The 1999 Heineken Cup Final was the final match of the 1998–99 Heineken Cup, the fourth season of Europe's top club rugby union competition. The match was played on 30 January 1999 at Lansdowne Road in Dublin. The match was contested by Ulster of Ireland and Colomiers of France. Ulster won the match 21–6.
Colomiers opened the scoring through a Laurent Labit penalty, but Ulster fullback Simon Mason responded with four of his own before half-time. After the break, captain and fly-half David Humphreys added a drop goal, before Colomiers recorded another penalty from substitute Mickaël Carré, but Mason was able to kick two more for Ulster to put the match out of Colomiers' reach. Ulster centre Jonny Bell was named man of the match.
Match details
FB 15 Simon MasonRW 14 Sheldon CoulterOC 13 Jan Cunningham IC 12 Jonny BellLW 11 Andy ParkFH 10 David Humphreys (c)SH 9 Andy MatchettN8 8 Tony McWhirter OF 7 Andy WardBF 6 Stephen McKintyRL 5 Gary LongwellLL 4 Mark BlairTP 3 Rab Irwin HK 2 Allen ClarkeLP 1 Justin FitzpatrickSubstitutions:CE 16 Stan McDowell PR 17 Gary Leslie FL 18 Derek Topping FB 19 Bryn CunninghamSH 20 Stephen BellLK 21 Stewart DuncanHK 22 Ritchie WeirCoach: Harry Williams FB 15 Jean-Luc Sadourny (c) RW 14 Marc BibouletOC 13 Sébastien RoqueIC 12 Jérome SieuracLW 11 Benjamin Lhande FH 10 Laurent Labit SH 9 Fabien GalthiéN8 8 Stephane Peysson OF 7 Patrick TabaccoBF 6 Bernard de GiustiRL 5 Jean-Marc LorenziLL 4 Gildas MoroTP 3 Stéphane GraouHK 2 Marc Dal MasoLP 1 Stéphane DelpuechSubstitutions:CE 16 David Skrela FH 17 Mickaël Carre FL 18 Philippe Pueyo SH 19 Serge MilhasHK 20 Remi TremouletN8 21 Romain RysmanPR 22 Richard NonesCoach: Jacques Brunel Man of the Match: Jonny Bell (Ulster)
See also 1998–99 Heineken Cup
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