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Men's Rugby World Cup 1999 · Thomond Park, Limerick · 14 October 1999Head-to-head
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Australia won by 36 points.Half-time 22–10 · Tries 8–1

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Tacklesmademissed
AUS6615
USA5937
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
AUS6/61/10
USA1/13/31
← USA 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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  • 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
5′AustraliaTry, Stephen Larkham, converted5–0
17′AustraliaTry, Scott Staniforth, converted15–3
37′USATry, Juan Grobler, converted17–8
41′AustraliaTry, Michael Foley22–10
42′AustraliaTry, Scott Staniforth, converted27–10
46′AustraliaTry, Matt Burke34–10
68′AustraliaTry, Tiaan Strauss, converted39–19
74′AustraliaTry, Chris Latham, converted46–19
81′AustraliaTry, Chris Whitaker, converted53–19
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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5′Stephen Larkham17′Scott Staniforth37′Juan Grobler41′Michael Foley42′Scott Staniforth46′Matt Burke68′Tiaan Strauss74′Chris Latham81′Chris Whitaker
AUS

Team stats

USA
89%Possession11%
104Carries70
603Metres gained308
20Clean breaks6
37Defenders beaten15
122Passes89
12Offloads2
66Tackles made59
15Tackles missed37
45/49Rucks won52/56
10/12Lineouts won14/16
6/6Scrums won10/11
5/5Mauls won5/6
17Penalties conceded6
23Kicks from hand38
Goal kicking
AUS conversions 6/6, penalties 1/1 · USA conversions 1/1, 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. 1Dan CrowleyProp
  2. 2Michael FoleyHooker
  3. 3Rod MooreProp
  4. 4Mark ConnorsSecond row
  5. 5Tom BowmanSecond row
  6. 6Owen FineganFlanker
  7. 7Tiaan StraussFlanker
  8. 8Jim WilliamsNumber 8
  9. 9Chris WhitakerScrum-half
  10. 10Stephen LarkhamFly-half
  11. 11Matt BurkeWing
  12. 12Nathan GreyCentre
  13. 13Jason LittleCentre
  14. 14Scott StaniforthWing
  15. 15Chris LathamFull-back
  16. 16Joe RoffBench
  17. 17Rod KaferBench
  18. 18George GreganBench
  19. 19Matt CockbainBench
  20. 20David GiffinBench
  21. 21Richard HarryBench
  22. 22Jeremy PaulBench

USA

  1. 1Joe ClaytonProp
  2. 2Tom BillupsHooker
  3. 3George SucherProp
  4. 4Luke GrossSecond row
  5. 5Alec ParkerSecond row
  6. 6Dave HodgesFlanker
  7. 7Fifita MoungaFlanker
  8. 8Rob LumkongNumber 8
  9. 9Kevin DalzellScrum-half
  10. 10David NiuFly-half
  11. 11Brian HightowerWing
  12. 12Mark ScharrenbergCentre
  13. 13Juan GroblerCentre
  14. 14Vaea AnitoniWing
  15. 15Kurt ShumanFull-back
  16. 16Tomasi TakauBench
  17. 17Alatini SaulalaBench
  18. 18Jesse CoulsonBench
  19. 19Shaun PagaBench
  20. 20Eric ReedBench
  21. 21Marc L'HuillierBench
  22. 22Kirk KhasigianBench

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Context

All-time, Australia 9–0 USA in 9 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Australia going in
USA going in

Also on this day

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