| ENGLAND 20 | V | AUSTRALIA 17 | |||
| COMPETITION: Rugby World Cup final | |||||
| VENUE: Telstra Stadium, Sydney | DATE: 22 November, 2003 | SPECTATORS: 82,957 | |||
| REFEREE: Andre Watson (South Africa) | HALFTIME: 14-5 | ||||
| SCORERS: | SCORERS: | ||||
| TRIES: Robinson | TRIES: Tuqiri | ||||
| CONVERSIONS: | CONVERSIONS: | ||||
| PENALTY GOALS: Wilkinson (4) | PENALTY GOALS: Flatley (4) | ||||
| DROPPED GOALS: Wilkinson | DROPPED GOALS: | ||||
| 15 | Josh Lewsey (22) | London Wasps RFC | 15 | Mat Rogers | New South Wales |
| 14 | Ben Cohan | Northampton RFC | 14 | Wendell Sailor (22) | Queensland |
| 13 | Will Greenwood | Harlequins RFC | 13 | Stirling Mortlock | Australian Capital Territory |
| 12 | Mike Tindall (21) | Bath RFC | 12 | Elton Flatley | Queensland |
| 11 | Jason Robinson | Sale RFC | 11 | Lote Tuqiri | New South Wales |
| 10 | Jonny Wilkinson | Newcastle RFC | 10 | Stephen Larkham (21t) (21) | Australian Capital Territory |
| 9 | Matt Dawson | Northampton RFC | 9 | George Gregan (Cap) | Australian Capital Territory |
| 8 | Lawrence Dallaglio | London Wasps RFC | 8 | David Lyons (19) | New South Wales |
| 7 | Richard Hill (19) | Saracens RFC | 7 | Phil Waugh | New South Wales |
| 6 | Niel Back | Leicester RFC | 6 | George Smith | Australian Capital Territory |
| 5 | Martin Johnson (Cap) | Leicester RFC | 5 | Justin Harrison | New South Wales |
| 4 | Ben Kay | Leicester RFC | 4 | Nathan Sharpe (18) | Queensland |
| 3 | Phil Vickery (17) | Gloucester RFC | 3 | Bill Young (17) | Australian Capital Territory |
| 2 | Steve Thompson | Northampton RFC | 2 | Brendan Cannon (16) | New South Wales |
| 1 | Trevor Woodman | Gloucester RFC | 1 | Al Baxter | New South Wales |
| 16 | Dorian West | Leicester RFC | 16 | Jeremy Paul (2) | Australian Capital Territory |
| 17 | Jason Lenoard (3) | Harlequins RFC | 17 | Matt Dunning (3) | New South Wales |
| 18 | Martin Corry | Leicester RFC | 18 | David Giffin (4) | Australian Capital Territory |
| 19 | Lewis Moody (7) | Leicester RFC | 19 | Matthew Cockbain (8) | Queensland |
| 20 | Kyran Bracken | Saracens RFC | 20 | Chris Whitaker | New South Wales |
| 21 | Mike Catt (12) | Bath RFC | 21 | Matt Giteau (10t) (10) | New South Wales |
| 22 | Iain Balshaw (15) | Bath RFC | 22 | Joe Roff (14) | Australian Capital Territory |
| COACH: Clive Woodward | COACH: Eddie Jones | ||||
| MATCH NOTES Source-www.planet-rugby.com, www.rfu.com Probably one of the most dramatic games ever played. The build up to this game was enormous. It was eventually won by a dropped goal by Wilkinson in the game's 100th minute, after extra time and then a sudden death playoff. For the first time ever the Webb Ellis Trophy headed to the Northern Hemisphere. It was to be the last game for England for the captain Martin Johnson. |
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