Fantastic stat I only realised recently. Between 1999 Rugby world cup to the end of the 2003 Rugby world cup England never lost a game when they started with Wilkinson, Hill, Back, Dallaglio and Martin Johnson at 4. It shows just how important those 5 were to the England team.
I’m at nearly 70 mins and just one England sub made. Just shows how much the games changed in under 20 years. More Subs slower scrums and line out set ups and I’m pretty sure these older style players could kick for touch much further. Miss the old game
Swing Low in the Aus/NZ semi was because you had to buy a package of tickets for the finals so there were a lot of English there. Of course we got a lot of boos for singing it, which funnily enough made us sing louder. Who’d have thought it. Watching the game back, they turned the mike’s down in the section we were mostly in, so you could hear it as clearly on tv.
What a game. Now we have 3-minute scrums, caterpillar rucks, morriss-dance lineouts, endless reviews, plays for penalties, whooping, and players that can benchpress 300kg but can't kick a ball 50 metres. What the hell happened to our sport?
Best of all the unsportsman-like sniping of the Aussie commentators. They gag & spit like Sheila's but in the end they swallowed everything the "ageing English forwards" pumped down their throats. I'll wager not one of 'em ever watched this tournament again.
Hard not to see it as a deliberate kick. Betsen was not looking at him, he was lying on the ground beside the ruck and kicked out. Heat of the moment idiocy from a bit of a thug.
Mike Catt was a major key to our victory in that game. Nonetheless such wonderful times back then. Such a lot has happened since then. Some of it has been good. Ho hum.
U dont see passion like this in football, none of the players even know the lyrics. Its shameful......... RWC 2003 Proudest ive ever been to be English.
When the rain began to fall, some french players lost their smile. This team wasn't maybe ready for a dirty and wet battle. That's life, fairplay to england to adapt and cherish this type of game
I don't understand why we don't see people using drop-goals more often in rugby these days. Look at how many points Wilkinson kicks from drop-goals in this match. Edit: nine points from drop-kicks in this match for JW.
God save our gracious Pim's Long live our noble Pim's God save the Pim's ! Send her victorious Happy and glorious Long to reign over us God save the Pim's !
A not straght line out and the comment is, and I quote "Dallalglio, not one of his better ganes". Iiot. So nice to see Dalaglio making the try that killes the Aussies in the final.
The crazy thing about this world cup is England didnt play well in it bar this game really. Against Samoa we made really hard work of it and against Wales we were really poor against an average Welsh side. Going into this match, I remember we weren't all that confident. In reality, as a team, England were head and shoulders above all others. They had beaten every side home and away (bar South Africa as they hadn't played them away but had destroyed them at Twickenham) in the last couple of years. Even in the final, Australia really shouldn't have been anywhere near. South Africa were easily dismissed in the group stage. Also a few months prior they beat Australia and New Zealand in back to back tests in the southern hemisphere. Virtually unheard of
Wales 2003 was not "average". They played magnificent rugby vs NZ and Eng at RWC03. As stated by Steve Hansen, these performances led the way for the 05 Grand Slam
@@EllliotJackRussel1 I'm not doubting that Wales had a decent tournament, however they weren't a great side. They had just finished bottom of the 6 nations losing every single game
@@judaspriest4957 yes they had a terrible 6N and an awful warmup game vs a 2nd string England team. But they played very well at RWC. Read Steve Hansen interview on WOL site
PS, see the ridicously biased commentary in the ENG v WAL game in the quarter final. I thougt so but see the comments to the ubutbe video. Thank go we had somw more qualiffied commentators for this one
c'est ce qui m'enerve avec les joueurs francais. Ils cherchent souvent la baguarre avec les autres equipes comme pour affirmer leur virilité. Je ne vois pas ça avec les autres equipes. C'est le cas dans cette vidéo dés le debut du match et aujourd'hui avec des joueurs comme huget ou picamoles.
Grow up is all I have to say. I know you have seem to have an inferiority complex because of your history but you shoudn't, you've done amazing things from a sporting perspective, despite your massively racist attitude as a nation (remarkably given your history as a nation!). 25- years and you're kicking our arses at most sports
+David Davies I'm sure if we English had inferiority complexes and a point to prove then we'd be much better too. As it stands, the great game of civilisation was basically won by us so... meh to sport I guess. Slowly starting to change now.
