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Sport
Rugby Union
Year
2003
Country
England
Manager / Head Coach
Clive Woodward
Team members
FB 15 Josh Lewsey
RW 14 Jason Robinson
IC 13 Will Greenwood
OC 12 Mike Tindall
LW 11 Ben Cohen
FH 10 Jonny Wilkinson
SH 9 Matt Dawson
N8 8 Lawrence Dallaglio
OF 7 Neil Back
BF 6 Richard Hill
RL 5 Ben Kay
LL 4 Martin Johnson (c)
TP 3 Phil Vickery
HK 2 Steve Thompson
LP 1 Trevor Woodman
Replacements:
HK 16 Dorian West
PR 17 Jason Leonard
LK 18 Martin Corry
FL 19 Lewis Moody
SH 20 Kyran Bracken
FH 21 Mike Catt
FB 22 Iain Balshaw
About
In 1997, Clive Woodward became England's coach. That year, England drew with New Zealand at Twickenham after being heavily defeated in Manchester the week before. England toured Australia, New Zealand and South Africa in 1998. Many of the England team made themselves unavailable for the tour nicknamed the "tour from hell" where England suffered a record 76–0 defeat to the Wallabies. In 1999 during the last ever Five Nations match, Scott Gibbs sliced through six English tackles to score in the last minute, and the last ever Five Nations title went to Scotland.
Celebrations at Trafalgar Square after England's 2003 World Cup victory.England commenced the new decade by winning the inaugural Six Nations title. In 2001, Ireland defeated England 20–14 in a postponed match at Lansdowne Road to deny them a Grand Slam. Although the 2002 Six Nations Championship title was won by France, England had the consolation of winning the Triple Crown. In 2002, England defeated Argentina in Buenos Aires, and then the All Blacks, Australia, and South Africa at Twickenham. In 2003, England won the Grand Slam for the first time since 1995, followed by wins over Australia and the All Blacks in June.
Going into the 2003 World Cup, England were one of the tournament favourites. They reached the final on 22 November 2003 against Australia and became World champions after a match-winning drop goal by Jonny Wilkinson in extra time that made the final score 20–17. On 8 December, the English team greeted 750,000 supporters on their victory parade through London before meeting Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace.
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