Rugby World Cup - Millennium Stadium, 6 November 1999, 15:00 local, 15:00 GMT
Australia (12) 35 - 12 (6) France (FT)

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Timeline

Time Australia  Score  France
1 0 - 3 Lamaison - penalty goal
4 Burke - penalty goal 3 - 3
11 3 - 6 Lamaison - penalty goal
14 Burke - penalty goal 6 - 6
20 Magne - sub off
Costes - sub on
23 Costes - sub off
Magne - sub on
24 Burke - penalty goal 9 - 6
40 Juillet - sub off
Brouzet - sub on
40+3 Burke - penalty goal 12 - 6
45 Burke - penalty goal 15 - 6
46 Little - sub on
Herbert - sub off
47 de Villiers - sub on
Soulette - sub off
51 15 - 9 Lamaison - penalty goal
52 Cockbain - sub off
Finegan - sub on
58 Burke - penalty goal 18 - 9
60 18 - 12 Lamaison - penalty goal
64 Burke - penalty goal 21 - 12
65 Burke - conversion
Tune - try		 28 - 12
67 Garbajosa - sub off
Costes - sub on
Lievremont - sub off
Mola - sub on
73 Connors - sub on
Wilson - sub off
74 Harry - sub off
Crowley - sub on
77 Galthie - sub off
Castaignede - sub on
80 Ibanez - sub off
dal Maso - sub on
80+5 Paul - sub on
Finegan - try
Foley - sub off
Burke - conversion		 35 - 12
80+8 Horan - sub off
Grey - sub on
Whitaker - sub on
Gregan - sub off

Notes

 
Result Australia won by a margin of 23 points
 
Ground name Millennium Stadium, Cardiff (neutral venue)
Attendance 72500
 
Referee AJ Watson (South Africa)
 
Australia Test debuts none
France Test debuts none

Teams

Australia France
Tries Tune (65), Finegan (80) Tries none
Cons Burke (65, 80) Cons none
Pens Burke (4, 14, 24, 40, 45, 58, 64) Pens Lamaison (1, 11, 51, 60)
    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 SH
Chris Whitaker
18 F
Mark Connors
19 F
Owen Finegan
20 P
Dan Crowley
21 H
Jeremy Paul
22 C
Nathan Grey
    Team
15 FB
Xavier Garbajosa
14 W
Philippe Bernat-Salles
13 C
Richard Dourthe
12 C
Emile Ntamack
11 W
Christophe Dominici
10 FH
Christophe Lamaison
9 SH
Fabien Galthie
1 P
Cedric Soulette
2 H
Raphael Ibanez (c)
3 P
Franck Tournaire
4 L
Abdelatif Benazzi
5 L
Fabien Pelous
6 F
Marc Lievremont
7 F
Olivier Magne
8 N8
Christophe Juillet
    Replacements
16 W
Ugo Mola
17 C
Stephane Glas
18 SH
Stephane Castaignede
19 F
Arnaud Costes
20 L
Olivier Brouzet
21 P
Pieter de Villiers
22 H
Marc dal Maso

Match stats

Australia   France
2 Tries 0
2 from 2 Conversion goals 0 from 0
7 from 7 Penalty goals 4 from 4
100.0% Kick at goal success 100.0%
0 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
29 Kicks from hand 18
128 Passes 91
94 Runs 79
351 Metres run with ball 292
Attacking
100% Possession 0%
10 Clean breaks 3
28 Defenders beaten 14
6 Offloads 6
70 from 74 (94.6%) Rucks won 49 from 53 (92.5%)
0 from 0 Mauls won 0 from 0
13 Turnovers conceded 19
Defensive
82/14 Tackles made/missed 115/28
85.0% Tackling success rate 80.0%
Set pieces
7 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Scrums on own feed 7 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
12 won, 1 lost (92.3%) Lineouts on own throw 12 won, 2 lost (85.7%)
Discipline
12 Penalties conceded 16
1/0 Yellow/red cards 1/0

