Rugby World Cup - Twickenham, 30 October 1999, 14:00 local, 13:00 GMT
Australia (12) 27 - 21 (6) South Africa (FT)

Match coverage:  Report | Report

Timeline

Time Australia  Score  South Africa
12 Burke - penalty goal 3 - 0
22 Burke - penalty goal 6 - 0
24 6 - 3 de Beer - penalty goal
26 Burke - penalty goal 9 - 3
36 9 - 6 de Beer - penalty goal
40 Burke - penalty goal 12 - 6
44 12 - 9 de Beer - penalty goal
51 12 - 12 de Beer - drop goal
58 Finegan - sub on
Cockbain - sub off
59 du Randt - sub off
le Roux - sub on
61 Little - sub on
Tune - sub off
65 Burke - penalty goal 15 - 12
69 van den Berg - sub on
Andrews - sub off
72 Kayser - sub off
Terblanche - sub on
74 Horan - sub off
Grey - sub on
75 Burke - penalty goal 18 - 12
79 18 - 15 de Beer - penalty goal
80 Muller - sub off
Honiball - sub on
80+3 18 - 18 de Beer - penalty goal
80+6 Burke - penalty goal 21 - 18
80+7 21 - 21 de Beer - penalty goal
80+12 Giffin - sub off
Connors - sub on
80+13 Larkham - drop goal 24 - 21
80+17 Burke - penalty goal 27 - 21

Notes

 
Result Australia won by a margin of 6 points
 
Ground name Twickenham Stadium, London (neutral venue)
Attendance 73000
 
Referee WD Bevan (Wales)
 
Australia Test debuts none
South Africa Test debuts none
 
Match notes final score after extra time (full time score: 18-18)

Teams

Australia South Africa
Pens Burke (12, 22, 26, 40, 65, 75, 80, 80) Pens de Beer (24, 36, 44, 79, 80, 80)
Drops Larkham (80) Drops de Beer (51)
    Team
15 FB
Matt Burke
14 W
Ben Tune
13 C
Dan Herbert
12 C
Tim Horan
11 W
Joe Roff
10 FH
Stephen Larkham
9 SH
George Gregan
1 P
Richard Harry
2 H
Michael Foley
3 P
Andrew Blades
4 L
David Giffin
5 L
John Eales (c)
6 F
Matt Cockbain
7 F
David Wilson
8 N8
Toutai Kefu
    Replacements
16 C
Jason Little
17 C
Nathan Grey
18
Chris Whitaker
19 L
Mark Connors
20 F
Owen Finegan
21
Rod Moore
22
Jeremy Paul
    Team
15 FB
Percy Montgomery
14 W
Deon Kayser
13 C
Robbie Fleck
12 C
Pieter Muller
11 W
Pieter Rossouw
10 FH
Jannie de Beer
9 SH
Joost van der Westhuizen (c)
1 P
Os du Randt
2 H
Naka Drotske
3 P
Cobus Visagie
4 L
Krynauw Otto
5 L
Mark Andrews
6 F
Johan Erasmus
7 F
Andre Venter
8 N8
Bobby Skinstad
    Replacements
16 W
Stefan Terblanche
17 C
Henry Honiball
18 N8
Andre Vos
19 L
Albert van den Berg
20 P
Ollie le Roux
21
Werner Swanepoel
22
Chris Rossouw

Match stats

Australia   South Africa
0 Tries 0
0 from 0 Conversion goals 0 from 0
8 from 8 Penalty goals 6 from 6
100.0% Kick at goal success 100.0%
1 Dropped goals 1
Kick/pass/run
54 Kicks from hand 50
133 Passes 137
93 Runs 114
421 Metres run with ball 436
Attacking
8 Clean breaks 6
23 Defenders beaten 18
9 Offloads 16
60 from 64 (93.8%) Rucks won 78 from 81 (96.3%)
0 from 0 Mauls won 0 from 0
13 Turnovers conceded 18
Defensive
114/18 Tackles made/missed 94/23
86.0% Tackling success rate 80.0%
Set pieces
11 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Scrums on own feed 7 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
21 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Lineouts on own throw 21 won, 2 lost (91.3%)
Discipline
16 Penalties conceded 15
0/0 Yellow/red cards 0/0

