1999 Rugby World Cup statistics explained

This article documents statistics from the 1999 Rugby World Cup, principally hosted in Wales from 1 October to 6 November.

Team statistics

The following table shows the team's results in major statistical categories.^[1]

Team statistics

width=120	Team	width=60	Played	width=60	Won	width=60	Drawn	width=60	Lost	width=60	Points difference	width=60	Tries	width=60	Conversions	width=60	Penalties	width=60	Drop goals
	6	6	0	0	148	24	19	20	1
	6	5	0	1	66	22	17	20	2
	6	5	0	1	118	21	18	18	8
	6	4	0	2	144	29	22	22	0
	5	3	0	2	15	6	4	32	1
	5	3	0	2	135	26	21	26	0
	5	3	0	2	65	20	14	12	3
	4	2	0	2	35	17	15	10	1
	4	2	0	2	51	12	11	12	2
	4	2	0	2	10	13	11	10	0
	4	2	0	2	32	14	12	11	0
	3	1	0	2	32	12	12	9	1
	3	1	0	2	−76	5	2	7	0
	3	1	0	2	−124	4	3	6	1
	3	1	0	2	−55	4	2	6	0
	3	0	0	3	−161	2	2	7	0
	3	0	0	3	−104	2	1	8	0
	3	0	0	3	−144	4	2	6	0
	3	0	0	3	−104	0	0	6	0
	3	0	0	3	−83	5	3	6	1

Source: ESPNscrum.com

Top point scorers

Top 10 point scorers^{[2] [3]}

width=145	Player	width=145	Team	width=100	Position	width=40	Played	width=40	Tries	width=40	Conversions	width=40	Penalties	width=40	Drop goals	width=40	Total points
Gonzalo Quesada		Fly-half	5	0	3	31	1	! scope=row style="background:#ccc"	102
Matt Burke		Full-back	6	2	17	19	0	! scope=row style="background:#ccc"	101
Jannie de Beer		Fly-half	5	0	17	15	6	! scope=row style="background:#ccc"	97
Andrew Mehrtens		First five-eighth	5	0	11	19	0	! scope=row style="background:#ccc"	79
Jonny Wilkinson		Fly-half	4	1	8	16	0	! scope=row style="background:#ccc"	69
Christophe Lamaison		Fly-half	6	1	9	12	2	! scope=row style="background:#ccc"	65
Silao Leaega		Wing	4	2	11	10	0	! scope=row style="background:#ccc"	62
Neil Jenkins		Fly-half	4	0	12	11	0	! scope=row style="background:#ccc"	57
Paul Grayson		Fly-half	4	0	12	10	0	! scope=row style="background:#ccc"	54
Kenny Logan		Wing	4	0	9	11	0	! scope=row style="background:#ccc"	51

Top try scorers

Top 10 try scorers^{[4] [5]}

width=145	Player	width=145	Team	width=100	Position	width=40	Played	width=40	Tries	width=40		width=40	Penalties	width=40	Drop goals	width=40	Total points
Jonah Lomu		Wing	6	! scope=row style="background:#ccc"	8	0	0	0	40
Jeff Wilson		Wing	6	! scope=row style="background:#ccc"	6	0	0	0	30
Dan Luger		Wing	5	! scope=row style="background:#ccc"	4	0	0	0	20
Keith Wood		Hooker	4	! scope=row style="background:#ccc"	4	0	0	0	20
Philippe Bernat-Salles		Wing	5	! scope=row style="background:#ccc"	4	0	0	0	20
Viliame Satala		Centre	4	! scope=row style="background:#ccc"	4	0	0	0	20
Ben Tune		Wing	5	! scope=row style="background:#ccc"	3	0	0	0	15
Brian Lima		Wing	4	! scope=row style="background:#ccc"	3	0	0	0	15
Cameron Murray		Wing	5	! scope=row style="background:#ccc"	3	0	0	0	15
Émile Ntamack		Wing	6	! scope=row style="background:#ccc"	3	0	0	0	15

Hat-tricks

Unless otherwise noted, players in this list scored a hat-trick of tries.

scope=col	No.	scope=col	Player	scope=col	For	scope=col	Against	scope=col	Stage	scope=col	Result	scope=col	Venue	scope=col	Date
1	scope=row	^T4				53–8
2	scope=row					57–9
3	scope=row					47–13
4	scope=row					101–3
5	scope=row style="background-color:#FBCEB1"	^D5			Quarter-final	44–21	Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Key
^D5	Scored five drop goals
^T4	Scored four tries

See also

• 2003 Rugby World Cup statistics
• Records and statistics of the Rugby World Cup
• List of Rugby World Cup hat-tricks

External links

• Rugby World Cup 1999 Tournament statistics
• Rugby World Cup 1999 Team Stats

Notes and References

1. Web site: Team Records. ESPN. 9 October 2019.
2. Web site: Stats Hub. World Rugby. 9 October 2019.
3. Web site: Most individual points. ESPN Scrum. 9 October 2019.
4. Web site: Stats_Hub. World Rugby. 9 October 2019.
5. Web site: Most individual tries. ESPN Scrum. 9 October 2019.