1999 Heineken Cup Final
# 1999 Heineken Cup Final

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

* 30 January 1999 14:45 GMT

| Ulster | 21–6 | Colomiers |
| - | - | - |
| Pen: Mason (6) Drop: Humphreys | Report Full match on video | Pen: Labit Carré |

* Lansdowne Road, Dublin Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Clayton Thomas (Wales)

| FB | 15 | Simon Mason |
| - | - | - |
| RW | 14 | Sheldon Coulter |
| OC | 13 | Jan Cunningham | 44' |
| IC | 12 | Jonny Bell |
| LW | 11 | Andy Park |
| FH | 10 | David Humphreys (c) |
| SH | 9 | Andy Matchett |
| N8 | 8 | Tony McWhirter | 75' |
| OF | 7 | Andy Ward |
| BF | 6 | Stephen McKinty |
| RL | 5 | Gary Longwell |
| LL | 4 | Mark Blair |
| TP | 3 | Rab Irwin | 73' |
| HK | 2 | Allen Clarke |
| LP | 1 | Justin Fitzpatrick |
| Substitutions: ||
| CE | 16 | Stan McDowell | 44' |
| PR | 17 | Gary Leslie | 73' |
| FL | 18 | Derek Topping | 75' |
| FB | 19 | Bryn Cunningham |
| SH | 20 | Stephen Bell |
| LK | 21 | Stewart Duncan |
| HK | 22 | Ritchie Weir |
| Coach: ||
| Harry Williams ||
| FB | 15 | Jean-Luc Sadourny (c) |
| RW | 14 | Marc Biboulet |
| OC | 13 | Sébastien Roque |
| IC | 12 | Jérome Sieurac |
| LW | 11 | Benjamin Lhande | 20' |
| FH | 10 | Laurent Labit | 53' |
| SH | 9 | Fabien Galthié |
| N8 | 8 | Stephane Peysson | 67' |
| OF | 7 | Patrick Tabacco |
| BF | 6 | Bernard de Giusti |
| RL | 5 | Jean-Marc Lorenzi |
| LL | 4 | Gildas Moro |
| TP | 3 | Stephane Graou |
| HK | 2 | Marc Dal Maso |
| LP | 1 | Stéphane Delpuech |
| Substitutions: ||
| CE | 16 | David Skrela | 20' |
| FH | 17 | Mickaël Carre | 53' |
| FL | 18 | Philippe Pueyo | 67' |
| SH | 19 | Serge Milhas |
| HK | 20 | Remi Tremoulet |
| N8 | 21 | Romain Rysman |
| PR | 22 | Richard Nones |
| Coach: ||
| Jacques Brunel ||

* Man of the Match:
* Jonny Bell (Ulster)
