1999–2000 Leinster Rugby season

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1999–2000 Leinster Rugby season
Ground(s) Donnybrook, Dublin
Coach(es) Mike Ruddock
Top scorerEmmett Farrell (62)
Most tries Denis Hickie (5)
John McWeeney (5)
League(s) Heineken Cup (2nd in pool)
IRFU Interprovincial Championship (3rd)
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The 1999-2000 season was Leinster's fifth season under professionalism, and their third under head coach Mike Ruddock. They competed in the Heineken Cup, finishing second in their pool, and the IRFU Interprovincial Championship, finishing third. They hosted Argentina, losing 22-51, featuring guest players Rob Henderson and Kieron Dawson. [1]

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Players selected

Leinster Rugby squad

Props

Hookers

Locks

Back row

Scrum-halves

Fly-halves

Centres

Wings

Fullbacks

(c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players.
* denotes players qualified to play for Ireland on residency or dual nationality.

    IRFU Interprovincial Championship

    TeamPWDLFABPPtsStatus
    6600242103529Champions; qualified for 2000–01 Heineken Cup
    6303186129315Qualified for next season's Heineken Cup
    6204145137210Qualified for 2000–01 Heineken Cup
    60068528911Qualified 2000–01 European Challenge Cup
    7 August 1999 Munster Flag of Munster.svg 31–20 Flag of Leinster.svg Leinster Temple Hill  
    Try: Langford
    Foley
    Kelly
    O'Neill
    Con: O'Gara (4)
    Pen: O'Gara
    		Report [2] Try: Hickie (2)
    Con: Everitt
    Pen: Everitt (2)
    Leinster lineup:

    1. Reggie Corigan, 2. Shane Byrne, 3. Angus McKeen,
    4. Bob Casey, 5. Malcolm O'Kelly,
    6. Trevor Brennan, 7. Victor Costello, 8. Liam Toland,
    9. Ciaran Scally, 10. Barry Everitt,
    11. Denis Hickie (c), 12. Gareth Gannon, 13. Brian O'Driscoll, 14. John McWeeney,
    15. Girvan Dempsey.
    Replacements: Peter Smyth (for Byrne 60'), Declan O'Brien (for Brennan 60'), Gary Halpin (for McKeen 74'), Derek Hegarty (for Scally 77'), Peter McKenna (for Hickie 74-76').

    13 August 1999 Leinster Flag of Leinster.svg 15-26 Flag of Ulster.svg Ulster Donnybrook  
    Pen: Everitt (5)
    		Report [3] Try: Howe
    Mason
    Con: Mason (2)
    Pen: Mason (3)
    Drop: Humphreys
    Leinster lineup:

    1. Reggie Corrigan, 2. Shane Byrne, 3. Angus McKeen,
    4. Bob Casey, 5. Malcolm O'Kelly,
    6. Trevor Brennan, 7. Liam Toland, 8. Victor Costello,
    9. Ciaran Scally, 10. Barry Everitt,
    11. Denis Hickie (c), 12. Brian O'Driscoll, 13. Gareth Gannon, 14. John McWeeney,
    15. Girvan Dempsey.
    Replacements: Gary Halpin (for McKeen 79')

    3 September 1999 Leinster Flag of Leinster.svg 22-19 Flag of Connacht.svg Connacht Donnybrook Stadium  
    Try: S. Byrne
    O'Driscoll
    Pen: Dempsey
    Everitt (3)
    		Report [4] Try: Deane
    Con: Elwood
    Pen: Elwood (4)
    Leinster lineup:

    1. Reggie Corrigan, 2. Shane Byrne (c), 3. Angus McKeen,
    4. Bob Casey, 5. Malcolm O'Kelly,
    6. Trevor Brennan, 7. Victor Costello, 8. Liam Toland,
    9. Derek Hegarty, 10. Barry Everitt,
    11. John McWeeney, 12. Brian O'Driscoll, 13. Peter McKenna, 14. Gordon D'Arcy,
    15. Girvan Dempsey.
    Replacements: Gareth Gannon (for Dempsey 8'), Declan O'Brien (for Brennan 46'), Mark McHugh (for Gannon 79').

