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Men's Rugby World Cup 1999 · Twickenham, London · 31 October 1999Head-to-head
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France won by 12 points.Half-time 10–17 · Tries 4–3

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Tacklesmademissed
FRA9029
NZL7412
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
FRA4/43/32
NZL2/24/40
← New Zealand attack · France 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
21′FranceTry, Christophe Lamaison, converted8–6
25′New ZealandTry, Jonah Lomu10–14
46′New ZealandTry, Jonah Lomu, converted10–22
57′FranceTry, Christophe Dominici, converted27–24
61′FranceTry, Richard Dourthe, converted34–24
75′FranceTry, Philippe Bernat-Salles, converted41–24
81′New ZealandTry, Jeff Wilson, converted43–29
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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013253850HT0′20′40′60′80′
21′Christophe Lamaison25′Jonah Lomu46′Jonah Lomu57′Christophe Dominici61′Richard Dourthe75′Philippe Bernat-Salles81′Jeff Wilson
FRA

Team stats

NZL
57%Possession43%
76Carries95
453Metres gained456
6Clean breaks14
12Defenders beaten29
83Passes138
5Offloads10
90Tackles made74
29Tackles missed12
50/56Rucks won56/60
8/11Lineouts won13/15
4/5Scrums won7/8
7/7Mauls won7/8
20Penalties conceded10
49Kicks from hand35
Goal kicking
FRA conversions 4/4, penalties 3/3 · NZL conversions 2/2, penalties 4/4. 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

France

  1. 1Cedric SouletteProp
  2. 2Raphaël IbanezHooker
  3. 3Franck TournaireProp
  4. 4Abdelatif BenazziSecond row
  5. 5Fabien PelousSecond row
  6. 6Marc LievremontFlanker
  7. 7Olivier MagneFlanker
  8. 8Christophe JuilletNumber 8
  9. 9Fabien GalthiéScrum-half
  10. 10Christophe LamaisonFly-half
  11. 11Christophe DominiciWing
  12. 12Emile NtamackCentre
  13. 13Richard DourtheCentre
  14. 14Philippe Bernat-SallesWing
  15. 15Xavier GarbajosaFull-back
  16. 16Ugo MolaBench
  17. 17Stephane GlasBench
  18. 18Stephane CastaignedeBench
  19. 19Arnaud CostesBench
  20. 20Olivier BrouzetBench
  21. 21Pieter de VilliersBench
  22. 22Marc Dal MasoBench

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. 9Byron KelleherScrum-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. 17Justin MarshallBench
  18. 18Tony BrownBench
  19. 19Andrew BlowersBench
  20. 20Royce WillisBench
  21. 21Kees MeeuwsBench
  22. 22Mark HammettBench

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Context

All-time, France 15–53 New Zealand, 1 drawn in 69 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

France 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.