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Men's Rugby World Cup 1999 · Murrayfield, Edinburgh · 3 October 1999Head-to-head
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South Africa won by 17 points.Half-time 16–13 · Tries 2–6

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Tacklesmademissed
SCO6534
RSA7712
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
SCO2/24/41
RSA5/52/20
← South Africa 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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  • 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
24′South AfricaTry, Brendan Venter, converted6–8
36′ScotlandTry, Martin Leslie, converted14–13
44′South AfricaTry, Robbie Fleck16–18
60′South AfricaTry, Ollie le Roux, converted19–23
62′South AfricaTry, Deon Kayser, converted19–30
76′ScotlandTry, Alan Tait, converted24–32
78′South AfricaTry, Andre Venter, converted26–37
81′South AfricaTry, Joost van der Westhuizen, converted29–44
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′
24′Brendan Venter36′Martin Leslie44′Robbie Fleck60′Ollie le Roux62′Deon Kayser76′Alan Tait78′Andre Venter81′Joost van der Westhuizen
SCO

Team stats

RSA
25%Possession75%
77Carries92
345Metres gained603
5Clean breaks15
12Defenders beaten34
100Passes119
9Offloads15
65Tackles made77
34Tackles missed12
36/42Rucks won36/46
7/14Lineouts won13/15
11/11Scrums won13/14
2/4Mauls won7/7
6Penalties conceded11
44Kicks from hand43
Goal kicking
SCO conversions 2/2, penalties 4/4 · RSA conversions 5/5, 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. 3George GrahamProp
  4. 4Scott MurraySecond row
  5. 5Stuart GrimesSecond row
  6. 6Martin LeslieFlanker
  7. 7Budge PountneyFlanker
  8. 8Gordon SimpsonNumber 8
  9. 9Gary ArmstrongScrum-half
  10. 10Gregor TownsendFly-half
  11. 11Kenny LoganWing
  12. 12John LeslieCentre
  13. 13Alan TaitCentre
  14. 14Cammie MurrayWing
  15. 15Glenn MetcalfeFull-back
  16. 16Jamie MayerBench
  17. 17Bryan RedpathBench
  18. 18Duncan HodgeBench
  19. 19Peter WaltonBench
  20. 20Doddie WeirBench
  21. 21David HiltonBench
  22. 22Robbie RussellBench

South Africa

  1. 1Os du RandtProp
  2. 2Naka DrotskeHooker
  3. 3Cobus VisagieProp
  4. 4Albert van den BergSecond row
  5. 5Mark AndrewsSecond row
  6. 6Rassie ErasmusFlanker
  7. 7Andre VenterFlanker
  8. 8Bobby SkinstadNumber 8
  9. 9Joost van der WesthuizenScrum-half
  10. 10Jannie de BeerFly-half
  11. 11Pieter RossouwWing
  12. 12Brendan VenterCentre
  13. 13Robbie FleckCentre
  14. 14Deon KayserWing
  15. 15Percy MontgomeryFull-back
  16. 16Werner SwanepoelBench
  17. 17Ollie le RouxBench
  18. 18Krynauw OttoBench
  19. 19Andre VosBench
  20. 20Chris RossouwBench
  21. 21Breyton PaulseBench
  22. 22Pieter MullerBench

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Context

All-time, Scotland 5–26 South Africa in 31 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Scotland going in
South Africa going in

Also on this day

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