    30 October 1999 Connacht Flag of Connacht.svg 8-53 Flag of Leinster.svg Leinster Musgrave Park  
    Try: Deane
    Pen: Elwood
    		Report [5] Try: Costello (2)
    McWeeney (2)
    D'Arcy (2)
    Hickie
    Horgan
    Farrell
    Con: Everitt (2)
    Farrell
    Leinster lineup:

    1. Reggie Corrigan, 2. Shane Byrne, 3. Angus McKeen,
    4. Bob Casey, 5. Malcolm O'Kelly,
    6. Declan O'Brien, 7. Victor Costello, 8. Liam Toland (c)
    9. Derek Hegarty, 10. Barry Everitt,
    11. John McWeeney, 12. Shane Horgan, 13, Peter McKenna, 14. Denis Hickie,
    15. Gordon D'Arcy,
    Replacements: Peter Coyle (for McKeen 65'), Emmett Farrell (for Everitt 69'), Stuart Forster (for Hegarty 69'), Peter Smyth (for Byrne 69'), Colin McEntee (for Costello 69').

    5 November 1999 Leinster Flag of Leinster.svg 13–30 Flag of Munster.svg Munster Donnybrook  
    Try: Horgan
    Con: Everitt
    Pen: Everitt
    Drop: Everitt
    		Report [6] Try: O'Neill (2)
    Wood
    Foley
    Con: O'Gara (2)
    Pen: O'Gara (2)
    Leinster lineup:

    1. Reggie Corrigan, 2. Shane Byrne, 3. Angus McKeen,
    4. Bob Casey, 5. Malcolm O'Kelly,
    6. Declan O'Brien, 7. Victor Costello, 8. Liam Toland (c)
    9. Derek Hegarty, 10. Barry Everitt,
    11. John McWeeney, 12. Shane Horgan, 13, Peter McKenna, 14. Denis Hickie,
    15. Gordon D'Arcy,
    Replacements: Mark McHugh (for D'Arcy 54'), Emmett Farrell (for Everitt 74'), Peter Smyth (for Byrne 74')

    12 November 1999 Ulster Flag of Ulster.svg 22-23 Flag of Leinster.svg Leinster Ravenhill  
    Try: Bromley
    Con: Mason
    Pen: Mason (5)
    		Report [7] Try: Hickie
    Pen: McHugh (6)
    Leinster lineup:

    1. Emmett Byrne, 2. J. Blaney, 3. Gary Halpin,
    4. Bob Casey, 5. Malcolm O'Kelly,
    6. Declan O'Brien, 7. Liam Toland, 8. Victor Costello
    9. Stuart Forster, 10. Mark McHugh,
    11. Denis Hickie, 12. Daniel Whiston, 13, Peter McKenna, 14. Gordon D'Arcy,
    15. G. Dunphy,
    Replacements: Leo Cullen (for Costello 46'), Reggie Corrigan (E. Byrne 64'), Shane Byrne (for Blaney 60', Angus McKeen (for Halpin 60').

    Heineken Cup

    Pool 1

    TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffPts
    Flag of France.svg Stade Français 640222913192109838
    IRFU flag.svg Leinster 64021217−5150138128
    Flag of Scotland.svg Glasgow Rugby 62041423−9130179−494
    Flag of England.svg Leicester Tigers 620412111127173−464
    19 November 1999Leinster IRFU flag.svg 27–20 Flag of England.svg Leicester Tigers Donnybrook  
    19:30Pen: McHugh (7)
    Drop: McHugh (2)
    		Report [8] Try: Howard
    Pen: Stimpson (5)
    		Attendance: 6,500
    Leinster lineup:

    1. Emmett Byrne, 2. Shane Byrne, 3. Angus McKeen,
    4. Malcolm O'Kelly, 5. Bob Casey,
    6. Liam Toland, 7. Declan O'Brien, 8. Victor Costello,
    9. Derek Hegarty, 10 Mark McHugh,
    11. Peter McKenna, 12. Brian O'Driscoll, 13. Shane Horgan, 14. Denis Hickie,
    15. Girvan Dempsey.
    Replacements: Reggie Corrigan, Leo Cullen.