20 years later and still loving it. :)
Fantastic stat I only realised recently. Between 1999 Rugby world cup to the end of the 2003 Rugby world cup England never lost a game when they started with Wilkinson, Hill, Back, Dallaglio and Martin Johnson at 4. It shows just how important those 5 were to the England team.
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Hill, Back and Dallaglio vs Betsen, Magne and Harinordoquy. Unreal. So many incredible flankers were around then.
I’m at nearly 70 mins and just one England sub made. Just shows how much the games changed in under 20 years. More Subs slower scrums and line out set ups and I’m pretty sure these older style players could kick for touch much further. Miss the old game
It just shows what a great player wilkinson was
I agree Johnny Wilkinson is one of the greatest fly half’s ever
Luckily with Rib bones made of rubber. that Betson hit would have done damage if they weren't.
Goat of English rugby
Classic wet weather rugby by England.
Wilkinson's kicking is impeccable. As Usual.
Swing Low in the Aus/NZ semi was because you had to buy a package of tickets for the finals so there were a lot of English there. Of course we got a lot of boos for singing it, which funnily enough made us sing louder. Who’d have thought it. Watching the game back, they turned the mike’s down in the section we were mostly in, so you could hear it as clearly on tv.
What a game. Now we have 3-minute scrums, caterpillar rucks, morriss-dance lineouts, endless reviews, plays for penalties, whooping, and players that can benchpress 300kg but can't kick a ball 50 metres. What the hell happened to our sport?
Was at the game! Twickenham in November conditions at the Sydney Stadium!!
I've watched it for 12 years and still can't see how the Betsen try was given - too much doubt
Best of all the unsportsman-like sniping of the Aussie commentators. They gag & spit like Sheila's but in the end they swallowed everything the "ageing English forwards" pumped down their throats. I'll wager not one of 'em ever watched this tournament again.
Good comment. Yet another jingoistic pile of **** from the Wobbly cheer squad. And they call Bray the voice of rugby’. No, I’m not making that up.
52.16 Betsen dirty play, deliberate raking of Dawson’s head with the boot. Hope the English Forwards sorted him out after!!
What are you talking about ?
@@tm.8399 Serge Betsen on the floor kicking Matt Dawson's head. 52:16
I'm sure there are more ways to say it if you still don't understand
Hard not to see it as a deliberate kick. Betsen was not looking at him, he was lying on the ground beside the ruck and kicked out. Heat of the moment idiocy from a bit of a thug.
His yellow card was a cheap shot. Typical.
@@tm.8399 What are YOU talking about?
Bent referee and officials. But England still won. Yeah, man. Groovy.
Mike Catt was a major key to our victory in that game. Nonetheless such wonderful times back then.
Such a lot has happened since then. Some of it has been good. Ho hum.
It would be nice to see more people from England liking this video. It seems like they don't care that they've won a World Cup.
It's mad I know but Rugby is only like the 4th most popular sport in England.
U dont see passion like this in football, none of the players even know the lyrics. Its shameful.........
RWC 2003 Proudest ive ever been to be English.
I was honoured to play for the Combined Services so, I have met many of our rugbt heroes x
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Good on you 👍
When the rain began to fall, some french players lost their smile.
This team wasn't maybe ready for a dirty and wet battle. That's life, fairplay to england to adapt and cherish this type of game
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I don't understand why we don't see people using drop-goals more often in rugby these days. Look at how many points Wilkinson kicks from drop-goals in this match. Edit: nine points from drop-kicks in this match for JW.
There are a couple of reasons for this, the main one being the speed and organisation of modern defences leaves less time for the drop-kick.
there ain't many Wilkinson theses day
O come on now...He's part of Rugby history
Mmm. The French had the best back row in the world said Howarth .... Until The met The Holy Trinity
Hill, Back, Dallaglio!
Australian commentator's rather disparaging 'Ageing forwards' remark. They had the last laugh at the end of the day.
I'm English but by god the French national anthem was sung absolutely incredibly before this game.
spasibo za prekrasnuiu kolekciu
Great England!!
Serge Betsen deliberately scraped his studs over Matt Dawson’s head. Dirty play
Shocking day for Michalak
God save our gracious Pim's
Long live our noble Pim's
God save the Pim's !
