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Men's Rugby World Cup 1999 · Ravenhill, Belfast · 3 October 1999Head-to-head
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Australia won by 48 points.Half-time 19–3 · Tries 9–0

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Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
AUS6310
ROU10222
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
AUS6/90/00
ROU0/03/30
← Romania attack · Australia 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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  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • 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
MinTeamWhatScore
3′AustraliaTry, Tim Horan, conversion missed5–0
8′AustraliaTry, Toutai Kefu, converted10–0
26′AustraliaTry, Toutai Kefu, converted17–3
44′AustraliaTry, Joe Roff24–3
45′AustraliaTry, Jason Little, converted29–3
49′AustraliaTry, Joe Roff, conversion missed36–3
65′AustraliaTry, Jeremy Paul, converted41–3
68′AustraliaTry, Matt Burke, converted48–3
79′AustraliaTry, Toutai Kefu, converted55–9
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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015304560HT0′20′40′60′80′
3′Tim Horan8′Toutai Kefu26′Toutai Kefu44′Joe Roff45′Jason Little49′Joe Roff65′Jeremy Paul68′Matt Burke79′Toutai Kefu
AUS

Team stats

ROU
100%Possession0%
115Carries62
604Metres gained197
22Clean breaks5
22Defenders beaten10
174Passes84
14Offloads4
63Tackles made102
10Tackles missed22
66/69Rucks won37/41
20/24Lineouts won7/11
12/12Scrums won14/14
12/12Mauls won2/3
7Penalties conceded14
47Kicks from hand45
Goal kicking
AUS conversions 6/9, penalties 0/0 · ROU conversions 0/0, penalties 3/3. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Richard HarryProp
  2. 2Phil KearnsHooker
  3. 3Andrew BladesProp
  4. 4David GiffinSecond row
  5. 5John EalesSecond row
  6. 6Owen FineganFlanker
  7. 7David WilsonFlanker
  8. 8Toutai KefuNumber 8
  9. 9George GreganScrum-half
  10. 10Rod KaferFly-half
  11. 11Jason LittleWing
  12. 12Tim HoranCentre
  13. 13Daniel HerbertCentre
  14. 14Ben TuneWing
  15. 15Matt BurkeFull-back
  16. 16Joe RoffBench
  17. 17Nathan GreyBench
  18. 18Chris WhitakerBench
  19. 19Tiaan StraussBench
  20. 20Mark ConnorsBench
  21. 21Dan CrowleyBench
  22. 22Jeremy PaulBench

Romania

  1. 1Constantin StanProp
  2. 2Petru BalanHooker
  3. 3Laurentu RotaruProp
  4. 4Tiberiu BrinzaSecond row
  5. 5Ovidiu SlusariucSecond row
  6. 6Adrian -Alin PetracheFlanker
  7. 7Erdinci SeptarFlanker
  8. 8Catalin DraguceanuNumber 8
  9. 9Petre MituScrum-half
  10. 10Roland VusecFly-half
  11. 11Gheorghe SolomieWing
  12. 12Romeo Stefan GontineacCentre
  13. 13Gabriel BrezoianuCentre
  14. 14Cristian SauanWing
  15. 15Mihai VioreanuFull-back
  16. 16Razvan MavrodinBench
  17. 17Marius IacobBench
  18. 18Ionut TofanBench
  19. 19Florin CorodeanuBench
  20. 20Daniel ChiriacBench
  21. 21Nicolae Dragos DimaBench
  22. 22Radu FugigiBench

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Context

All-time, Australia 3–0 Romania in 3 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Australia going in
Romania going in

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.