    26 November 1999Glasgow Flag of Scotland.svg 29–17 IRFU flag.svg Leinster Hughenden, Glasgow  
    19:30Try: Longstaff (2)
    Bulloch
    Hayes
    Con: Hayes (3)
    Pen: Hayes
    		Report [9] Try: S. Byrne
    Penalty try
    Con: McHugh (2)
    Pen: McHugh
    		Attendance: 1,800
    Leinster lineup:

    1. Emmett Byrne, 2. Shane Byrne, 3. Gary Halpin,
    4. Bob Casey, 5. Leo Cullen,
    6. Declan O'Brien, 7. Liam Toland, 8. Victor Costello,
    9. Derek Hegarty, 10 Mark McHugh,
    11. Peter McKenna, 12. Shane Horgan, 13. Brian O'Driscoll, 14. Denis Hickie,
    15. Girvan Dempsey.
    Replacements: Gordon D'Arcy, Reggie Corrigan, Peter Smyth, Gabriel Fulcher.

    12 December 1999Stade Français Flag of France.svg 39–6 IRFU flag.svg Leinster Stade Jean-Bouin  
    15:00Try: Moni
    Dominici (2)
    Stolz
    Lombard (2)
    Con: Domínguez (3)
    Pen: Domínguez
    		Report [10] Pen: McHugh (2)
    		Attendance: 3,424
    Leinster lineup:

    1. Reggie Corrigan, 2. Shane Byrne, 3. Gary Halpin,
    4. Bob Casey, 5. Malcolm O'Kelly,
    6. Declan O'Brien, 7. Liam Toland, 8. Victor Costello,
    9. Derek Hegarty, 10 Mark McHugh,
    11. Gordon D'Arcy, 12. Shane Horgan, 13. Brian O'Driscoll, 14. Denis Hickie,
    15. Girvan Dempsey.
    Replacements: Peter Coyle, Peter Smyth, Emmett Farrell, Leo Cullen.

    17 December 1999Leinster IRFU flag.svg 24–23 Flag of France.svg Stade Français Donnybrook  
    17:30Try: O'Driscoll
    McWeeney
    Con: Farrell
    Pen: Farrell (3)
    Drop: Farrell
    		Report [11] Try: Domínguez
    Pool-Jones
    Con: Domínguez (2)
    Pen: Domínguez (3)
    		Attendance: 3,000
    Leinster lineup:

    1. Reggie Corrigan, 2. Shane Byrne, 3. Gary Halpin,
    4. Bob Casey, 5. Malcolm O'Kelly,
    6. Declan O'Brien, 7. Liam Toland, 8. Victor Costello,
    9. Stuart Forster, 10. Emmett Farrell,
    11. John McWeeney, 12. Shane Horgan, 13. Brian O'Driscoll, 14. Denis Hickie,
    15. Peter McKenna.

    7 January 2000Leinster IRFU flag.svg 44–17 Flag of Scotland.svg Glasgow Donnybrook  
    18:30Try: Halpin
    McKenna
    McWeeney
    Farrell
    O'Driscoll
    Hickie
    Con: Farrell (4)
    Pen: Farrell (2)
    		Report [12] Try: Metcalfe
    Simpson
    Con: Hayes (2)
    Pen: Hayes
    		Attendance: 5,000
    Leinster lineup:

    1. Reggie Corrigan, 2. Shane Byrne, 3. Gary Halpin,
    4. Bob Casey, 5. Malcolm O'Kelly,
    6. Declan O'Brien, 7. Liam Toland, 8. Victor Costello,
    9. Stuart Forster, 10. Emmett Farrell,
    11. John McWeeney, 12. Shane Horgan, 13. Brian O'Driscoll, 14. Denis Hickie,
    15. Peter McKenna.
    Replacements: Mark McHugh, Peter Coyle, Trevor Brennan.