Send her victorious
Happy and glorious
Long to reign over us
God save the Pim's !
haha I love 1:12:58, Wilkinson 18-7 France :D
Je me souviens d'avoir vu ce match quand j'étais gosse ! La France menait, et d'un coup c'était les anglais !
A not straght line out and the comment is, and I quote "Dallalglio, not one of his better ganes". Iiot. So nice to see Dalaglio making the try that killes the Aussies in the final.
I just love to see the French come apart at the seams when things don't go their way HAHAHA!!
I’m half French half english lol schizophrenia activated
England strangled France in this game
48.57 now that’s what you call a clear out,,
I hated the ref at the time. Nothing has changed.
I forgot how bad our lineouts were.
France 7 Wilkinson 24 😂 bogoff Aussie commentator. Too right we said it was revenge time for 1991.
I hate that Paddy O’Brian France gave away so many penalties but he said no and it’s like bruh lol
Ouais mais il y avait Johnny !!!😮👏
The crazy thing about this world cup is England didnt play well in it bar this game really. Against Samoa we made really hard work of it and against Wales we were really poor against an average Welsh side. Going into this match, I remember we weren't all that confident. In reality, as a team, England were head and shoulders above all others. They had beaten every side home and away (bar South Africa as they hadn't played them away but had destroyed them at Twickenham) in the last couple of years. Even in the final, Australia really shouldn't have been anywhere near. South Africa were easily dismissed in the group stage. Also a few months prior they beat Australia and New Zealand in back to back tests in the southern hemisphere. Virtually unheard of
Wales 2003 was not "average". They played magnificent rugby vs NZ and Eng at RWC03. As stated by Steve Hansen, these performances led the way for the 05 Grand Slam
@@EllliotJackRussel1 I'm not doubting that Wales had a decent tournament, however they weren't a great side. They had just finished bottom of the 6 nations losing every single game
@@judaspriest4957 yes they had a terrible 6N and an awful warmup game vs a 2nd string England team. But they played very well at RWC. Read Steve Hansen interview on WOL site
Cornish props. That’s all
Michalak. After one hour and 15 points missed
michalak the invisible player lol for a fly half he was useless on a semi final.
Right or left foot it dindnt matter to the goat
Was he the guy whho actually played at high level? Suspect that might be why he is the only one making sense
French never see Johnny Wilkinson.
PS, see the ridicously biased commentary in the ENG v WAL game in the quarter final. I thougt so but see the comments to the ubutbe video. Thank go we had somw more qualiffied commentators for this one
David Davies they are the same ones, must have got a telling off after Eng v Wales or that they dislike the French even more.
It was still on their mind, they called Harinordoquy a focal point of the Welsh pack towards the end of the first half
cameras on managers more than the rugby - yet more garbage coverage
am I dreaming that - football adverts during a rugby match ?
c'est ce qui m'enerve avec les joueurs francais. Ils cherchent souvent la baguarre avec les autres equipes comme pour affirmer leur virilité. Je ne vois pas ça avec les autres equipes. C'est le cas dans cette vidéo dés le debut du match et aujourd'hui avec des joueurs comme huget ou picamoles.
Gordon Bray would have to be the worst rugby ‘commentator’ ever. Of ALL time. To call his commentary drivel would be gross understatement.
Two players yellow carded for foul play, when they are losing, quelle surprise
Betsen was committed to the tackle, and didn’t deserve to be sin binned.
When the rain came down, it was England's game. If it stayed dry, France would've run it home
If if if....
Grow up is all I have to say. I know you have seem to have an inferiority complex because of your history but you shoudn't, you've done amazing things from a sporting perspective, despite your massively racist attitude as a nation (remarkably given your history as a nation!). 25- years and you're kicking our arses at most sports
+David Davies I'm sure if we English had inferiority complexes and a point to prove then we'd be much better too. As it stands, the great game of civilisation was basically won by us so... meh to sport I guess. Slowly starting to change now.
what a joke leonard comes in for 5 mns and gets a cap no wonder he was a world record .
Are you still as stupid 3 years later or have you done some research?
What
One of the worst games i have seen.
See whats wrong with this french team, mainly white