England's Six of the Best - Ne - Description
Lawrence Dallaglio selects England’s best six games from the new Millennium - and what a selection!
16th February 2002 - England 45-11 Ireland: A rampant England surged to the top of the Zurich World Rankings after racking up six tries in a 45-11 Six Nations Championship win. A day when England went as close to perfection in the first half as Twickenham has ever seen.
24th November 2001 - England 29-9 South Africa: A clinical display of counter-attacking rugby and solid defence saw England record their third consecutive victory over South Africa at Twickenham, beating the Boks by a record margin of 29-9. In doing so Clive Woodward's men became the first European nation to gain five successive test victories over southern hemisphere opposition.
10th November 2001 - England 21-15 Australia: Retaining the Cook Cup they won last year, England's hero was Jonny Wilkinson, as his five penalties and two drop-goals saw them triumphant in a game where their superb 15-0 first half performance was blighted by a jittery second period as a 'Jekyll and Hyde' Australia were denied by some stern defence, and superb goal-kicking.
7th April 2001 - England 48-19 France: Six converted tries and a monumental kicking milestone for Jonny Wilkinson were witnessed by a packed Twickenham stadium, as England came back from three points down at the break to demolish France 48-19 in a pulsating Lloyds TSB Six Nations Championship encounter.
2nd December 2000 - England 25-17 South Africa: This was the game when England proved that they had come of age. Having led 19-9 at the break, England held off a concerted South African effort early in the second half to win 25-17 and prove that the win in Bloemfontein in June was no fluke. As a bonus we include Jonny Wilkinson’s breathtaking kicking display as he scored every point in that epic 27-22 victory at the Free State Stadium to square the two-test series 1-1.
18th November 2000 – England 22-19 Australia: Drama doesn’t come much better than this! Dan Luger’s last-minute try hangs in the balance until video referee Brian Stirling rubber-stamps it. Then over to Jonny Wilkinson’s brilliant touchline conversion and the celebrations could begin in earnest.
Introduced by Lawrence Dallaglio here are the highlights from six of England's greatest matches of the new Millennium.!!
