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Men's Rugby World Cup 1999 · Murrayfield, Edinburgh · 10 October 1999Head-to-head
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South Africa won by 44 points.Half-time 21–0 · Tries 7–0

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Tacklesmademissed
RSA444
ESP14221
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
RSA6/60/00
ESP0/01/10
← Spain attack · South Africa 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
31′South AfricaTry, Andre Vos, converted5–0
33′South AfricaTry, Werner Swanepoel, converted12–0
41′South AfricaTry, Anton Leonard, converted19–0
51′South AfricaTry, Andre Vos, converted26–0
70′South AfricaTry, converted33–3
78′South AfricaTry, Pieter Muller, converted40–3
81′South AfricaTry, Bobby Skinstad47–3
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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013253850HT0′20′40′60′80′
31′Andre Vos33′Werner Swanepoel41′Anton Leonard51′Andre Vos70′RSA78′Pieter Muller81′Bobby Skinstad
RSA

Team stats

ESP
100%Possession0%
140Carries43
469Metres gained133
10Clean breaks0
21Defenders beaten4
170Passes38
19Offloads2
44Tackles made142
4Tackles missed21
86/91Rucks won23/23
27/34Lineouts won3/6
15/15Scrums won12/16
14/17Mauls won7/8
7Penalties conceded21
32Kicks from hand67
Goal kicking
RSA conversions 6/6, penalties 0/0 · ESP 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

South Africa

  1. 1Ollie le RouxProp
  2. 2Chris RossouwHooker
  3. 3Adrian GarveyProp
  4. 4Fritz Van HeerdenSecond row
  5. 5Krynauw OttoSecond row
  6. 6Ruben KrugerFlanker
  7. 7Anton LeonardFlanker
  8. 8Andre VosNumber 8
  9. 9Werner SwanepoelScrum-half
  10. 10Jannie de BeerFly-half
  11. 11Kaya MalotanaWing
  12. 12Pieter MullerCentre
  13. 13Wayne JuliesCentre
  14. 14Stefan TerblancheWing
  15. 15Breyton PaulseFull-back
  16. 16Deon KayserBench
  17. 17Mark AndrewsBench
  18. 18Joost van der WesthuizenBench
  19. 19Bobby SkinstadBench
  20. 20Percy MontgomeryBench
  21. 21Os du RandtBench
  22. 22Naka DrotskeBench

Spain

  1. 1Jordi Camps RibaProp
  2. 2Diego Zarzosa PenaHooker
  3. 3Jose Ignacio Zapatero FerrerasProp
  4. 4Miguel Villau CabezaSecond row
  5. 5Oscar Astarloa UriarteSecond row
  6. 6Jose DiazFlanker
  7. 7Carlos Souto VidalFlanker
  8. 8Alberto Malo NavioNumber 8
  9. 9Aratz Gallastegui SodupeScrum-half
  10. 10Aitor Etxeberria de la RosaFly-half
  11. 11Miguel Frechilla ManriqueWing
  12. 12Fernando Diez MolinaCentre
  13. 13Alberto Socias OlmosCentre
  14. 14Jose Inchausti BravoWing
  15. 15Francisco Puertas SotoFull-back
  16. 16Ferrán Velazco QuerolBench
  17. 17Antonio Socias OlmosBench
  18. 18Jaime Alonso-Lasheras RiveroBench
  19. 19Alfonso Mata SuarezBench
  20. 20Luis Martinez VillanuevaBench
  21. 21Victor Torres FunesBench
  22. 22Fernando de la Calle PozoBench

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Context

All-time, South Africa 1–0 Spain in 1 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

South Africa going in
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