England beat All Blacks in New Zealand - June 2003 Highlights 

The best thing about this video of the game is the childish, whiny commentary. It's very funny!

15 years on and the number 10 is still the best tackling stand off England have ever had .

We often focus an Wilkinson's kicking ability but his tackling was some of the best I have ever seen. He could bring down men twice his size.

Pleased to see that people are still watching this game. I'm an NZer and have nothing but respect for this amazing England performance. The same goes for every true rugby lover that I know. The 2003 England team was mighty. The right team won the RWC.

A top top English team. Experienced, classy, strong, determined, smart, mentally tough as teak. Respect.

15 years on and i still laugh at the most biased commutators i have ever heard on TV .

Even after all the changes in the sport, AB forwards cannot resist stamping on the unprotected head of a player trapped in a ruck. Nothing has changed in NZ since the 70s.

Three things stand to me about this incredible match and commentary: the absurdly biased commentators; Dallaglio’s immense work and Jonny Wilkinson - for his kicking but also for his tireless tackling. This England team was so tough in defence!

As an Australian, this was some England side. Peaked right at the right time and well deserved WC champs

"Wilkinson doesn't look that flash on his right boot". How ironic

I think NZ would have had about 12 players left on the pitch with today's level of refereeing and camera angles. Two would have gone in one go for the stampings....

Gotta love the “un biased” commentary 😂😂😂

When Martin Johnson was asked after the game what was going through his head when they were down to six forwards and the AB's had a scrum close to the England line, he responded "my spine" lol

The RWC final that never was. Great game, great team. One of the all time great teams was this English side.

Nice to hear the locals respecting the kicker.

2002 England was better than 2003, it was a wonderful era to be a rugby player and fan.

People talk about Jonny Wilkinson but that whole England team was a monster.

I'm a Kiwi But wow Johnny Wilkinson was brilliant England the best team ever in my humble opinion

Don’t you just love unbiased commentary

13 men against 16 - magnificent achievement.

I'm Welsh and was chuffed for them beating the ever smug,arrogant All Blacks,as I was when France thrashed them a few years earlier.It's tongue in cheek rivalry with us and England,we are neighbors,made from the same Briton blood line and are friends with many English living here.I find them charming and well mannered,and are gratious in defeat,unlike the very bad losers,New Zealand.Kiwis make Aussies seem humble!Lots of them work in Swansea (Walkabout)and think they are real special people,when in fact they are boring,self obsessed surfy type knobheads. :)

One of the most disciplined defensive performance ever seen by an English rugby team. If only we had a fraction of that experience and talent now !

"Chris Jack is a great footballer" v "Dallagalio has had quite a good game" ha ha ha ha ha ha!! Jack wasn't fit to lace Lozza's boots!

This is without doubt my favourite match of rugby. I could watch it again and again. I don’t think England will ever have a team this well rounded that plays with this much heart and passion again.

I enjoyed that! I’m Welsh, love my rugby and know a good performance when I see one. Tremendous effort, especially by the England forwards who were immense!

One-eye AB commentators...never disappoint.

As an Englishman, I never tire of the hilarious commentary. They don't set the bar very high down under.

Best haka reaction. Watching respectfully, but genuinely not giving a shit. Jason Leonard warming up his groin while he casually watches on. Perfect.

One of the finest examples of objective and impartial commentary ever heard in the history of the game

The tackling of everyone in that England team has never been surpassed. No passengers there!

Shows how good England were to win in NZ and with a ref like that

Even as a Welshman that was a great win and a good video for anyone to study on how to beat the All Blacks at home!

Undoubtedly some poor reffing decisions in that game, but for the commentators to excuse that manner of stamping on players is ridiculous

This England team were like James Bond. Not always the fastest or strongest, but in a fight they always came out on top.

I really enjoyed the biased commentary - makes reliving the victory even sweeter. Awesome defence exactly what we will require for lions tests

Loved this year . It was England's turn to shine . Anytime you beat New Zealand is to be treasured . I think our 2019 team is pretty awesome too .

Great to watch again whilst in the "Lockdown"

For better quality: watch this with sound muted..

