England 45–24 Fiji, 20 October 1999

Men's Rugby World Cup 1999 · Twickenham, London · 20 October 1999Head-to-head

Full-time report

ENGEngland45

FIJFiji24

England won by 21 points.Half-time 21–3 · Tries 4–3

Pitch map

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Tacklesmademissed

ENG9128

FIJ10228

Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops

ENG2/27/70

FIJ3/31/10

← Fiji attack · England attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band

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Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.

Tries and goal kicks as a table

Min	Team	What	Score
25′	England	Try, Dan Luger, converted	14–3
40′	England	Try, Neil Back	21–3
52′	Fiji	Try, Viliame Satala, converted	27–8
61′	England	Try, Nick Beal	35–10
63′	Fiji	Try, Imanueli Tikomaimakogai, converted	35–15
69′	England	Try, Phil Greening, converted	43–17
81′	Fiji	Try, Meli Nakauta, converted	45–22

Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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25′Dan Luger40′Neil Back52′Viliame Satala61′Nick Beal63′Imanueli Tikomaimakogai69′Phil Greening81′Meli Nakauta

ENG

Team stats

FIJ

57%Possession43%

139Carries116

664Metres gained657

14Clean breaks19

28Defenders beaten28

172Passes146

20Offloads13

91Tackles made102

28Tackles missed28

86/88Rucks won59/63

10/10Lineouts won11/13

6/6Scrums won11/12

11/13Mauls won7/7

12Penalties conceded14

35Kicks from hand36

Goal kicking
ENG conversions 2/2, penalties 7/7 · FIJ conversions 3/3, penalties 1/1. Pale segment = set piece lost.

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Line-ups

England

1Jason LeonardProp
2Phil GreeningHooker
3Darren GarforthProp
4Martin JohnsonSecond row
5Garath ArcherSecond row
6Joe WorsleyFlanker
7Neil BackFlanker
8Lawrence DallaglioNumber 8
9Austin HealeyScrum-half
10Jonny WilkinsonFly-half
11Dan LugerWing
12Mike CattCentre
13Will GreenwoodCentre
14Nick BealWing
15Matt PerryFull-back
16Phil De GlanvilleBench
17Paul GraysonBench
18Matt DawsonBench
19Richard HillBench
20Tim RodberBench
21Graham RowntreeBench
22Richard CockerillBench

Fiji

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Context

All-time, England 13–1 Fiji in 14 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

England going in

Fiji going in

Previous meeting: 20 July 1991, England 28–12 Fiji
Next meeting on record: 10 November 2012

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.