Aust stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Burke 0/0 25 7/2/9 57 1 5 0 3 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Tune 1/0 5 0/1/10 47 0 5 1 1 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Herbert 0/0 0 0/3/5 30 1 1 0 0 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Horan 0/0 0 3/8/11 41 2 6 1 0 6/3 0/0 0 0/0
W Roff 0/0 0 1/4/7 46 2 4 2 2 3/2 0/0 0 0/0
FH Larkham 0/0 0 14/21/8 17 1 2 0 2 7/0 0/0 1 0/0
SH Gregan 0/1 0 4/67/6 8 0 0 1 1 2/2 0/0 0 0/0
P Harry 0/0 0 0/1/2 7 1 1 0 0 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
H Foley 0/0 0 0/0/5 1 0 0 0 0 7/0 0/0 3 0/0
P Blades 0/0 0 0/0/1 5 0 0 0 0 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
L Giffin 0/0 0 0/2/5 11 0 1 0 1 4/0 3/0 1 0/0
L Eales 0/0 0 0/7/1 9 1 0 0 0 8/1 8/1 3 1/0
F Cockbain 0/0 0 0/3/1 4 0 0 1 0 6/0 0/0 1 0/0
F Wilson 0/0 0 0/0/2 4 0 0 0 0 8/0 0/0 1 0/0
N8 Kefu 0/0 0 0/4/11 20 0 1 0 1 8/1 0/0 1 0/0
(C) Little 0/0 0 0/2/3 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(SH) Whitaker 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(F) Connors 0/0 0 0/0/1 2 0 0 0 1 2/0 1/0 0 0/0
(F) Finegan 1/1 5 0/3/6 42 1 2 0 1 2/2 0/1 1 0/0
(P) Crowley 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
(H) Paul 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(C) Grey 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 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

Fra stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Garbajosa 0/0 0 3/3/7 63 1 0 0 2 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Bernat-Salles 0/0 0 2/0/4 7 0 1 1 1 5/2 0/0 0 0/0
C Dourthe 0/0 0 1/2/4 17 0 1 1 3 1/2 0/0 1 0/0
C Ntamack 0/0 0 0/5/8 48 1 3 0 3 6/2 0/0 0 0/0
W Dominici 0/0 0 0/4/7 39 1 4 2 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Lamaison 0/0 12 7/21/3 21 0 3 0 0 10/1 0/0 1 0/0
SH Galthie 0/0 0 1/37/5 7 0 1 0 1 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Soulette 0/0 0 0/0/2 4 0 0 0 0 2/2 0/0 2 0/0
H Ibanez 0/0 0 0/0/4 5 0 0 0 0 11/2 0/0 1 0/0
P Tournaire 0/0 0 0/1/4 2 0 0 1 0 6/3 0/0 1 0/0
L Benazzi 0/0 0 0/0/6 13 0 0 0 2 9/5 1/1 0 0/0
L Pelous 0/0 0 0/2/6 22 0 1 0 1 9/3 5/0 1 1/0
F Lievremont 0/0 0 0/0/2 4 0 0 0 0 14/1 0/0 1 0/0
F Magne 0/0 0 0/1/8 5 0 0 1 4 8/2 4/0 3 0/0
N8 Juillet 0/0 0 0/3/0 0 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
(W) Mola 0/0 0 3/1/2 13 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(C) Glas 0/0 0 0/0/1 8 0 0 0 0 0/1 0/0 0 0/0
(SH) Castaignede 0/0 0 1/9/1 5 0 0 0 0 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
(F) Costes 0/0 0 0/0/2 6 0 0 0 1 3/1 1/0 0 0/0
(L) Brouzet 0/0 0 0/2/2 1 0 0 0 0 7/0 1/0 0 0/0
(P) de Villiers 0/0 0 0/0/1 2 0 0 0 1 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
(H) dal Maso 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 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

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