This article lists the official squads for the 1999 Rugby World Cup in Wales.
Pool A
Scotland Head coach: Jim Telfer
South Africa Head coach: Nick Mallett
Spain Head coach: Alfonso Feijoo
Uruguay Head coach: Daniel Herrera
Pool B
England Head coach: Clive Woodward
Leon Lloyd and Martyn Wood were called up on 23 September as injury replacements for Kyran Bracken and David Rees.
Italy Head coach: Massimo Mascioletti
New Zealand Head coach: John Hart
Tonga Head coach: Polutele Tuʻihalamaka
Pool C
Fiji Head coach: Brad Johnstone
Namibia Head coach: Rudy Joubert
France Head coach: Jean-Claude Skrela
1 Fabien Galthié was called up to the squad to replace Pierre Mignoni, who suffered an injury mid-tournament.
Canada Head coach: / Patrick Parfrey
Pool D
Wales Wales named an initial 30-man squad for the tournament in June 1999. The highlight of the selection was centre Jason Jones-Hughes, who was born in Australia, but was believed to be qualified for Wales through his father. The Australian Rugby Union (ARU) disputed Jones-Hughes' selection because he had already played for the Australian Barbarians, who were considered Australia's de facto second team. This led to a protracted legal battle over Jones-Hughes' eligibility for Wales, in which the International Rugby Board initially ruled in Australia's favour; on appeal, Wales were allowed to select Jones-Hughes, but the ARU refused to release him from his contract with New South Wales. Nevertheless, Jones-Hughes was ultimately allowed to join the Wales team and was named on the bench for the tournament opener against Argentina.
Head coach: Graham Henry
Argentina Head coaches: Alex Wyllie and Héctor Mendéz
Samoa Head coach: Bryan Williams
On 30 June 1999, Fosi Pala'amo was replaced by Robbie Ale due to knee medial ligament injury before the World Cup.
Japan Head coach: Seiji Hirao
Pool E
Ireland Head coach: Warren Gatland
Gordon D'Arcy replaced the injured Girvan Dempsey on 11 September 1999.
United States Head coach: Jack Clark
Australia Head coach: Rod MacQueen
Romania Head coach: Mircea Paraschiv
References
External links Rugby World Cup – 1999 Tournament International Rugby Board 1999 Rugby World Cup SA Web Rugby World Cup Rosters CNN/Sports Illustrated