1999 Rugby World Cup statistics

This article documents statistics from the 1999 Rugby World Cup, principally hosted in Wales from 1 October to 6 November.

Team statistics

The following table shows the team's results in major statistical categories.^[1]

Team statistics
Team	Played	Won	Lost	Points difference	Tries	Conversions	Penalties	Drop goals
Australia	6	6	0	148	24	19	20	1
France	6	5	1	66	22	17	20	2
South Africa	6	5	1	118	21	18	18	8
New Zealand	6	4	2	144	29	22	22	0
Argentina	5	3	2	15	6	4	32	1
England	5	3	2	135	26	21	26	0
Scotland	5	3	2	65	20	14	12	3
Fiji	4	2	2	35	17	15	10	1
Ireland	4	2	2	51	12	11	12	2
Samoa	4	2	2	10	13	11	10	0
Wales	4	2	2	32	14	12	11	0
Canada	3	1	2	32	12	12	9	1
Romania	3	1	2	−76	5	2	7	0
Tonga	3	1	2	−124	4	3	6	1
Uruguay	3	1	2	−55	4	2	6	0
Italy	3	0	3	−161	2	2	7	0
Japan	3	0	3	−104	2	1	8	0
Namibia	3	0	3	−144	4	2	6	0
Spain	3	0	3	−104	0	0	6	0
United States	3	0	3	−83	5	3	6	1

Top 10 point scorers^[2]^[3]
Player	Team	Position	Played	Tries	Conversions	Penalties	Drop goals	Total points
Gonzalo Quesada	Argentina	Fly-half	5	0	3	31	1	102
Matt Burke	Australia	Full-back	6	2	17	19	0	101
Jannie de Beer	South Africa	Fly-half	5	0	17	15	6	97
Andrew Mehrtens	New Zealand	First five-eighth	5	0	11	19	0	79
Jonny Wilkinson	England	Fly-half	4	1	8	16	0	69
Christophe Lamaison	France	Fly-half	6	1	9	12	2	65
Silao Leaega	Samoa	Wing	4	2	11	10	0	62
Neil Jenkins	Wales	Fly-half	4	0	12	11	0	57
Paul Grayson	England	Fly-half	4	0	12	10	0	54
Kenny Logan	Scotland	Wing	4	0	9	11	0	51

Top 10 try scorers^[4]^[5]
Player	Team	Position	Played	Tries	Total points
Jonah Lomu	New Zealand	Wing	6	8	40
Jeff Wilson	New Zealand	Wing	6	6	30
Dan Luger	England	Wing	5	4	20
Keith Wood	Ireland	Hooker	4	4	20
Philippe Bernat-Salles	France	Wing	5	4	20
Viliame Satala	Fiji	Centre	4	4	20
Ben Tune	Australia	Wing	5	3	15
Brian Lima	Samoa	Wing	4	3	15
Cameron Murray	Scotland	Wing	5	3	15
Émile Ntamack	France	Wing	6	3	15

Unless otherwise noted, players in this list scored a hat-trick of tries.

No.	Player	For	Against	Stage	Result	Venue	Date
1	Keith Wood^T4	Ireland	United States	Pool	53–8	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	2 October 1999
2	Toutai Kefu	Australia	Romania	Pool	57–9	Ravenhill, Belfast	3 October 1999
3	Ugo Mola	France	Namibia	Pool	47–13	Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux	8 October 1999
4	Jeff Wilson	New Zealand	Italy	Pool	101–3	Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield	14 October 1999
5	Jannie De Beer^D5	South Africa	England	Quarter-final	44–21	Stade de France, Saint-Denis	24 October 1999

Key
^D5	Scored five drop goals
^T4	Scored four tries

Stadium	City	Capacity	Matches played	Overall attendance	Average attendance per match	Average attendance as % of capacity	Tries scored	Avg. tries scored / match	Overall points scored	Avg. points scored / match
Stade de France	Saint-Denis	80,000	1	75,000	75,000	93.75%	2	2.00	65	65.00
Twickenham	London	75,000	6	414,955	69,159	92.21%	41	6.83	422	70.33
Millennium Stadium	Cardiff	74,500	7	458,000	65,429	87.82%	29	4.14	354	50.57
Murrayfield	Edinburgh	67,500	6	169,187	28,198	41.77%	39	6.50	331	55.17
Hampden Park	Glasgow	52,500	1	3,500	3,500	6.67%	5	5.00	42	42.00
Lansdowne Road	Dublin	49,250	5	155,250	31,050	63.05%	30	6.00	270	54.00
Stade Félix Bollaert	Lens	41,800	1	22,000	22,000	52.63%	1	1.00	52	52.00
Parc Lescure	Bordeaux	38,327	2	61,030	30,515	79.62%	12	6.00	120	60.00
Stadium de Toulouse	Toulouse	37,000	2	64,000	32,000	86.49%	14	7.00	130	65.00
McAlpine Stadium	Huddersfield	24,500	1	24,000	24,000	97.96%	14	14.00	104	104.00
Ashton Gate Stadium	Bristol	21,500	1	22,000	22,000	102.33%	5	5.00	54	54.00
Stade de la Méditerranée	Béziers	18,000	2	28,000	14,000	77.78%	17	8.50	138	69.00
Welford Road Stadium	Leicester	16,500	1	10,244	10,244	62.08%	4	4.00	53	53.00
Racecourse Ground	Wrexham	15,500	1	15,000	15,000	96.77%	5	5.00	52	52.00
Thomond Park	Limerick	13,500	1	13,000	13,000	96.30%	9	9.00	74	74.00
Ravenhill	Belfast	12,500	1	12,500	12,500	100.00%	9	9.00	66	66.00
Stradey Park	Llanelli	10,800	1	11,000	11,000	101.85%	2	2.00	48	48.00
Netherdale	Galashiels	6,000	1	3,761	3,761	62.68%	4	4.00	42	42.00
Total		2,104,504	41	1,562,427	38,108	76.48%	242	5.93	2,417	58.95

v t e 1999 Rugby World Cup
Stages	Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Pool E Knockout stage Final
General	Qualifying Squads Statistics

v t e 1999 Rugby World Cup finalists
Champions	Australia
Runner-up	France
Third place	South Africa
Fourth place	New Zealand
Quarter-finals	England, Wales, Scotland, Argentina
Quarter-final play-offs	Fiji, Samoa, Ireland
Pool stage	Uruguay, Spain, Tonga, Italy, Canada, Namibia, Japan, Romania, United States

v t e Rugby World Cup
Tournaments	Australia / New Zealand 1987 England / France / Ireland / Scotland / Wales 1991 South Africa 1995 Wales 1999 Australia 2003 France 2007 New Zealand 2011 England 2015 Japan 2019 France 2023 Australia 2027 United States 2031
Qualifying	1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 2027 2031
Knockout stages	1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 2027 2031
Finals	1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 2027 2031
Squads	1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 2027 2031
Statistics	1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 2027 2031
Overview	History Hosts Qualification Theme song Trophy
Overall records	All-time table Hat-tricks Multiple winners Records and statistics Red cards Team appearances Try scorers
Notes: There was no qualification for the 1987 World Cup as places were given by invitation only.

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