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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.
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1999 Rugby World Cup; Welsh: Cwpan Rygbi'r Byd 1999; Tournament details; Host nation Wales: Dates: 1 October – 6 November 1999: No. of nations: 20: Final positions; Champions Australia (2nd title) Runner-up France: Third place South Africa: Tournament statistics; Matches played: 41: Attendance: 1,562,427 (38,108 per match) Top scorer(s ...
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1999 Rugby World Cup final . 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. Like in their semi-final ...
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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.
Spiro Zavos. First published in the Sydney Morning Herald on November 8, 1999. A souffle doesn't rise twice. The Wallabies won the world championship of rugby, the William Webb Ellis Cup, by the ...
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1999. 1999 Rugby World Cup. This was the first World Cup of the professional era, and the official host was Wales. In fact the majority of matches were played outside Wales, shared across England, France, Ireland and Scotland. But Wales hosted the opening ceremony, opening match, and the final, and hence took the 4 th and final automatic ...
Nov 6, 1999 · 1999: Aussies rule world again. World Cup final, 6 November 1999. Millennium Stadium, Cardiff. The last World Cup final was strangely reminiscent of the first. Australia 35. Tries: Tune, Finegan. Cons: Burke (2) Pens: Burke (7) France 12.