    15 January 2000Leicester Tigers Flag of England.svg 10–32 IRFU flag.svg Leinster Welford Road  
    15:00Try: Ezuliki
    Lloyd
    		Report [13] Try: McWeeney
    Casey
    Con: Farrell (2)
    Pen: Farrell (5)
    Drop: Farrell
    		Attendance: 12,458
    Leinster lineup:

    1. Reggie Corrigan, 2. Shane Byrne, 3. Gary Halpin,
    4. Bob Casey, 5. Malcolm O'Kelly,
    6. Declan O'Brien, 7. Liam Toland, 8. Victor Costello,
    9. Stuart Forster, 10. Emmett Farrell,
    11. John McWeeney, 12. Shane Horgan, 13. Brian O'Driscoll, 14. Denis Hickie,
    15. Peter McKenna.
    Replacements: Peter Smyth, Peter Coyle, Leo Cullen, Trevor Brennan.

    Representative

    24 August 1999 Leinster IRFU flag.svg 22-51 Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Donnybrook  
    Try: Coyle
    McKenna
    Con: Everitt (2)
    Pen: Everitt
    		Report [1] Try: Contepomi (2)
    Jurado
    Camardón
    Orengo
    Corleto
    Con: Contepomi (5)
    Pen: Contepomi
    Drop: Fernández Miranda
    Leinster lineup:

    1. Reggie Corrigan, 2. Shane Byrne, 3. Gary Halpin,
    4. Bob Casey, 5. Brian Cusack,
    6. Declan O'Brien, 7. Kieron Dawson, 8. Victor Costello,
    9. Stuart Forster, 10. Barry Everitt,
    11. John McWeeney, 12. Shane Horgan, 13. Rob Henderson, 14. Denis Hickie (c),
    15. Emmett Farrell.
    Replacements: Peter McKenna (for Hickie 31'), Gabriel Fulcher (for Cusack 50'), Liam Toland (for Dawson 60'), Peter Coyle (for Halpin).

    References

    1. 1 2 Kieran Rooney, "Argentina romp home", Irish Independent, 25 August 2025
    2. ↑ Barry Coughlan, "Munster dig deep to repel strong Leinster challenge", Irish Examiner, 9 August 1999
    3. ↑ Jim Stokes, "Dion to Ulster's rescue", Belfast Telegraph, 14 August 1999
    4. ↑ "Cup woe strikes Dempsey", Irish Independent, 4 September 1999
    5. ↑ "Leinster chalk up record in Galway", Sunday Life, 31 October 1999
    6. ↑ "Leinster 13-30 Munster". Munster Rugby. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
    7. ↑ "Leinster snatch win to salvage some pride", Irish Examiner, 13 November 1999
    8. ↑ Kieran Rooney, "Marks-man McHugh shoots down Tigers", Irish Independent, 20 November 1999
    9. ↑ "Leinster fall back to earth", Irish Independent, 27 November 1999
    10. ↑ Tony Ward, "Late Stade blitz leaves Leinster in the lurch", Irish Independent, 13 December 1999
    11. ↑ Kieran Rooney, "Farrell puts Leinster back in Euro picture", Irish Independent, 18 December 1999
    12. ↑ Kieran Rooney, "Leinster keep Cup hopes alive", Irish Independent, 8 January 2000
    13. ↑ Peter O'Reilly, "Leinster miss out on the cigar", Sunday Tribune, 16 January 2000
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