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1999 Five Nations Championship

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1999 Five Nations Championship
Date6 February – 11 April 1999
Countries England
 Ireland
 France
 Scotland
 Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions Scotland (14th title)
Matches played10
Tries scored45 (4.5 per match)
Top point scorer(s)Wales Neil Jenkins (64 points)
Top try scorer(s)France Émile Ntamack
Scotland Alan Tait (5 tries)
1998 (Previous) (Next) 2000

The 1999 Five Nations Championship (sponsored by Lloyds TSB) was the 70th series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the 105th series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played over five weekends from 6 February to 11 April. The tournament was won by Scotland, who beat England on points difference.

It was notable for the dramatic climax to the tournament, which was decided in the dying minutes of the final match. England were heavy favourites to beat Wales and claim both the tournament title and Grand Slam. With England leading the match by six points as the clock passed 80 minutes, Wales centre Scott Gibbs evaded a number of tackles to score a try from approximately 20 metres. Neil Jenkins successfully converted to claim victory for Wales by a single point and hand the Championship to Scotland in one of the most memorable matches in the tournament's history. Scotland had staged their own remarkable upset the previous day, scoring five first-half tries to beat France in Paris for only the second time in 30 years.

Scotland's Gregor Townsend became only the fifth player in history to score a try against each other country in a single Five Nations tournament. He also became the second Scotsman to do so, following on from Johnnie Wallace in 1925. The others to achieve the feat were Carston Catcheside (England, 1924), Patrick Estève (France, 1983) and Phillipe Sella (France, 1986).

This was the last Five Nations Championship; in 2000, Italy joined the tournament, which became the Six Nations Championship. Italy played all of the Five Nations sides during the 1998–99 season, partly in preparation for joining the tournament the following year, albeit the game against England (at Huddersfield) was a World Cup qualifier. Italy lost all five of these games.

Participants

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Nation Venue City Head coach Captain
 England Twickenham Stadium London Clive Woodward Lawrence Dallaglio
 France Stade de France Saint-Denis Jean-Claude Skrela Raphaël Ibañez
 Ireland Lansdowne Road Dublin Warren Gatland Keith Wood
 Scotland Murrayfield Stadium Edinburgh Jim Telfer Gary Armstrong
 Wales Wembley Stadium[1] London Graham Henry Rob Howley

Squads

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Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD T Pts
1  Scotland 4 3 0 1 120 79 +41 16 6
2  England 4 3 0 1 103 78 +25 8 6
3  Wales 4 2 0 2 109 126 −17 9 4
4  Ireland 4 1 0 3 66 90 −24 3 2
5  France 4 1 0 3 75 100 −25 0 2
Source: [citation needed]

Results

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Week 1

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6 February 1999
14:15
Ireland 9–10 France
Pen: Humphreys (3)ReportTry: Dourthe
Con: Castaignède
Pen: Castaignède
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 49,000
Referee: Peter Marshall (Australia)

6 February 1999
16:15
Scotland 33–20 Wales
Try: Townsend
Leslie
S. Murray
Tait
Con: Logan (2)
Pen: Logan (2)
Hodge
reportTry: James
Gibbs
Con: Jenkins (2)
Pen: Jenkins (2)
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 67,500
Referee: Ed Morrison (England)

Week 2

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20 February 1999
15:00
England 24–21 Scotland
Try: Beal
Luger
Rodber
Con: Wilkinson (3)
Pen: Wilkinson
ReportTry: Tait (2)
Townsend
Con: Logan (3)
Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: David McHugh (Ireland)

20 February 1999
15:00
Wales 23–29 Ireland
Try: Howarth
C. Quinnell
Con: Jenkins (2)
Pen: Jenkins (3)
ReportTry: Maggs
Wood
Con: Humphreys (2)
Pen: Humphreys (3)
Drop: Humphreys (2)
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 76,000
Referee: Scott Young (Australia)

Week 3

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6 March 1999
14:00
France 33–34 Wales
Try: Ntamack (3)
Castaignède
Con: Castaignède (2)
Pen: Castaignède (3)
ReportTry: James
C. Quinnell
Charvis
Con: Jenkins (2)
Pen: Jenkins (5)
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 78,724
Referee: Jim Fleming (Scotland)

6 March 1999
16:00
Ireland 15–27 England
Pen: Humphreys (5)ReportTry: Perry
Rodber
Con: Wilkinson
Pen: Wilkinson (4)
Drop: Grayson
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 49,000
Referee: Paddy O'Brien (New Zealand)

Week 4

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20 March 1999
15:00
England 21–10 France
Pen: Wilkinson (7)ReportTry: Comba
Con: Castaignède
Pen: Castaignède
Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: C. J. Hawke (New Zealand)[2]

20 March 1999
15:00
Scotland 30–13 Ireland
Try: C. Murray (2)
Townsend
Grimes
Con: Logan (2)
Pen: Logan (2)
ReportTry: Penalty try
Con: Humphreys
Pen: Humphreys (2)
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 67,500
Referee: Derek Bevan (Wales)

Week 5

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10 April 1999
14:00
France 22–36 Scotland
Try: Ntamack
Dominici
Juillet
Con: Aucagne (2)
Pen: Aucagne
ReportTry: Tait (2)
Townsend
Leslie (2)
Con: Logan (4)
Pen: Logan
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 78,500
Referee: Clayton Thomas (Wales)

11 April 1999
16:00
Wales 32–31 England
Try: Howarth
Gibbs
Con: Jenkins (2)
Pen: Jenkins (6)
ReportTry: Luger
Hanley
Hill
Con: Wilkinson (2)
Pen: Wilkinson (4)
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 76,000
Referee: André Watson (South Africa)

References

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  1. ^ Wales's home matches were played at Wembley due to the ongoing construction of the Millennium Stadium
  2. ^ replaced by Jim Fleming (Scotland), after 35 minutes
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