from approximately 20 metres. Neil Jenkins successfully converted to claim victory for Wales by a single point and hand the championship to Scotland in one of the most memorable matches in the tournament's history. Scotland had staged their own remarkable upset the previous day, scoring five first-half tries to beat France in Paris for only the second time in 30 years. Scotland's Gregor Townsend became only the fifth player in history to score a try against each other country in a single Five Nations tournament. He also became the second Scotsman to do so, following on from Johnnie Wallace in 1925. The others to achieve the feat were Carston Catcheside (England, 1924), Patrick Estève (France, 1983) and Phillipe Sella (France, 1986). This was the last Five Nations Championship; in 2000, Italy joined the tournament, which became the Six Nations Championship. Italy played all of the Five Nations sides during the 1998–99 season, partly in preparation for joining the tournament the following year, albeit the game against England (at Huddersfield) was a World Cup qualifier. Italy lost all the five games. Participants NationVenueCityHead coachCaptainENGTwickenham StadiumLondonClive WoodwardLawrence DallaglioFRA 1974Stade de FranceSaint-DenisJean-Claude SkrelaRaphaël IbañezIRELansdowne RoadDublinWarren GatlandKeith WoodSCOMurrayfield StadiumEdinburghJim TelferGary ArmstrongWALWembley StadiumWales's home matches were played at Wembley due to the ongoing construction of the Millennium StadiumLondonGraham HenryRob Howley Squads each nation's squad for the 1999 Five Nations Championship 1999 Five Nations Championship squads Table main Rugby Q n n 2 1 0 SCO SCO ENG ENG WAL WAL IRE IRE FRA FRA 1974 3 0 1 120 79 16 3 0 1 103 78 8 2 0 2 109 126 9 1 0 3 66 90 3 1 0 3 75 100 9 #ccffcc A complete Results Week 1 6 February 1999 14:15 IRE 9–10 Report FRA 1974 Humphreys (3) Dourthe Castaignède Castaignède Lansdowne Road, Dublin 49,000 Peter Marshall (Australia) 6 February 1999 16:15 SCO 33–20 report WAL TownsendLeslieS. MurrayTait Logan (2) Logan (2)Hodge JamesGibbs Jenkins (2) Jenkins (2) Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh 67,500 Ed Morrison (England) Week 2 20 February 1999 15:00 ENG 24–21 Report SCO BealLugerRodber Wilkinson (3) Wilkinson Tait (2)Townsend Logan (3) Twickenham Stadium, London 75,000 David McHugh (Ireland) 20 February 1999 15:00 WAL 23–29 Report IRE HowarthC. Quinnell Jenkins (2) Jenkins (3) MaggsWood Humphreys (2) Humphreys (3) Humphreys (2) Wembley Stadium, London 76,000 Scott Young (Australia) Week 3 6 March 1999 14:00 FRA 1974 33–34 https://archive.today/20130201051956/http://www.rbs6nations.com/en/matchcentre/7991.php?section=overview&fixid=26429 Report WAL Ntamack (3)Castaignède Castaignède (2) Castaignède (3) JamesC. QuinnellCharvis Jenkins (2) Jenkins (5) Stade de France, Saint-Denis 78,724 Jim Fleming (Scotland) 6 March 1999 16:00 IRE 15–27 Report ENG Humphreys (5) PerryRodber Wilkinson Wilkinson (4) Grayson Lansdowne Road, Dublin 49,000 Paddy O'Brien (New Zealand) Week 4 20 March 1999 15:00 ENG 21–10 Report FRA 1974 Wilkinson (7) Comba Castaignède Castaignède Twickenham Stadium, London 75,000 C. J. Hawke (New Zealand)replaced by Jim Fleming (Scotland), after 35 minutes 20 March 1999 15:00 SCO 30–13 Report IRE C. Murray (2)TownsendGrimes Logan (2) Logan (2) Penalty try Humphreys Humphreys (2) Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh 67,500 Derek Bevan (Wales) Week 5 10 April 1999 14:00 FRA 1974 22–36 SCO Report NtamackDominiciJuillet Aucagne (2) Aucagne Tait (2)TownsendLeslie (2) Logan (4) Logan Stade de France, Saint-Denis 78,500 Clayton Thomas (Wales) 11 April 1999 16:00 WAL 32–31 ENG Report HowarthGibbs Jenkins (2) Jenkins (6) LugerHanleyHill Wilkinson (2) Wilkinson (4) Wembley Stadium, London 76,000 André Watson (South Africa) References External links 1999 championship results on ESPN Scrum Category:1999 rugby union tournaments for national teams 1999 Category:1998–99 in Irish rugby union Category:1998–99 in English rugby union Category:1998–99 in Welsh rugby union Category:1998–99 in Scottish rugby union Category:1998–99 in French rugby union Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations