England win World Cup
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“Dame Edna Everage, Kylie, Jason, Steve Irwin, Harry Kewell, you boys took a hell of a beating!”
How tense and exciting was that?
Wilkinson won it with a last minute drop goal, after probably the first time in the match that England got a line-out right.
“Pictures”:http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/rugby_world_cup/photo_galleries/3228136.stm
November 22nd, 2003 at 13:25
HAahahahahhahhaaahahahhahahaaaaa!
I really thought we’d thrown it away when Martin Johnson gave the ref some verbal and he gave the penalty to Australia, one minute before the end…
November 22nd, 2003 at 13:59
Well. After beating you at cricket (has England *ever* beaten Australia at cricket?), league, tennis and yes, even football, we thought we’d throw you a mercy win. (Yes, that will do)
November 22nd, 2003 at 14:33
Wow, thanks. You could have given us the mercy win in a normal Test match, but you did it in the World Cup final instead. That’s true sportsmanship.
November 23rd, 2003 at 11:58
Might as well be in the sport almost no one here cared about until January this year :- )
Bah, what a great game that was. Almost perfect, that game. Almost