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Men's Rugby World Cup 1999 · Hampden Park, Glasgow · 15 October 1999Head-to-head
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South Africa won by 36 points.Half-time 27–3 · Tries 5–0

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Tacklesmademissed
RSA5911
URU7645
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
RSA4/42/20
URU0/01/10
← Uruguay 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
8′South AfricaTry, Robbie Fleck, converted5–0
19′South AfricaTry, Joost van der Westhuizen, converted15–0
35′South AfricaTry, Deon Kayser, converted25–3
68′South AfricaTry, Albert van den Berg32–3
76′South AfricaTry, Albert van den Berg, converted37–3
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′Robbie Fleck19′Joost van der Westhuizen35′Deon Kayser68′Albert van den Berg76′Albert van den Berg
RSA

Team stats

URU
100%Possession0%
128Carries69
805Metres gained252
33Clean breaks4
45Defenders beaten11
164Passes60
16Offloads6
59Tackles made76
11Tackles missed45
44/49Rucks won39/42
19/21Lineouts won14/15
9/9Scrums won12/12
6/8Mauls won15/20
11Penalties conceded12
21Kicks from hand54
Goal kicking
RSA conversions 4/4, penalties 2/2 · URU conversions 0/0, penalties 1/1. Pale segment = set piece lost.

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Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Os du RandtProp
  2. 2Naka DrotskeHooker
  3. 3Cobus VisagieProp
  4. 4Krynauw OttoSecond 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. 16Stefan TerblancheBench
  17. 17Pieter MullerBench
  18. 18Werner SwanepoelBench
  19. 19Andre VosBench
  20. 20Albert van den BergBench
  21. 21Ollie le RouxBench
  22. 22Chris RossouwBench

Uruguay

  1. 1Rodrigo SanchezProp
  2. 2Diego LamelasHooker
  3. 3Pablo LemoineProp
  4. 4Juan Carlos BadoSecond row
  5. 5Mario LameSecond row
  6. 6Nicolás GrilléFlanker
  7. 7Martin PanizzaFlanker
  8. 8Diego OrmaecheaNumber 8
  9. 9Fernando Sosa DiazScrum-half
  10. 10Diego AguirreFly-half
  11. 11Pablo CostábileWing
  12. 12Fernando PaullierCentre
  13. 13Pedro VecinoCentre
  14. 14Juan MenchacaWing
  15. 15Alfonso CardosoFull-back
  16. 16Jose VianaBench
  17. 17Sebastián AguirreBench
  18. 18Nicolás BrignoniBench
  19. 19Eduardo BerrutiBench
  20. 20Juan AlzuetaBench
  21. 21Guillermo StoraceBench
  22. 22Francisco de los SantosBench

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Context

All-time, South Africa 3–0 Uruguay in 3 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

South Africa going in
Uruguay 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.