Rugby World Cup - Murrayfield, 24 October 1999, 17:00 local, 16:00 GMT
Scotland (3) 18 - 30 (25) New Zealand (FT)

Match coverage:  Report

Timeline

Time Scotland  Score  New Zealand
7 0 - 3 Mehrtens - penalty goal
12 0 - 10 Umaga - try
Mehrtens - conversion
14 0 - 17 Mehrtens - conversion
Wilson - try
20 Logan - penalty goal 3 - 17
24 3 - 20 Mehrtens - penalty goal
40 3 - 25 Mehrtens - sub off
Umaga - try
Brown - sub on
48 Townsend - drop goal 6 - 25
54 Weir - sub off
Grimes - sub on
Graham - sub on
Burnell - sub off
60 6 - 30 Hammett - sub on
Lomu - try
Oliver - sub off
62 Maxwell - sub off
Jones - sub on
66 Logan - conversion
Pountney - try		 13 - 30
68 Bulloch - sub off
Russell - sub on
74 Hoeft - sub off
Meeuws - sub on
76 Umaga - sub off
Gibson - sub on
80+1 CA Murray - try 18 - 30

Notes

 
Result New Zealand won by a margin of 12 points
 
Ground name Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Attendance 59757
 
Referee EF Morrison (England)
 
Scotland Test debuts none
New Zealand Test debuts none

Teams

Scotland New Zealand
Tries Pountney (66), CA Murray (80) Tries Umaga (12, 40), Wilson (14), Lomu (60)
Cons Logan (66) Cons Mehrtens (12, 14)
Pens Logan (20) Pens Mehrtens (7, 24)
Drops Townsend (48) Drops none
    Team
15 FB
Glenn Metcalfe
14 W
Cammie Murray
13 C
Alan Tait
12 C
Jamie Mayer
11 W
Kenny Logan
10 FH
Gregor Townsend
9 SH
Gary Armstrong (c)
1 P
Tom Smith
2 H
Gordon Bulloch
3 P
Paul Burnell
4 L
Scott Murray
5 L
Doddie Weir
6 F
Martin Leslie
7 F
Budge Pountney
8 N8
Gordon Simpson
    Replacements
16 L
Stuart Grimes
17 P
George Graham
18 H
Robbie Russell
19
James McLaren
20
Duncan Hodge
21
Bryan Redpath
22
Cameron Mather
    Team
15 FB
Jeff Wilson
14 W
Tana Umaga
13 C
Christian Cullen
12 C
Alama Ieremia
11 W
Jonah Lomu
10 FH
Andrew Mehrtens
9 SH
Justin Marshall
1 P
Carl Hoeft
2 H
Anton Oliver
3 P
Craig Dowd
4 L
Norm Maxwell
5 L
Robin Brooke
6 F
Reuben Thorne
7 F
Josh Kronfeld
8 N8
Taine Randell (c)
    Replacements
16 C
Daryl Gibson
17 FH
Tony Brown
18 L
Ian Jones
19 P
Kees Meeuws
20 H
Mark Hammett
21
Byron Kelleher
22
Andrew Blowers

Match stats

Scotland   New Zealand
2 Tries 4
1 from 1 Conversion goals 2 from 2
1 from 1 Penalty goals 2 from 2
100.0% Kick at goal success 100.0%
1 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
34 Kicks from hand 34
96 Passes 123
104 Runs 93
399 Metres run with ball 496
Attacking
33% (0%/67%) Possession (1H/2H) 67% (100%/33%)
5 Clean breaks 11
10 Defenders beaten 27
13 Offloads 13
63 from 69 (91.3%) Rucks won 52 from 61 (85.2%)
0 from 0 Mauls won 0 from 0
27 Turnovers conceded 24
Defensive
98/27 Tackles made/missed 110/10
78.0% Tackling success rate 92.0%
Set pieces
14 won, 1 lost (93.3%) Scrums on own feed 15 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
12 won, 5 lost (70.6%) Lineouts on own throw 11 won, 8 lost (57.9%)
Discipline
9 Penalties conceded 8
0/0 Yellow/red cards 1/0

Scot stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Metcalfe 0/0 0 5/3/8 52 0 0 2 5 3/4 0/0 0 0/0
W CA Murray 1/0 5 1/0/11 57 2 3 0 3 6/3 0/0 0 0/0
C Tait 0/0 0 2/2/2 0 0 0 0 1 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Mayer 0/0 0 0/3/9 18 0 0 1 1 10/2 0/0 0 0/0
W Logan 0/0 5 2/1/6 37 1 1 0 4 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Townsend 0/0 3 14/17/5 32 0 2 2 5 6/8 0/0 0 0/0
SH Armstrong 0/0 0 9/48/12 59 0 1 5 2 10/2 0/0 2 0/0
P Smith 0/0 0 0/3/6 9 0 1 0 1 6/1 0/0 1 0/0
H Bulloch 0/0 0 0/3/4 11 0 0 1 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Burnell 0/0 0 0/1/1 1 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
L S Murray 0/0 0 0/2/8 17 0 0 0 2 5/1 7/2 0 0/0
L Weir 0/0 0 0/1/2 0 0 0 0 1 0/0 4/0 0 0/0
F Leslie 0/1 0 0/5/7 51 1 0 2 0 6/4 0/0 2 0/0
F Pountney 1/0 5 0/2/9 32 1 2 0 0 12/0 0/0 3 0/0
N8 Simpson 0/0 0 1/5/8 12 0 0 0 0 11/1 0/0 1 0/0
(L) Grimes 0/0 0 0/0/1 1 0 0 0 1 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Graham 0/0 0 0/0/3 0 0 0 0 1 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(H) Russell 0/0 0 0/0/2 10 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 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

NZ stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Wilson 1/0 5 4/8/6 43 1 2 1 3 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Umaga 2/0 10 1/5/9 77 2 2 2 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Cullen 0/2 0 0/5/6 72 2 4 0 4 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Ieremia 0/0 0 2/7/11 38 1 4 3 1 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Lomu 1/0 5 1/2/10 129 2 8 0 4 0/1 0/0 0 0/0
FH Mehrtens 0/1 10 9/12/4 33 1 3 0 2 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
SH Marshall 0/0 0 9/48/5 17 0 0 0 0 11/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Hoeft 0/0 0 0/2/4 3 0 0 0 0 9/0 0/0 1 0/0
H Oliver 0/0 0 0/0/3 10 0 0 0 2 2/1 0/0 2 0/0
P Dowd 0/0 0 0/1/3 7 0 0 1 1 7/0 0/0 0 0/0
L Maxwell 0/0 0 0/0/1 3 0 0 0 1 9/1 3/2 0 0/0
L Brooke 0/0 0 0/2/3 12 0 0 0 1 11/0 2/0 4 1/0
F Thorne 0/0 0 0/1/1 2 1 0 0 1 10/0 2/0 0 0/0
F Kronfeld 0/1 0 1/5/3 5 0 0 1 1 6/2 0/0 2 0/0
N8 Randell 0/0 0 0/8/9 12 0 2 2 0 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
(C) Gibson 0/0 0 0/0/3 4 1 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) Brown 0/0 0 7/12/5 15 0 2 1 2 9/1 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Jones 0/0 0 0/3/0 0 0 0 0 1 6/0 4/0 0 0/0
(P) Meeuws 0/0 0 0/1/4 11 0 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(H) Hammett 0/0 0 0/1/3 3 0 0 1 0 3/1 0/0 0 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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