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Full time24 May 1997
Norway
22–7
Bulgaria
Venue not recorded · Men's Rugby World Cup Qualifying 1999Head-to-head

Norway won by 15 points.

Scoring

  1. –CNorway conversion · Dag Vidar Jensen2–0
  2. –PNorway penalty · Dag Vidar Jensen5–0
  3. –PNorway penalty · Dag Vidar Jensen8–0
  4. –PNorway penalty · Dag Vidar Jensen11–0
  5. –PNorway penalty · Dag Vidar Jensen14–0
  6. –PNorway penalty · Dag Vidar Jensen17–0
  7. –TNorway try · Øyvind Larsen22–0
  8. –CBulgaria conversion · Hristo Iliev22–2
  9. –TBulgaria try · Tihomir Ivanov22–7

Line-ups

Norway

  1. 1Tore KristoffersenProp
  2. 2John KlementsenHooker
  3. 3Trygve WiigProp
  4. 4Steinar KrohnSecond row
  5. 5Xavier CauSecond row
  6. 6Øyvind LarsenFlanker
  7. 7Dag Vidar JensenFlanker
  8. 8Paul KellyNumber 8
  9. 9Jeremy DavisScrum-half
  10. 10Huw HowellsFly-half
  11. 11Dean RetallackWing
  12. 12Colin WalkerCentre
  13. 13Thomas AupersCentre
  14. 14Morten StavWing
  15. 15Roger YttervikFull-back

Bulgaria

  1. 1Kaloyan VakaraliiskiProp
  2. 2Ivailo KrastanovHooker
  3. 3Stoyan MihailovProp
  4. 4Rossen IvanovSecond row
  5. 5Milko GrigorovSecond row
  6. 6Vladimir VelitchkovFlanker
  7. 7Plamen LalevFlanker
  8. 8Antonio IvanovNumber 8
  9. 9Georgi SotirovScrum-half
  10. 10Trifon KostadinovFly-half
  11. 11Hristo IlievWing
  12. 12Lubomir KruchkinCentre
  13. 13Stoyan TsenovCentre
  14. 14Tihomir IvanovWing
  15. 15Ivo BorrisovFull-back

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Context

All-time, Norway 4–3 Bulgaria in 7 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Norway going in
Bulgaria 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.