1999 Heineken Cup Final
Event | 1998–99 Heineken Cup | ||||||
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Date | 30 January 1999 | ||||||
Venue | Lansdowne Road, Dublin | ||||||
Man of the Match | Jonny Bell (Ulster) | ||||||
Referee | (Wales) | ||||||
Attendance | 49,000 | ||||||
The 1999 Heineken Cup Final was the final match of the 1998–99 Heineken Cup, the fourth season of Europe's top club rugby union competition. The match was played on 30 January 1999 at Lansdowne Road in Dublin. The match was contested by Ulster of Ireland and Colomiers of France. Ulster won the match 21–6.
Colomiers opened the scoring through a Laurent Labit penalty, Ulster fullback responded with four of his own before half-time. After the break, captain and fly-half David Humphreys added a drop goal, before Colomiers recorded another penalty from substitute , but Mason was able to kick two more for Ulster to put the match out of Colomiers' reach. Ulster centre Jonny Bell was named as man of the match.[1][2]
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Man of the Match:
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See also[]
References[]
- ^ "The Fourth Heineken Cup Final". epcrugby.com. European Rugby Cup. 30 January 1999. Archived from the original on 2018-04-23. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
- ^ "Rugby Union: European Cup final - Ulster take a red-carpet ride". The Independent. 31 January 1999. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
Categories:
- 1998–99 Heineken Cup
- Heineken Cup finals
- 1999 in Northern Ireland sport
- 1998–99 in Irish rugby union
- 1998–99 in French rugby union
- US Colomiers matches
- Ulster Rugby matches