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Men's Rugby World Cup 1999 · Stade de la Mediterranee, Béziers · 2 October 1999Head-to-head
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France won by 13 points.Half-time 18–10 · Tries 4–2

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Tacklesmademissed
FRA9919
CAN9819
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
FRA2/23/30
CAN2/22/20
← Canada 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
17′FranceTry, Stephane Glas8–3
34′CanadaTry, Morgan Williams, converted8–8
40′FranceTry, Olivier Magne, converted16–10
54′CanadaTry, Morgan Williams, converted18–15
62′FranceTry, Thomas Castaignede23–17
77′FranceTry, Emile Ntamack, converted31–20
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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010203040HT0′20′40′60′80′
17′Stephane Glas34′Morgan Williams40′Olivier Magne54′Morgan Williams62′Thomas Castaignede77′Emile Ntamack
FRA

Team stats

CAN
67%Possession33%
108Carries97
437Metres gained280
6Clean breaks5
19Defenders beaten19
147Passes121
10Offloads11
99Tackles made98
19Tackles missed19
55/65Rucks won54/63
16/18Lineouts won14/15
14/14Scrums won6/8
10/11Mauls won6/7
14Penalties conceded18
41Kicks from hand34
Goal kicking
FRA conversions 2/2, penalties 3/3 · CAN 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

France

  1. 1Christian CalifanoProp
  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. 9Pierre MignoniScrum-half
  10. 10Thomas CastaignedeFly-half
  11. 11Christophe DominiciWing
  12. 12Stephane GlasCentre
  13. 13Richard DourtheCentre
  14. 14Xavier GarbajosaWing
  15. 15Ugo MolaFull-back
  16. 16Emile NtamackBench
  17. 17Christophe LamaisonBench
  18. 18Stephane CastaignedeBench
  19. 19Lionel MallierBench
  20. 20Olivier BrouzetBench
  21. 21Cedric SouletteBench
  22. 22Pieter de VilliersBench

Canada

  1. 1Rod SnowProp
  2. 2Pat DunkleyHooker
  3. 3Jon ThielProp
  4. 4John TaitSecond row
  5. 5Mike JamesSecond row
  6. 6John HutchinsonFlanker
  7. 7Dan BaughFlanker
  8. 8Al CharronNumber 8
  9. 9Morgan WilliamsScrum-half
  10. 10Gareth ReesFly-half
  11. 11Courtney SmithWing
  12. 12Scott BryanCentre
  13. 13Dave LougheedCentre
  14. 14Winston StanleyWing
  15. 15Scott StewartFull-back
  16. 16Kyle NicholsBench
  17. 17Bobby RossBench
  18. 18John GrafBench
  19. 19Mike SchmidBench
  20. 20Ryan BanksBench
  21. 21Richard BiceBench
  22. 22Mark CardinalBench

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Context

All-time, France 9–1 Canada in 10 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

France going in
Canada going in

Also on this day

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