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I think the fact that he hit the winning drop-goal off his wrong foot is the most under-stated part of the legend. The man was a freak.

Not sure what was more epic. The drop goal or the Nigel Owens adverts.

I am Sri Lankan, I hadnt watched a single RWC match until that day. I just started watching bcz my entire fmily was watching it. For most of the Sri Lankans, their fav foreign rugby team used to be AB's or Boks. But from that moment on i became an England fan 😌❤

That Jason Robinson celebration after his try gives me goosebumps seeing the amount of adrenaline and passion he was feeling at that moment

people forget Dawson's run just before the kick, it was probably the most important part of the lead up

Such a good game. Not even really a rugby fan but what a match and what a finish. You still hear even from Aussie fans how good a match it was, even with the disappointment of losing a final. Just an electrifying finish, like time slowed for a moment.

That 2002-2003 England team were awesome.

I was working in a warehouse doing the annual stock take when this was on. We could only listen to it on the radio, but for the last 15 minutes, everyone just stopped working and listened. Even the boss of the entire logistics division stopped and listened and when we heard Wilko score that drop goal, everyone went nuts.

That England team was just as hard as nails. Even Jonny Wilkinson who was the poster boy hit well above his weight.

Nearly 20 years ago now…still remember it vividly! The team was a winning machine. Turned up in Australia as favourites, went home with the trophy…beautiful

I was 5 years old at centre parks. My dad missed most of the first half because I was meeting ‘santa’ 😂 Got to the sports bar which was packed to the brim and I went in the play area of course. Came out of the ball pit when it sounded like the roof had come off the place to see my dad getting picked up by some huge stranger as if my dad was the World Cup. Such a great memory despite being too young to appreciate it!

Even though we are Welsh, both me and my elderly Mother couldn't contain ourselves when Johnny dropped that goal!

I was in a remote Thailand restuarant and the TV was tuned into Australian commentry, well as a Brit it was entertaining, they kept repeating that the England team where old and worn out, and they had it in the bag. I would love to hear those Aussie commentators again. I was so excited by that drop goal.

This was one of the best rugby matches ever.......Johnny Wilkinson...The Legend...

Remember watching this final live, probably the best rugby world cup final I've watched!

A breath-taking moment, and I remembered watching it. Johnny Wilkinson was absolutely at his peak. The guy was a field goal wizard, kicking with both legs at different field positions.

Sometimes as an England fan you just have to watch this video to feel that warm fuzzy feeling inside again when all seems bleak and dark...

La plus belle finale à mes yeux, avec l excellent Wilkinson qui offre la victoire à l Angleterre avec son drop à la dernière minute !!! 🎶Gogo Johnny GO Go 🎵

I was 8 years old at the time, and I remember that exact moment clear as day.

Fantastic team full of strong, bloody minded characters. Irish fan

Who’s here after England beat New Zealand to reach the rugby World Cup final

Love being English the only country in the world to have a football, rugby cricket, world Cup 🏆🏆🏆🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

HAHAHAHA typical halfback 'i made him look better than he was'

Watched this on deployment in the Falkland Islands...... What a night.... What an unbelievable moment in British sport ....... Still get goose pimples watching it

Will remember that day for the rest of my life absolutely awesome

I love coming back to this again and again over the years. Thank you Johnny and that incredible England team for giving us that very special year

Whenever I watch this it is like it is live and the goosebumps still go down my spine

I remember watching that through my fingers because the tension was so great. It made the joy of winning so much greater. It was a great moment in sporting history

I was attending a business conference in Victoria, B.C. in Canada when the match was broadcast by CBC in the early hours of the morning. I was the only Brit amongst mostly US and Canadians so I watched the match alone in my room. When Jonny Wilkinson kicked that wonderful drop goal to seal the match, I roared so loud that I must have woken up everyone on nearby rooms! A night to remember!

I remember this day everyone was a rugby fan amazing 👏

What a moment what a game! 20 years ago today!

When Johnny nailed that drop goal my shout nearly blew all our windows out at home and gave my wife a heart attack.

That England side was like a huge rumbling machine with jhonny Wilkinson the silk inside the steel

Always loved Robinson X

Iam not a big rugby fan but watching this at the local pub was amazing!!

Matt Dawson was excellent. I remember watching the "dummy trigger" and knew that was it. Everyone talked about Jonny, but Matt made it for me. Not taking anything away from Jonny mind, all round excellent player, not just a kicker.

Friends attended the final in 2003 all dressed as QE2 (not the ship). They walked into a pub near the stadium on the day of the match and the place stopped and, of a sudden and to a person, the Aussies in the pub started singing God Save the Queen. Brilliant atmosphere, massive respect to all and sundry!

Can't forget the experience of watching this epic game live. My best memory as a teenager

That was of the best days of my life given it took place in the morning in UK and was at the pub in my 20s. It was long day!

Never forget this. What drama. I hope I live long enough to see our football team bring it home at last. Anyway great stuff. These lads are in the history books. Best of luck in France 2023.

As a Welsh rugby fan who was 14 at the time I remember celebrating so much when England won, never did I realise the grief we would get afterwards almost not worth it 😜

As a kiwi I will say that English team was awesome.

I was 13 on a scouts trip lol. Listened to it on minibus radio and went absolutely nuts and cried when Wilkinson scored .. my hero growing up lol

I would have been 12 years old and I’ve gotta be honest not a massive rugby fan then or now. But I will never forget my living room erupting as Jason scored his try. My dad (also not a huge rugby fan) knee sliding in front of the tele. Sporting greatness

You England is bloody tiny compared to a lot of countries and it just shows what great spirit we have as a nation to win in so many sports. I know we invented half of them, but still bloody amazing achievement.

