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Men's Rugby World Cup 1999 · Stadium, Toulouse · 16 October 1999Head-to-head
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France won by 9 points.Half-time 13–3 · Tries 3–1

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23497184
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
FRA4811
FIJ6118
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
FRA2/23/30
FIJ1/14/40
← Fiji 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
23′FranceTry, Christophe Juillet, converted8–3
49′FijiTry, Alfred Uluinayau, converted13–11
71′FranceTry, converted18–19
84′FranceTry, Christophe Dominici28–19
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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08152330HT0′20′40′60′80′
23′Christophe Juillet49′Alfred Uluinayau71′FRA84′Christophe Dominici
FRA

Team stats

FIJ
75%Possession25%
78Carries51
458Metres gained243
9Clean breaks2
18Defenders beaten11
82Passes77
5Offloads6
48Tackles made61
11Tackles missed18
38/41Rucks won32/37
10/17Lineouts won16/18
13/13Scrums won6/7
6/8Mauls won8/8
16Penalties conceded23
41Kicks from hand48
Goal kicking
FRA conversions 2/2, penalties 3/3 · FIJ conversions 1/1, penalties 4/4. 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. 9Stephane CastaignedeScrum-half
  10. 10Christophe LamaisonFly-half
  11. 11Christophe DominiciWing
  12. 12Emile NtamackCentre
  13. 13Richard DourtheCentre
  14. 14Philippe Bernat-SallesWing
  15. 15Ugo MolaFull-back
  16. 16Xavier GarbajosaBench
  17. 17Cedric DesbrosseBench
  18. 18Fabien GalthiéBench
  19. 19Arnaud CostesBench
  20. 20Olivier BrouzetBench
  21. 21Pieter de VilliersBench
  22. 22Marc Dal MasoBench

Fiji

  1. 1Daniel RouseProp
  2. 2Greg SmithHooker
  3. 3Joeli VeitayakiProp
  4. 4Simon RaiwaluiSecond row
  5. 5Emori KatalauSecond row
  6. 6Ilie TabuaFlanker
  7. 7Setareki TawakeFlanker
  8. 8Alivereti MocelutuNumber 8
  9. 9Jacob RauluniScrum-half
  10. 10Nicky LittleFly-half
  11. 11Manasa BariWing
  12. 12Waisake SotutuCentre
  13. 13Viliame SatalaCentre
  14. 14Fero LasagavibauWing
  15. 15Alfred UluinayauFull-back
  16. 16Mosese RauluniBench
  17. 17Waisale SereviBench
  18. 18Meli NakautaBench
  19. 19Koli SewabuBench
  20. 20Ifereimi TawakeBench
  21. 21Epeli NaituivauBench
  22. 22Isaia RasilaBench

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Context

All-time, France 12–1 Fiji in 13 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

France going in
Fiji 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.