Rugby World Cup - Stade de France, 24 October 1999, 12:00 local, 10:00 GMT
England (12) 21 - 44 (16) South Africa (FT)

Match coverage:  Report

Timeline

Time England  Score  South Africa
2 Grayson - penalty goal 3 - 0
4 3 - 3 de Beer - penalty goal
6 Grayson - penalty goal 6 - 3
9 6 - 6 de Beer - penalty goal
11 Grayson - penalty goal 9 - 6
17 Grayson - penalty goal 12 - 6
24 12 - 9 de Beer - penalty goal
36 12 - 16 de Beer - conversion
van der Westhuizen - try
42 Grayson - penalty goal 15 - 16
43 15 - 19 de Beer - drop goal
45 15 - 22 de Beer - drop goal
48 Grayson - penalty goal 18 - 22
53 18 - 25 de Beer - drop goal
55 Wilkinson - sub on
Healey - sub on
Beal - sub off
Grayson - sub off
62 du Randt - sub off
le Roux - sub on
63 Wilkinson - penalty goal 21 - 25
64 Kayser - sub off
Terblanche - sub on
67 van den Berg - sub on
Andrews - sub off
71 Catt - sub on
de Glanville - sub off		 21 - 28 de Beer - drop goal
72 Dawson - sub off
Corry - sub on
74 21 - 31 de Beer - drop goal
76 Skinstad - sub off
Vos - sub on
78 21 - 34 de Beer - penalty goal
80+1 21 - 37 de Beer - penalty goal
80+3 21 - 44 de Beer - conversion
PWG Rossouw - try

Notes

 
Result South Africa won by a margin of 23 points
 
Ground name Stade de France, Paris (neutral venue)
Attendance 75000
 
Referee JM Fleming (Scotland)
 
England Test debuts none
South Africa Test debuts none

Teams

England South Africa
Tries none Tries van der Westhuizen (36), PWG Rossouw (80)
Cons none Cons de Beer (36, 80)
Pens Grayson (2, 6, 11, 17, 42, 48), Wilkinson (63) Pens de Beer (4, 9, 24, 78, 80)
Drops none Drops de Beer (43, 45, 53, 71, 74)
    Team
15 FB
Matt Perry
14 W
Nick Beal
13 C
Will Greenwood
12 C
Phil de Glanville
11 W
Dan Luger
10 FH
Paul Grayson
9 SH
Matt Dawson
1 P
Jason Leonard
2 H
Phil Greening
3 P
Phil Vickery
4 L
Martin Johnson (c)
5 L
Danny Grewcock
6 F
Richard Hill
7 F
Neil Back
8 N8
Lawrence Dallaglio
    Replacements
16 W
Austin Healey
17 C
Mike Catt
18 FH
Jonny Wilkinson
19 W
Martin Corry
20
Tim Rodber
21
Darren Garforth
22
Richard Cockerill
    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 N8
Andre Vos
18 L
Albert van den Berg
19 P
Ollie le Roux
20
Henry Honiball
21
Werner Swanepoel
22
Chris Rossouw

Match stats

England   South Africa
0 Tries 2
0 from 0 Conversion goals 2 from 2
7 from 7 Penalty goals 5 from 5
100.0% Kick at goal success 100.0%
0 Dropped goals 5
Kick/pass/run
31 Kicks from hand 54
140 Passes 86
115 Runs 64
545 Metres run with ball 228
Attacking
0% (0%/0%) Possession (1H/2H) 100% (100%/100%)
8 Clean breaks 1
23 Defenders beaten 8
14 Offloads 11
58 from 68 (85.3%) Rucks won 37 from 40 (92.5%)
0 from 0 Mauls won 0 from 0
25 Turnovers conceded 11
Defensive
45/8 Tackles made/missed 92/23
85.0% Tackling success rate 80.0%
Set pieces
6 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Scrums on own feed 11 won, 2 lost (84.6%)
22 won, 2 lost (91.7%) Lineouts on own throw 14 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
Discipline
6 Penalties conceded 17
0/0 Yellow/red cards 0/0

Eng stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Perry 0/0 0 6/11/18 123 0 2 1 5 0/0 1/0 0 0/0
W Beal 0/0 0 1/4/7 74 3 3 1 1 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Greenwood 0/0 0 0/9/7 9 0 1 0 2 0/1 0/0 1 0/0
C de Glanville 0/0 0 2/9/8 10 0 1 3 3 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Luger 0/0 0 1/3/10 106 2 6 1 1 0/0 1/0 0 0/0
FH Grayson 0/0 18 12/12/6 10 0 0 0 1 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
SH Dawson 0/0 0 6/43/10 50 0 3 1 3 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Leonard 0/0 0 0/2/3 3 0 0 0 2 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
H Greening 0/0 0 0/3/3 4 0 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 1 0/0
P Vickery 0/0 0 0/0/3 1 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 1 0/0
L Johnson 0/0 0 0/5/2 7 0 0 1 0 5/2 5/0 0 0/0
L Grewcock 0/0 0 0/0/3 7 0 0 0 1 5/0 9/0 1 0/0
F Hill 0/0 0 0/1/4 29 2 3 0 0 4/1 1/0 0 0/0
F Back 0/0 0 0/4/8 17 0 1 0 0 9/0 1/0 0 0/0
N8 Dallaglio 0/0 0 0/7/8 20 0 2 2 1 5/0 2/0 0 0/0
(W) Healey 0/0 0 2/8/4 26 0 0 2 0 1/0 1/0 0 0/0
(C) Catt 0/0 0 0/3/2 24 1 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) Wilkinson 0/0 3 1/15/7 16 0 1 2 2 1/2 0/0 1 0/0
(W) Corry 0/0 0 0/1/2 9 0 0 0 2 1/0 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 20/2/9 47 1 0 1 1 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Kayser 0/0 0 0/4/2 1 0 0 1 1 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Fleck 0/0 0 1/0/2 21 0 1 0 0 8/2 0/0 1 0/0
C Muller 0/1 0 0/4/8 20 0 3 4 0 7/4 0/0 1 0/0
W PWG Rossouw 1/0 5 4/3/6 23 0 1 1 1 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
FH de Beer 0/1 34 18/2/4 25 0 1 0 3 9/0 0/0 0 0/0
SH van der Westhuizen 1/0 5 6/45/8 44 0 2 2 0 4/0 0/0 2 0/0
P du Randt 0/0 0 0/3/2 0 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 1 0/0
H Drotske 0/0 0 1/2/4 3 0 0 0 3 9/0 0/0 1 0/0
P Visagie 0/0 0 0/0/2 2 0 0 0 0 6/2 0/0 1 0/0
L Otto 0/0 0 0/1/0 0 0 0 0 0 3/1 3/0 4 0/0
L Andrews 0/0 0 1/1/1 10 0 0 0 0 2/2 7/0 0 0/0
F Erasmus 0/0 0 0/7/6 9 0 0 0 1 11/1 0/0 4 0/0
F Venter 0/0 0 0/3/5 13 0 0 0 0 6/3 2/0 2 0/0
N8 Skinstad 0/0 0 2/6/3 2 0 0 2 1 5/3 2/0 0 0/0
(W) Terblanche 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
(N8) Vos 0/0 0 0/1/1 7 0 0 0 0 1/1 0/1 0 0/0
(L) van den Berg 0/0 0 1/1/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 1 0/0
(P) le Roux 0/0 0 0/1/1 1 0 0 0 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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