1999 Rugby World Cup squads

This article lists the official squads for the 1999 Rugby World Cup in Wales.

Scotland
Head coach: Jim Telfer

South Africa
Head coach: Nick Mallett

Spain
Head coach: 🇪🇸 Alfonso Feijoo

Uruguay
Head coach: Daniel Herrera

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

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

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

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