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Men's Rugby World Cup 1999 · Murrayfield, Edinburgh · 24 October 1999Head-to-head
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New Zealand won by 12 points.Half-time 3–25 · Tries 2–4

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131641626881
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
SCO9727
NZL10810
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
SCO1/11/11
NZL2/22/20
← New Zealand attack · Scotland 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
13′New ZealandTry, Faalogo Tana Umaga, converted0–8
16′New ZealandTry, Jeff Wilson0–15
41′New ZealandTry, Faalogo Tana Umaga, converted3–23
62′New ZealandTry, Jonah Lomu6–30
68′ScotlandTry, Budge Pountney, converted11–30
81′ScotlandTry, Cammie Murray18–30
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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08152330HT0′20′40′60′80′
13′Faalogo Tana Umaga16′Jeff Wilson41′Faalogo Tana Umaga62′Jonah Lomu68′Budge Pountney81′Cammie Murray
SCO

Team stats

NZL
33%Possession67%
104Carries93
399Metres gained496
5Clean breaks11
10Defenders beaten27
96Passes123
12Offloads10
97Tackles made108
27Tackles missed10
63/71Rucks won52/59
12/17Lineouts won11/19
14/15Scrums won15/15
3/3Mauls won5/6
9Penalties conceded8
52Kicks from hand52
Goal kicking
SCO conversions 1/1, penalties 1/1 · NZL conversions 2/2, penalties 2/2. 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

Scotland

  1. 1Tom SmithProp
  2. 2Gordon BullochHooker
  3. 3Paul BurnellProp
  4. 4Scott MurraySecond row
  5. 5Doddie WeirSecond row
  6. 6Martin LeslieFlanker
  7. 7Budge PountneyFlanker
  8. 8Gordon SimpsonNumber 8
  9. 9Gary ArmstrongScrum-half
  10. 10Gregor TownsendFly-half
  11. 11Kenny LoganWing
  12. 12Jamie MayerCentre
  13. 13Alan TaitCentre
  14. 14Cammie MurrayWing
  15. 15Glenn MetcalfeFull-back
  16. 16Duncan HodgeBench
  17. 17Bryan RedpathBench
  18. 18Cammie MatherBench
  19. 19James McLarenBench
  20. 20Stuart GrimesBench
  21. 21George GrahamBench
  22. 22Robbie RussellBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Carl HoeftProp
  2. 2Anton OliverHooker
  3. 3Craig DowdProp
  4. 4Norm MaxwellSecond row
  5. 5Robin BrookeSecond row
  6. 6Reuben ThorneFlanker
  7. 7Josh KronfeldFlanker
  8. 8Taine RandellNumber 8
  9. 9Justin MarshallScrum-half
  10. 10Andrew MehrtensFly-half
  11. 11Jonah LomuWing
  12. 12Alama IeremiaCentre
  13. 13Christian CullenCentre
  14. 14Faalogo Tana UmagaWing
  15. 15Jeff WilsonFull-back
  16. 16Daryl GibsonBench
  17. 17Tony BrownBench
  18. 18Andrew BlowersBench
  19. 19Byron KelleherBench
  20. 20Ian JonesBench
  21. 21Kees MeeuwsBench
  22. 22Mark HammettBench

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Context

All-time, Scotland 1–31 New Zealand, 2 drawn in 34 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Scotland going in
New Zealand 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.