Jason Lennard is literally the I.T guy out of 'The Office'. 04:02 "I did a flip pulled over and said what were you worried about?"

Remember it like it was yesterday. What a moment.

I’m Irish and admittedly supported England in the final hard not to admire Johnson, Dallaglio n co great side

Just a few hours before 2019 Japan.......and for the first time in 16 years, I believe we CAN win this again. Come on The Red Rose!!!!!

Wilkinson. Johnson. Dawson. Catt. Total legends. And I'm Scottish.

Goosebumps watching this again

Still get goose bumps years later 👍

The face on the Aussie PM!

Who’s here after the boks just won the cup 2019?

8 years old.. my family had moved to England a year and a half prior to this and i had just begun to learn rugby and play at school. We had a watch party in the lunch room at 5am. I’ll never forget it.

This was on my birthday, also met someone down the pub celebrating their birthday.....what a day!! Great memories. Thing was this team always said they could do better after every game, awesome.

Thanks England 2003 , for making my 30 birthday the best day ever

Who’s here in 2019 with England and South Africa in the final next week?

all these all blacks being better comments in this current day (2016) are totally irrelevant, no one is disputing New Zealand's dominance in the game.. we're analysing a monumental moment in rugby history which any rugby fan (even the aussies) could appreciate

I cycled past Twickenham during Englands last game v France before the World Cup. I had 8 pounds in my pocket. A tout asked if I'd like a ticket, how much would I give for it. '' Everything I've got" I replied. I emptied my pockets and he was good as gold, gave me the ticket and let me have the price of a pint in the ground out of the 8 quid. We trounced the French and I was in SE Asia for the final which I lived and died watching in Thailand. Nothing but nothing could match the thrill of the final whistle. Thank You Boys

Jason Robinson.....Electric heels....I still remember that very fondly.....

Very emotional!!!

20 YEARS TO THE DAY❤

here after 2019 final, unlucky boys 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿all respect to South Africa fantastic dominant performance by them🇿🇦

i watched it live on tv. and that kick i still watch again n again. the look on face Jeff Howard in stadium was of shock

You have to love breaking the Aussies hearts so rewarding

Fantastic. Best of luck for this year's World Cup. 🏉🏆🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🌹🤞🙏

Thanks Martin hope your well best wishes from all of us.

Thank you🙏

Still the only northern hemisphere side to win in a Southern Hemisphere dominated sport. Pretty awesome!

I listened to this on BBC radio because I thought it would be less stressful. It wasn't.

Never will forget it . Amazing

I remember watching this live, my family cheered louder than I've ever heard them when that drop goal went between the posts :)

I watched this on my own in the front room ( wife not interested in rugby) and in those final few minutes i was on all fours, bellowing, sweating, beating the the floor ...urging the final whistle...and when it went...just WOW! Definitely the top team ,sports moment on television ever for me.

Ive not watched many Rugby games live, but this was one and i will remember it for the rest of my live. Cant believe it was that long ago, i would of said 2010. :/

What a game, and to win the World Cup on my birthday, well that was just priceless 👌👌

We were out when this happened. Me and my friends rushed to my car, hooked on every word coming from the radio in my car. When THAT drop goal was scored my car must’ve looked like the Trotter van when they became millionaires at Sotheby’s. It was rocking and shimmying all over the place.....what a hero you were that day, Mr Wilkinson!!!!

Best day of my life. Got battered and barely remember it but still my top day.

2:19 brilliant scenes featured in rugby 08.

Still puts a massive smile on my face ☺

that was one of the happiest days of my life !

Jonny. The Legend.

Goosebumps. Still.

One of the most unspoken things about the whole last couple of minutes, is Martin Johnson recognising before anyone that Dawson is at the bottom of the Ruck and doesn’t want anyone else to make that pass back to Wilkinson. He even takes that ball in and lays right next to where the first Ruck is. That’s some quick thinking Rugby IQ in the last minute of the biggest game of his life.

That put a shiver down my spine....

Dallaglio was an absolute bulldozing beast of a man

That kick really pissed off the Aussie’s lol , I know because I live in Australia lol

Incredible

I rewatch this every year on the 22nd which happens to be my birthday, It's safe to say the England win was more important on the 22nd that day

Will never forget watching this early in the morning on a rainy weekend and being so p%#$ed off that I had to go to football training and as a result was going to miss half of the Game! Thankfully the rain was so bad that morning that no sooner did we arrive, training was cancelled due to a waterlogged pitch and we rushed home just in time for extra time. I remember thinking it was going to penalty kicks... 🤣 and then the kick of all kicks happened, I was only young but knew how much it meant. Won't ever forget it and what a moment it was, huge especially against the Aussies on their home turf!

I was serving in BATUS in Canada with the British army watched the game in the wee small hours of happy days

#best drop goal ever!!!!! get it trending

i watched it live. first and last rugby match i have. absolute drama. remember that drop kick. wow...

Dawson - so cool under pressure, twice! He had to get that last dummy pass and Aussie offside line just right, nerves of steel! And the sheer nerve to dummy the first time and take those extra yards. Gotta hand it to him, may not have had the best skill set ever etc but mentally he was outstanding and that’s all you need to be a winner! Somehow more pride comes from attitude than does ability!

The greatest day in the history of English rugby.

Broke the referee´s heart.

Drop goal to win is legendary stuff.....

David Kirk wasn't too pleased to hand over the trophey to herman monster

all these years and this still gets me. when you see Johnson running out....oooooph