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Men's Rugby World Cup 1999 · Stade du Parc Lescure, Bordeaux · 8 October 1999Head-to-head
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France won by 34 points.Half-time 23–13 · Tries 6–1

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Tacklesmademissed
FRA7111
NAM7027
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
FRA4/43/30
NAM1/12/20
← Namibia 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
  • Territory is not in the feed for this match.
  • Zone counts are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • 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
7′FranceTry, Pierre Mignoni, converted5–0
19′NamibiaTry, Attie Samuelson, converted10–8
39′FranceTry, Philippe Bernat-Salles, converted21–13
49′FranceTry, Ugo Mola28–13
55′FranceTry, Ugo Mola, converted33–13
61′FranceTry, Ugo Mola, converted40–13
71′FranceTry, Emile Ntamack47–13
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′
7′Pierre Mignoni19′Attie Samuelson39′Philippe Bernat-Salles49′Ugo Mola55′Ugo Mola61′Ugo Mola71′Emile Ntamack
FRA

Team stats

NAM
86%Possession14%
110Carries87
701Metres gained253
20Clean breaks6
27Defenders beaten11
155Passes88
17Offloads14
71Tackles made70
11Tackles missed27
49/56Rucks won54/59
11/11Lineouts won15/16
13/13Scrums won13/15
10/12Mauls won5/7
18Penalties conceded10
24Kicks from hand33
Goal kicking
FRA conversions 4/4, penalties 3/3 · NAM conversions 1/1, 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. 4Olivier BrouzetSecond row
  5. 5Fabien PelousSecond row
  6. 6Marc LievremontFlanker
  7. 7Olivier MagneFlanker
  8. 8Thomas LievremontNumber 8
  9. 9Pierre MignoniScrum-half
  10. 10Christophe LamaisonFly-half
  11. 11Philippe Bernat-SallesWing
  12. 12Stephane GlasCentre
  13. 13Richard DourtheCentre
  14. 14Emile NtamackWing
  15. 15Ugo MolaFull-back
  16. 16Cedric DesbrosseBench
  17. 17Xavier GarbajosaBench
  18. 18Stephane CastaignedeBench
  19. 19Arnaud CostesBench
  20. 20Abdelatif BenazziBench
  21. 21Cedric SouletteBench
  22. 22Marc Dal MasoBench

Namibia

  1. 1Mario JacobsProp
  2. 2Hugo HornHooker
  3. 3Jood OppermanProp
  4. 4Heino SenekalSecond row
  5. 5Pieter SteynSecond row
  6. 6Quinn HoughFlanker
  7. 7Thys van RooyenFlanker
  8. 8Sean FurterNumber 8
  9. 9Riaan JantjiesScrum-half
  10. 10Johan ZaaymanFly-half
  11. 11Attie SamuelsonWing
  12. 12Schalk van der MerweCentre
  13. 13Francois van RensburgCentre
  14. 14Lean van DykWing
  15. 15Glovin van WykFull-back
  16. 16Cliff LoubserBench
  17. 17Lukas HoltzhausenBench
  18. 18Sarel Janse van RensburgBench
  19. 19Johannes TheronBench
  20. 20Herman LindveltBench
  21. 21Andries BlaauwBench
  22. 22Eben SmithBench

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Context

All-time, France 3–0 Namibia in 3 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

France going in
Namibia 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.