Aust stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Burke 0/0 24 13/2/12 72 1 2 1 1 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Tune 0/0 0 2/1/5 14 1 2 0 1 1/1 0/0 2 0/0
C Herbert 0/0 0 1/0/10 20 0 1 0 2 2/2 0/0 1 0/0
C Horan 0/0 0 3/7/9 101 3 9 2 0 3/0 0/0 2 0/0
W Roff 0/0 0 8/4/7 62 1 1 2 2 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
FH Larkham 0/0 3 20/28/12 40 1 1 0 4 8/0 0/0 1 0/0
SH Gregan 0/0 0 3/69/5 11 0 0 1 1 15/1 0/0 1 0/0
P Harry 0/0 0 0/0/1 1 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 1 0/0
H Foley 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 10/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Blades 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 6/3 0/0 1 0/0
L Giffin 0/0 0 0/5/1 2 0 1 0 0 9/2 8/1 1 0/0
L Eales 0/0 0 2/5/4 18 1 0 0 1 10/0 8/0 0 0/0
F Cockbain 0/0 0 0/3/1 0 0 0 0 0 8/1 3/0 0 0/0
F Wilson 0/0 0 0/3/3 4 0 0 0 0 12/3 0/0 3 0/0
N8 Kefu 0/0 0 1/3/14 54 0 5 2 1 15/0 1/0 0 0/0
(C) Little 0/0 0 1/2/2 10 0 0 1 0 1/2 0/0 0 0/0
(C) Grey 0/0 0 0/1/3 7 0 1 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Connors 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 1/0 0 0/0
(F) Finegan 0/0 0 0/0/4 5 0 0 0 0 5/2 0/0 1 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

SA stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Montgomery 0/0 0 12/4/7 61 0 4 1 0 2/3 0/0 0 0/0
W Kayser 0/0 0 0/1/3 0 0 0 1 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Fleck 0/0 0 1/5/8 27 1 2 2 1 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Muller 0/0 0 1/5/7 9 0 0 2 1 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
W PWG Rossouw 0/0 0 2/6/13 98 0 2 4 4 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
FH de Beer 0/0 21 26/10/4 11 0 0 0 2 10/1 0/0 1 0/0
SH van der Westhuizen 0/0 0 3/63/10 106 4 5 2 5 10/0 1/0 2 0/0
P du Randt 0/0 0 0/7/7 17 0 0 0 1 1/0 1/0 1 0/0
H Drotske 0/0 0 0/5/7 3 0 0 0 0 3/1 0/0 1 0/0
P Visagie 0/0 0 0/2/2 0 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
L Otto 0/0 0 0/2/1 0 0 0 0 0 10/1 3/0 1 0/0
L Andrews 0/0 0 0/0/6 12 0 2 0 0 2/0 4/0 2 0/0
F Erasmus 0/0 0 1/11/10 20 0 0 0 1 7/6 0/0 3 0/0
F Venter 0/0 0 0/4/7 11 0 0 2 1 11/3 1/0 0 0/0
N8 Skinstad 0/0 0 1/5/5 6 0 0 2 0 11/2 2/0 0 0/0
(W) Terblanche 0/0 0 2/3/4 34 1 1 0 1 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(C) Honiball 0/0 0 1/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(N8) Vos 0/0 0 0/0/4 6 0 1 0 0 6/3 0/0 0 0/0
(L) van den Berg 0/0 0 0/3/0 0 0 0 0 0 4/0 9/0 2 0/0
(P) le Roux 0/0 0 0/1/9 15 0 1 0 1 0/1 0/0 1 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

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