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Rugby World Cup 1999

April 2020

  • Philippe Bernat-Salles celebrates scoring France’s fourth try in his team’s shock 1999 Rugby World Cup semi-final victory over New Zealand.

    My favourite game
    My favourite game: France v New Zealand, 1999 Rugby World Cup

    Underdogs turned the rugby world upside down to beat the odds-on All Blacks and create one of the greatest games in the history of the tournament

October 2019

  • Rugby World Cup 2019 - Pool C<br>Rugby Union - Rugby World Cup 2019 - Pool C - France v Tonga - Kumamoto Stadium, Kumamoto, Japan - October 6, 2019 Tonga's Zane Kapeli scores their third try REUTERS/Edgar Su

    France survive Tonga scare and set up England game to decide Pool C winner

    France squeezed past Tonga 23-21 to qualify for the Rugby World Cup knockout stages and will face England next weekend to determine the winner of Pool C

October 2011

  • john Taylor

    Sportblog
    Rugby still getting its kicks – without really trying

    Frank Keating
    Frank Keating: Sunday's Rugby World Cup final is a must-watch event, even though the boot has had far too much say on the previous six occasions

November 1999

  • ITV coverage branded a 'disgrace'

    Paul Rees and Janine Gibson
    Rugby World Cup organisers yesterday launched an astonishing eve-of-final attack on ITV, branding the broadcaster's coverage of the tournament a "disgrace".

  • On Saturday we'll choose the French over the Aussies

    Hugo Young
    When France meets Australia in the final of the World Cup on Saturday, and most of England will be rooting for the French, what might this say about the big, beefy picture of two nations at war?

  • Unlikely heroics send South Africa to first-ever World Cup defea

    As with all decent Halloween thrillers, one knew something weird would settle it. A gripping plot had somehow permitted South Africa to rise one more time from their World Cup coffin thanks to the cruel timekeeping of Derek Bevan who, talking of plots, appeared to have lost this one entirely.

October 1999

  • Damning evidence may spell the end of England coach's reign

  • South Africa 44 - 21 England

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