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The 1999 Rugby World Cup Final was the final match in the 1999 Rugby World Cup. It was played at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales on 6 November 1999, between Australia and France with 72,500 in attendance. Australia won the game by 35 points to 12, and with it, their second World Cup, having also won the 1991 tournament in England.
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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 ...
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The 1999 Rugby World Cup final was a one-sided game. The final was contested by Australia and France at Millennium Stadium on 6 November 1999. Here, the Wallabies conquered Les Bleus 35-12. Australia played with a fervour that France just couldn’t match – even with their dirty tactics.
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- England’s game against New Zealand. It’s a very strange quirk of scheduling that England haven’t met New Zealand at a World Cup since 1999. For a little context, in the same period they’ve met Australia, France and South Africa three times each.
- Those crazy quarter-final play-offs. In 1999 the tournament expanded from 16 to 20 teams – and one of the strangest structures of any international tournaments.
- Five drop-goals from Jannie de Beer. It seems the drop-goal is going slightly out of fashion. When presented with an advantage in the opposition 22, teams are now more likely to attempt a risky try-scoring play, rather than sit deep in the pocket, spin it back and pop over the three points.
- France v New Zealand… how about that comeback. There was once a time when the All Blacks had a reputation for choking in the final stages of World Cup tournaments – after all, before 2011 they’d failed to win it for 24 years.
The 1999 Rugby World Cup (Welsh: Cwpan Rygbi'r Byd 1999 ), was the fourth Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial international rugby union championship, the first World Cup to be held in the sport's professional era. 1999 Rugby World Cup - WikiMili, The Best Wikipedia Reader
1999 Rugby World Cup. 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 ...
Aug 12, 2015 · Rewind to RWC 1999: Classic semi-finals raise bar. ... Reliving Rugby World Cup 1999. ESPN. Huw Richards. ... 1999 Factfile. Final: Australia 35-12 France
