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Full time26 October 1997
Netherlands
49–7
Poland
Venue not recorded · Men's Rugby World Cup Qualifying 1999Head-to-head

Netherlands won by 42 points.

Scoring

  1. –CNetherlands conversion · Gijs Van Der Pol2–0
  2. –CNetherlands conversion · Gijs Van Der Pol4–0
  3. –CNetherlands conversion · Caine Elisara6–0
  4. –PNetherlands penalty · Hans Kuijer9–0
  5. –TNetherlands try · Hans Kuijer14–0
  6. –TNetherlands try · Gijs Van Der Pol19–0
  7. –TNetherlands try · Gijs Van Der Pol24–0
  8. –TNetherlands try · Gijs Van Der Pol29–0
  9. –TNetherlands try · Gijs Van Der Pol34–0
  10. –TNetherlands try · Robert Broers39–0
  11. –TNetherlands try · Caine Elisara44–0
  12. –TNetherlands try · Yves Kummer49–0
  13. –CPoland conversion · Marek Janulewicz49–2
  14. –TPoland try · Marek Janulewicz49–7

Line-ups

Netherlands

  1. 1Michael CahseyProp
  2. 2Yves KummerHooker
  3. 3H BratProp
  4. 4Marcel Van LoonSecond row
  5. 5A Van Der ElstSecond row
  6. 6Karel DinklaFlanker
  7. 7Caine ElisaraFlanker
  8. 8Robert BroersNumber 8
  9. 9Sander HadinegoroScrum-half
  10. 10Stephen RhodesFly-half
  11. 11Gijs Van Der PolWing
  12. 12Djurre DinklaCentre
  13. 13Mats MarckerCentre
  14. 14Obbe WinkelsWing
  15. 15Hans KuijerFull-back

Poland

  1. 1P WojniczProp
  2. 2D MarciniakHooker
  3. 3W PiaseckiProp
  4. 4R ZyskowskiSecond row
  5. 5Marek PlonkaSecond row
  6. 6Staniseaw WieciorekFlanker
  7. 7S HoduraFlanker
  8. 8Rafel FedorowiczNumber 8
  9. 9Marek JanulewiczScrum-half
  10. 10M LangowskiFly-half
  11. 11Janysl UrbanowiczWing
  12. 12B WrobelCentre
  13. 13Jacek GrebaszCentre
  14. 14M PariaszewskiWing
  15. 15A PotarowiczFull-back
  16. W JerysBench
  17. P TubielewiczBench
  18. M RuszkiewiczBench

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Context

All-time, Netherlands 10–8 Poland, 1 drawn in 19 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Netherlands going in
Poland 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.