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Men's Rugby World Cup 1999 · Millennium Stadium, Cardiff · 23 October 1999Head-to-head
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Australia won by 15 points.Half-time 9–10 · Tries 0–3

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76586
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
WAL607
AUS7711
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
WAL0/03/30
AUS3/31/10
← Australia attack · Wales 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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  • 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′AustraliaTry, George Gregan, converted0–5
65′AustraliaTry, Ben Tune, converted9–15
86′AustraliaTry, George Gregan, converted9–22
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′
7′George Gregan65′Ben Tune86′George Gregan
WAL

Team stats

AUS
0%Possession100%
93Carries77
359Metres gained374
4Clean breaks6
11Defenders beaten7
116Passes105
10Offloads3
60Tackles made77
7Tackles missed11
55/66Rucks won41/46
16/20Lineouts won20/23
12/13Scrums won7/7
8/8Mauls won7/7
10Penalties conceded14
53Kicks from hand52
Goal kicking
WAL conversions 0/0, penalties 3/3 · AUS conversions 3/3, penalties 1/1. 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

Wales

  1. 1Peter RogersProp
  2. 2Garin JenkinsHooker
  3. 3Dai YoungProp
  4. 4Craig QuinnellSecond row
  5. 5Chris WyattSecond row
  6. 6Colin CharvisFlanker
  7. 7Brett SinkinsonFlanker
  8. 8Scott QuinnellNumber 8
  9. 9Rob HowleyScrum-half
  10. 10Neil JenkinsFly-half
  11. 11Dafydd JamesWing
  12. 12Scott GibbsCentre
  13. 13Mark TaylorCentre
  14. 14Gareth ThomasWing
  15. 15Shane HowarthFull-back
  16. 16David LlewellynBench
  17. 17Allan BatemanBench
  18. 18Stephen JonesBench
  19. 19Mike VoyleBench
  20. 20Ben EvansBench
  21. 21ALP LewisBench
  22. 22Jonathan HumphreysBench

Australia

  1. 1Richard HarryProp
  2. 2Michael FoleyHooker
  3. 3Andrew BladesProp
  4. 4David GiffinSecond row
  5. 5John EalesSecond row
  6. 6Matt CockbainFlanker
  7. 7David WilsonFlanker
  8. 8Tiaan StraussNumber 8
  9. 9George GreganScrum-half
  10. 10Stephen LarkhamFly-half
  11. 11Joe RoffWing
  12. 12Tim HoranCentre
  13. 13Daniel HerbertCentre
  14. 14Ben TuneWing
  15. 15Matt BurkeFull-back
  16. 16Jason LittleBench
  17. 17Dan CrowleyBench
  18. 18Nathan GreyBench
  19. 19Mark ConnorsBench
  20. 20Owen FineganBench
  21. 21Chris WhitakerBench
  22. 22Jeremy PaulBench

Match officials

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Context

All-time, Wales 14–34 Australia, 1 drawn in 49 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Wales going in
Australia 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.