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Men's Rugby World Cup 1999 · Alfred McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield · 14 October 1999Head-to-head
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New Zealand won by 98 points.Half-time 51–3 · Tries 14–0

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Tacklesmademissed
NZL564
ITA11753
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
NZL11/113/30
ITA0/01/10
← Italy attack · New Zealand 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
  • Territory is not in the feed for this match.
  • Zone counts are not in the feed for this match.
  • 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
8′New ZealandTry, Jeff Wilson, converted8–0
23′New ZealandTry, Tony Brown, converted18–3
31′New ZealandTry, Dylan Mika, converted25–3
35′New ZealandTry, Jonah Lomu32–3
36′New ZealandTry, Jeff Wilson, converted37–3
39′New ZealandTry, Glen Osborne, converted46–3
52′New ZealandTry, Jeff Wilson, converted56–3
56′New ZealandTry, Taine Randell63–3
59′New ZealandTry, Jonah Lomu, converted68–3
70′New ZealandTry, Daryl Gibson75–3
74′New ZealandTry, Scott Robertson, converted80–3
76′New ZealandTry, Christian Cullen, converted87–3
79′New ZealandTry, Mark Hammett94–3
81′New ZealandTry, Glen Osborne, converted99–3
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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8′Jeff Wilson23′Tony Brown31′Dylan Mika35′Jonah Lomu36′Jeff Wilson39′Glen Osborne52′Jeff Wilson56′Taine Randell59′Jonah Lomu70′Daryl Gibson74′Scott Robertson76′Christian Cullen79′Mark Hammett81′Glen Osborne
NZL

Team stats

ITA
100%Possession0%
138Carries49
1,019Metres gained202
34Clean breaks2
53Defenders beaten4
193Passes45
14Offloads0
56Tackles made117
4Tackles missed53
69/73Rucks won29/34
17/17Lineouts won9/12
12/13Scrums won6/6
13/15Mauls won1/4
10Penalties conceded27
42Kicks from hand30
Goal kicking
NZL conversions 11/11, penalties 3/3 · ITA conversions 0/0, penalties 1/1. 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

New Zealand

  1. 1Greg FeekProp
  2. 2Mark HammettHooker
  3. 3Craig DowdProp
  4. 4Ian JonesSecond row
  5. 5Royce WillisSecond row
  6. 6Dylan MikaFlanker
  7. 7Andrew BlowersFlanker
  8. 8Taine RandellNumber 8
  9. 9Byron KelleherScrum-half
  10. 10Tony BrownFly-half
  11. 11Jonah LomuWing
  12. 12Daryl GibsonCentre
  13. 13Pita AlatiniCentre
  14. 14Glen OsborneWing
  15. 15Jeff WilsonFull-back
  16. 16Christian CullenBench
  17. 17Andrew MehrtensBench
  18. 18Rhys DugganBench
  19. 19Scott RobertsonBench
  20. 20Robin BrookeBench
  21. 21Kees MeeuwsBench
  22. 22Anton OliverBench

Italy

  1. 1Alessandro MorenoProp
  2. 2Andrea MorettiHooker
  3. 3Andrea CastellaniProp
  4. 4Carlo ChecchinatoSecond row
  5. 5Mark GiacheriSecond row
  6. 6Massimo GiovanelliFlanker
  7. 7Stefano SaviozziFlanker
  8. 8Carlo CaioneNumber 8
  9. 9Alessandro TronconScrum-half
  10. 10Diego DominguezFly-half
  11. 11Nicolas ZistiWing
  12. 12Sandro CepolinoCentre
  13. 13Cristian StoicaCentre
  14. 14Paolo VaccariWing
  15. 15Matt PiniFull-back
  16. 16Nicola MazzucatoBench
  17. 17Francesco MazzariolBench
  18. 18Giampiero MazziBench
  19. 19Orazio ArancioBench
  20. 20Walter CristofolettoBench
  21. 21Franco Properzi-CurtiBench
  22. 22Alessandro MoscardiBench

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Context

All-time, New Zealand 19–0 Italy in 19 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

New Zealand going in
Italy 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.