2:18 "England got home (just about made it) 31 to 28, but only four of this All Black team were there". "Yes, this is the REAL business, no doubt about that". The All Blacks are probably the most successful team in Rugby and are admired and respected as such (me included). Yet commentators like these never cease suggesting that any time they've lost it's been due to some fluke, trickery, unavailability of top players or unfair refereeing. Every team in the world could claim extenuating circumstances at some time or another but don't. At least not to the same extent. I live in Wales and Andy Haden's dive in 1978 robbing Wales of a historic win is hardly ever mentioned. We lost and that's that. It's ironic that antipodeans love to use the term 'whinging poms' when it's they themselves who whinge on and on and on.

They were undeniably the best team in the world at that time and for a couple years beforehand. Two years earlier I made a relatively bold but, pretty confident prediction that Eng would take the 2003 RWC and was roundly mocked by my fellow Kiwis and Oz & saffa mates. Wish I’d put a bet on now. Was living in Eng at the time and was genuinely chuffed to bits that they won the RWC but, still didn’t enjoy this loss one little bit Lol.

Guts+pride+skill+supreme conditioning=a 15-13 win. I am English and biased, but still, this has to one of the best displays (certainly defensively) ever.

39:50 What the fuck? Umaga is clearly holding onto the ball, and Wilkinson is on his feet. What are the commentators on about?

Anyone who stamps on someone's head should never be allowed to play rugby again.

Spencer was such an enigma. Sometimes he was the best player on the pitch, and other times just shake-your-head dreadful.

I cannot believe that these supposed highlights did not show the kiwis failing 3 times to push back a six man english scrum. It was the defining moment of the game. PS i also love the one eyed commentry if they were English i can only imagine the posts.

I have never seen this before. The NZ commentators... were they professionals or was this just something dubbed on later by some blokes after a few beers?

Howlett was a country mile offside for that try!

At 16.54, Neil Back was NOT offside. Just brilliant timing and speed.

Commentary courtesy of Dumb and Dumber.

I’d forgotten how the New Zealand team had mastered the art of cheating in those days. They were brilliant at it, it must have been trained into them they were the best cheats I’ve ever seen in a sport. Just shows how good England were to beat the chests and the ref.

Best English performance since 2003 and I include the RWC final in that. Brilliant leadership by Johnson. Lewsey has been clearly raked in the ruck and complained, Johnson told him to “take the bullet” and see it through. Real character from both sides.

That English forward pack is the best pack I've ever seen in my lifetime bar none.

That was an awesome team, Martin Johnson was a fantastic captain.

Not only a filthy team but the commentary possibly the most one eyed ever!! Revenge is a dish best served cold well done the red rose

All the time in the world for Johnnos chuckle and ‘unlucky’ at 28 mins.

I’d forgotten how biased Dickinson was. Lewsey’s head being trampled on by two ABs, Johnno gets the lecture!

This commentator is the most one-eyed simpleton I've ever heard.

After all these years i still laugh at Mexsteds commentary..Player laid on ground cannot move and Ab smashing his head with his boot and Mexsted says..The player should have moved...With 8 guys laid on top of you...Always one eyed Mexsted

Always fun to watch NZ matches with NZ commentary... I think hindsight makes one realise to an even greater degree that at that time that team was the best on the planet and could beat anyone, and did.

Any wonder everyone outside of NZ likes to see NZ lose

was there at the Caketin for that game & the Poms deserved the win. Remember thinking that no-one would beat them at the World Cup if the Abs couldn't beat 13 of them at Wellington.

martin johnson. truly epic leader on the pitch.....

What a true commentary whether your winning or losing that's the best impartial comentry iv ever seen ,be truthfull and say it how it is ❤

i don't know who the one eyed kiwi commentator is but this is at another level

Shock, Kiwis showing a significant lack of sportsmanship and respect, even in 2003.

Me and the wife were at this game, unbelievably tense and their try was a mile offside.... Great to be English then and a few months later in Sydney...

The anglophobic BBC reported on the game, still online "It was not a vintage England performance and they struggled in almost every phase of play."

“ Wilkinson shouldn’t have had his hand in the ruck-he should have been penalised” says the NZ commentator-he was on his feet trying to win the ball and the NZ player was holding it! