Absolutely! Epic. Especially the Greenwood scenario

Australia is the best sporting.country in the would. get over it. England had a great team.

he was the Voice actor of Aragorn in the 1978 Lord of the rings Animated movie.

Kevin Donnelly I've had the pleasure of playing against Broad St on many occasions - we might've met on the pitch! particularly as we're similar aged. the RWC win absolutely inspired many of today's youth to ditch the round ball and pick up the egg.

Kevin Donnelly, best comment ever!

I also was 13. My story is similar to yours and I remember going with my dad and brother to ‘see the trophy’ at a local club. It arrived on a helicopter, I wore my England shirt, and my father told me not to smile too much in the photo we had as I had braces at the time! Lol I still have that picture now, and my braces are still obvious because I couldn’t help but pull a big cheesy grin. Great memories and I quite agree thank you England!!

it was certainly ugly. I'm not from NZ but you have to applaud the AB's constant way of playing attractive rugby.

You guys (the French) were the only team that beat us more than once in the 4 year period between the 99 WC final finishing and the 2003 WC final. You guys had such an under rated side because they were overshadowed by the winning machine that England were back then. De Villiers, Ibanez, Pelous, Betsen, Magne, Harinodiquy, Galthie and so on. There was a fantastic 6 nations match in Paris where Serge Betsen marked Jonny Wilkinson out of the match. As well as that the French beat us in a pre World Cup friendly in a match that seemed to have no significance at all but actually was massively significant to the record books. Had England won that game then England would have held the record for most consecutive wins by a hell of a long way. Either side of that loss they had two enormously long runs without defeat.

The reason why Southern hemisphere teams are successful is purely down to not sticking to 1 style, Playing mind games, and bending the rules to borderline cheating. Biggest mistake from Northern Hemisphere teams is trying to play southern Hemisphere teams style and game instead of doing what ever it takes to win regardless of opinion . This England team did whatever it took to win and that's the difference. Both France and Ireland have a chance to shine this year. Hopefully they will play their best game and break this southern Hemisphere domination

Matthew Court I am here. A bit tense about Saturday. I feel the team played against the abs the same as they played against Ireland in Dublin. They are a big team up for it. They thrive on the big occasion, they drink the pressure and use it.

Yep,can't find enough videos to watch to keep the nerves at bay!

Yep of course we are going to win the RWC

Sure am!

Final day, what better build up.

Or this years 2019 RWC SEMI FINAL against new zealand

Absolutely!!!

John Bush good you clown I bet Saturdays result did too all the best mark from England!

durrrr what does offside mean ref, durrrr whats a ruck durrrrrrrrrrrrr England are shittttt

BAAAAAAAA BAAAAAAAAAAAA

@Azshishchenkovy Andreyuskins English dont live in a shack,told what to eat and when to eat it. communism is a bitch aint it?

England were shit hot then man, let's be honest mate. I'm a full Welshman myself. The fitness, philosophy of Sir Clive and Johnson, handling of criticism, strength and the plan worked for them then. That front pack was monstrous and the boot of Wilkinson was deadly. It might hurt to say, but essentially that side is the best rugby side ever to date, that English side from 2001-03. They're not as arrogant as us other nations think, just hungry for success after 1991.

Legendary team from a kiwi

You’re still a jock prick 🙃😉

Lmao. I can NEVER imagine a Scotland fan saying this about Englands football team 🤣

My dad was at the stadium in 66. It was was his fondest England memory. I wasn't around then so it was just a story. Seeing the celebrations back in 03 was crazier for me.

Were in the 2019 RWC Final and as much as i want us to win the final i want it to be done in normal time i dont want to have this much stress on me again

Really, you got it, because England lost the easy way.

Because England just makes it, never convincingly

@@rohp1283 yeah, but we do!

The English way my friend

John Williams great comment, the Welsh team of the 70s had the same huge influence. Shame that was the last game together, Johnson retired along with others and all of a sudden England seemed to be back to square one. I like much about the current side, but you genuinely felt that 2003 side could win whatever the opposition, whatever the conditions. This was exemplified in NZ when they held the ABs out with 13 men and went on to win.There performances seemed to be mainly built on forward power, great defence and the boot of JW. Yes they had good attackers, but they defended with their lives, with gruesome forward power with the likes of Johnson and Grewcock.

Hill was "taken out" during the second test on the Lions tour of Australia in 2001..... I'm fairly certain they would have won that series but for his concussion during the match and that also ruled him out of the third test as well...

Right up there with Winterbottem.

@@chrispoulson3215 Better than.

Without a shadow of a doubt.

They all were desperate to retire to get the TV n magga ween interview money even the 30 yr olds it was pathetic

@@peterfawkes350 oh get fucked mate you arrogant prick.

peter fawkes all these years later and people are still butt hurt.. swing low sweet chariot

@@peterfawkes350 retire because as a player they have achieved all their goals and that is to defeat all southern hemisphere teams

@@kaiuluitova6369 Defeat all Souther Hemisphere teams,ones in a while😂

No, Mr Hurt :)

Right. But its all been down hill since then

Ironically not at the moment! 18 wins in a row says otherwise under current coach Eddie Jones (Who was Australia's coach in the 2003 final)...

We will my friend. After all this is William Webb ellises country after all.

+The Ninja tuna Then you will be equal with NZ and Australia......two Webb Ellises each......Lol.

Unlucky? You were lucky to make the 2007 final and then got beat by the better team. In 2019 you were smashed off the park by the Boks. Unlucky? I don’t think so.

I feel we lost due to team selection and Lancaster's policies. He led the team like a Sunday League team. Blocking out Tualangi, not choosing to overthrow the foreign players rule. He left out Ford who played astonishingly well in the build up and against Fiji. It blows my mind some of the choices he made.

+wade dixon although that was a good final it did not have impact as Australia scored at the last few minutes. when all the odds were against them and get all the way across the field. as they were getting closer Wilkinson scored it was at the perfect moment the perfect time at the perfect match.

@@patrickthomas8101 Absolutely. It was also a harder match for England to win. South Africa were playing at Home with the weight of the crowd behind them. England were playing against the world champions, who had just beaten the All Blacks, in Australia.. It doesn't get much harder than that.

Bok fan here. In 2007, glimpses of this 2003 team appeared in 2007, but they were just not good enough when it mattered the most. What should sting the most was the 2019 loss. England was primed to dominate had they won that final against South Africa. But they were spent by that point following a monumental win against the All Blacks.

+Peter Leung definitely not, a lot of amazing talented players are coming through. we seem to have an embarrassment of riches in the centres and wingers compared to a few years ago.

+Roshan Singh yes amazing talent coming through atm for England, but still I fear that structure of English rugby is not set up to give the international team the best chance to win another RWC. I watch the skill level of the ABs and their super rugby teams and it is on a completely different level to NH, let alone English rugby. But I can certainly see England getting back into the top 3 come RWC 2019.

Peter Leung I definitely agree with your sentiment. I thought Lancaster did a lot of good in his tenure by trying to force England to play a more open/threatening style, but ultimately it is to no avail if the premiership is far more attritional. maybe it is in the english psyche to play the forward dominated game, just like the long ball tactic in football. however i believe if the jones selectively choose players who showcase the ability to play the faster game, we can be world class. I hope i don't appear delusional but i think we could have the best cluster of centres in the world with henry ford, tuilagi, Joseph and Daly. Their skills and abilities are on par with any other current international centres.

***** Post RWC form has been great. But need to keep it up for the next 3 years to be confident of another RWC repeat. And also to beat the ABs, who are still no.1 side in the world.

Yep it is...

Kiwicarl 2016 and every time he visited NZ afterward. 36 points was his favorite number to concede

A long time after your comment, but in many ways you’re right. Woodward did some great things, but he was blessed with having some incredible players. The legacy he left was poor and player development had been ignored in the effort to achieve what they did. He was too English for a Lions tour, selected English players who were past their best and unfortunately came up against probably the greatest rugby team ever. Don’t forget how good that ABs team were and Carter was totally in his pomp during that tour. So yes and no.

He quit the following year.

MJ B rubbish

I agree England played poorly and Samoa played out of their skins, but isn't that the test of a truly great team though, that they can have an off day and then come back, This was the best Rugby team England have ever had in my opinion and for a year or so they were the best team in the world, and consistently beat the southern hemisphere teams. Credit where it is due, Wilkinson was in a class of his own and the best kicker in the world and so young as well during the 2002,2003 season to have performed so well at his young age was a blessing to the team and he changed games. The current squad are also blessed to have 3 Islanders playing for them, Islanders are truly great athletes and so strong and they have helped shaped the current team into a real force, probably not good enough to beat NZ, but there is no shame losing to the best team in the world, I just hope England give a good account of themselves and give it all they have and it will be a good game.

Exactly! He didn't exactly uphold the team's winning record after 2003.

William Stevens-Harris neither did Woodward in 2004 with England (or in 2005 with the Lions)

An unwritten rule in rugby is, 'if the ref didn't see it, it didn't happen'. There's also the phrase (which applies to more than one aspect of a match), 'if it wasn't given, it didn't count'. The Larkham incident in itself is down to meticulous planning and strategy. You don't have to like it, you don't even have to respect it but you do need to accept it. In response to a previous comment about SA already doing it (the whole extra-time, drop goal thing), they did it in their own back yard. (NB: I absolutely loved the romance of the '95 RWC) England however went to Australia's backyard, took their trophy off them and flew home with it. RWC 2003 was the best final in sports history. (Closely followed by Liverpool's UCL of 2005 and Dennis Taylor's win in 1985).

+Aaron Beschizza RWC 2003 Final was a great game,but not the best.That honor now belongs to RWC 2015 and the epic final between the mighty All Blacks and a great attacking side in Australia.Our All Blacks proved they're the greatest by winning in 2011,then going to England and winning the RWC again.Plus taking the RWC in 1987.

+BroncosFan1990 that is a fair comment. The ABs were sensational in the final. For drama though, the '03 final was incredible. It may be a biased view as I'm English and Jonny is my hero, but even still, it was the greatest. For pure entertainment and a virtuoso display of how a team just romped a final, NZ take the crown. I guess the debate would go on and on so I'm just glad I've lived through that era and witnessed both finals.

Aaron Beschizza our win in 2011 was special but winning the RWC in England was better.The tournament was awesome with great crowds and full stadiums and you English fans/supporters were superb hosts even after your team bowed out early.Plus to top it all off the All Blacks won it again and hammered the French on the way to doing it:)

+BroncosFan1990 hammering the French is always something I love to see! It was a good World Cup and our pool was tough to get out of. it was nice to see the ABs handle the enormous pressure put on them. we all know they've been prone to cracking when in a tournament held anywhere other than NZ. Japan 2019 will be interesting!

The Captain Martin Johnson retired from international rugby shortly afterwarfs hence the same 15 players never taking the field again

+no8no48 the closest they came to playing together again was the lions tour the following year

Elijah Garcia the same team never played again because Martin Johnson, Neil Back, Lawrence Dillagio and Jason Leonard retired after the World Cup plus Clive Woodward left because the job was done but he left in a mess and then Andy Robinson cocked up

FlyingG Sports incorrect, Clive was in charge in 2014 his favorite points conceded was 36 that year.Then he lost badly again with the Lions in NZ in 2015. His team was very good in 2002/3, he wasn’t a great coach without those retired players. He was big headed after 2003 and got found out. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_rugby_union_matches_between_England_and_New_Zealand#Summary en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Woodward

80 years from now... Do you remember when we won that Rugby cup thingee?

Because this is the best English rugby team that there's ever been - we'll remember them forever

We don't win much, we are sentimental souls also. All the best.

Kinjal Vyas to be honest..... the current England team has more depth than the World Cup winners of 2003.... However they may have inspired more children to take up Rugby Union than Football (Soccer) when they won it..... A lot of credit should also go to Stuart Lancaster (Eddie Jones predecessor) for developing the talents that Eddie now has at his disposal.... They could win the Grand Slam and the World Record of 19 victories but without the All Black's as a scalp would lessen the achievement for me...

We won't. Eddie Jones success was blip. He had a hungry and talented side, but now that hunger is dead

@@kevinadu1068 spoke abit too soon there pal

+the BEAKER U mean the 3 time and current World Champions?

lol truuue so true

You sound like the kinda person that would cost your team the World Cup