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RWC Final
On a wet day at Sydney Telstra Stadium England won the Rugby
World Cup.
What a game - England took a good lead in the first half but the second half saw
England lose their 14-5 advantage (some say due to some dodgy refereeing) so
extra time was called for. Your webmaster was underground at the stadium
watching (working!) with the Australians and the atmosphere was tense to say the
very least. But good old Jonny saved us from the sudden death extra extra time
with that wonderful drop kick.
For a change, the Australians were quite humble and admitted the best team
wasn't Australia but England, and we deserved to win.
Click on the thumbnails for the larger pictures.
 Worries over the new set - Jon looks happy enough though. |
 The "Bridge" crew, shooting the opening link on Sydney HarbourBridge, the night before |
 Damp preparations |
 Still damp |
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 Jason Robinson scoring our try |
Fullsize version of the try |
 Max resolution blow-up of the try (no link) |
 Max resolution blow-up of the big screen TV (no link) |
 England Celebrates |
 We seem to outnumber the Aussies |
 A rare event - Jonny misses the conversion |
 JT and Smithy celebrate the end of the match |
 The Sydney Morning Herald issues a public apology (200kB) |
 Sydney Opera House suitably redecorated |