1999 Five Nations Championship
1999 Five Nations Championship | |||
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Date | 6 February – 11 April 1999 | ||
Countries | England Ireland France Scotland Wales | ||
Tournament statistics | |||
Champions | Scotland (14th title) | ||
Calcutta Cup | England | ||
Millennium Trophy | England | ||
Centenary Quaich | Scotland | ||
Matches played | 10 | ||
Tries scored | 45 (4.5 per match) | ||
Top point scorer(s) | Neil Jenkins (64 points) | ||
Top try scorer(s) | Émile Ntamack Alan Tait (5 tries) | ||
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The 1999 Five Nations Championship (sponsored by Lloyds TSB) was the seventieth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the hundred-and-fifth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played over five weekends from 6 February to 11 April. The tournament was won by Scotland, who beat England on points difference. Scotland scored sixteen tries in the tournament, to England's eight.
It was notable for the dramatic climax to the tournament, which was decided in the dying minutes of the final match. England were heavy favourites to beat Wales and claim both the tournament title and Grand Slam. With England leading the match by six points as the game entered injury time, Wales centre Scott Gibbs evaded a number of tackles to score a try from approximately 20 metres. Neil Jenkins successfully converted to claim victory for Wales by a single point and hand the Championship to Scotland in one of the most memorable matches in the tournament's history. Scotland had staged their own remarkable upset the previous day, scoring five first-half tries to beat France in Paris for only the second time in thirty years.
Scotland's Gregor Townsend became only the fifth player in history to score a try against each other country in the five nations tournament. He also became the second Scotsman to do so, following on from Johnnie Wallace in 1925. The other men to achieve the feat were Carston Catcheside (England 1924), Patrick Estève (France 1983) and Phillipe Sella (France 1986). After him, French Philippe Bernat-Salles scored a try in the 5 games of the new '6 Nations' in 2001.
This was the last Five Nations Championship; in 2000, Italy joined the tournament, which became the Six Nations Championship. Indeed, Italy played all the Five Nations sides during the 1998/99 season, partly in preparation for joining the tournament the following year, albeit that the game against England (at Huddersfield) was a World Cup qualifier. Italy lost all five of these games.
England missed out on a twelfth Grand Slam after losing to Wales at Wembley Stadium.
Participants[]
The teams involved were:
Nation | Venue | City | Head coach | Captain |
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England | Twickenham | London | Clive Woodward | Lawrence Dallaglio |
France | Stade de France | Saint-Denis | Jean-Claude Skrela | Raphaël Ibañez |
Ireland | Lansdowne Road | Dublin | Warren Gatland | Keith Wood |
Scotland | Murrayfield | Edinburgh | Jim Telfer | Gary Armstrong |
Wales | Wembley Stadium[1] | London | Graham Henry | Rob Howley |
Squads[]
Table[]
Position | Nation | Games | Points | Table points | ||||||
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Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference | Tries | |||
1 | Scotland | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 120 | 79 | +41 | 16 | 6 |
2 | England | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 103 | 78 | +25 | 8 | 6 |
3 | Wales | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 109 | 126 | −17 | 9 | 4 |
4 | Ireland | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 66 | 90 | −24 | 3 | 2 |
5 | France | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 75 | 100 | −25 | 9 | 2 |
Results[]
Week 1[]
6 February 1999
14:15 |
Ireland | 9–10 | France |
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Pen: Humphreys (3) | Report | Try: Dourthe Con: Castaignède Pen: Castaignède |
6 February 1999
16:15 |
Scotland | 33–20 | Wales |
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Tries: Townsend Leslie S. Murray Tait Con: Logan (2) Pen: Logan (2) Hodge |
report | Tries: James Gibbs Con: Jenkins (2) Pen: Jenkins (2) |
Week 2[]
20 February 1999
15:00 |
England | 24–21 | Scotland |
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Tries: Beal Luger Rodber Con: Wilkinson (3) Pen: Wilkinson |
Report | Tries: Tait (2) Townsend Con: Logan (3) |
20 February 1999
15:00 |
Wales | 23–29 | Ireland |
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Tries: Howarth C. Quinnell Con: Jenkins (2) Pen: Jenkins (3) |
Report | Tries: Maggs Wood Con: Humphreys (2) Pen: Humphreys (3) Drop: Humphreys (2) |
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 76,000 Referee: S. M. Young (Australia) |
Week 3[]
6 March 1999
14:00 |
France | 33–34 | Wales |
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Tries: Ntamack (3) Castaignède Con: Castaignède (2) Pen: Castaignède (3) |
Report | Tries: James C. Quinnell Charvis Con: Jenkins (2) Pen: Jenkins (5) |
6 March 1999
16:00 |
Ireland | 15–27 | England |
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Pen: Humphreys (5) | Report | Tries: Perry Rodber Con: Wilkinson Pen: Wilkinson (4) Drop: Grayson |
Week 4[]
20 March 1999
15:00 |
England | 21–10 | France |
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Pen: Wilkinson (7) | Report | Try: Comba Con: Castaignède Pen: Castaignède |
Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 75,000 Referee: C. J. Hawke (Scotland), Jim Fleming (Scotland), after extra-time |
20 March 1999
15:00 |
Scotland | 30–13 | Ireland |
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Tries: C. Murray (2) Townsend Grimes Con: Logan (2) Pen: Logan (2) |
Report | Try: Penalty Try Con: Humphreys Pen: Humphreys (2) |
Week 5[]
10 April 1999
14:00 |
France | 22–36 | Scotland |
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Tries: Ntamack Dominici Juillet Con: Aucagne (2) Pen: Aucagne |
Report | Tries: Tait (2) Townsend Leslie (2) Con: Logan (4) Pen: Logan |
11 April 1999
16:00 |
Wales | 32–31 | England |
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Tries: Howarth Gibbs Con: Jenkins (2) Pen: Jenkins (6) |
Report | Tries: Luger Hanley Hill Con: Wilkinson (2) Pen: Wilkinson (4) |
References[]
- ^ Wales home matches were played at Wembley due to the ongoing construction of the Millennium Stadium
External links[]
- The official RBS Six Nations Site
- 1999 championship results on ESPN Scrum
- 1999 rugby union tournaments for national teams
- Six Nations Championship seasons
- 1998–99 in European rugby union
- 1998–99 in Irish rugby union
- 1998–99 in English rugby union
- 1998–99 in Welsh rugby union
- 1998–99 in Scottish rugby union
- 1998–99 in French rugby union
- February 1999 sports events in Europe
- March 1999 sports events in Europe
- April 1999 sports events in Europe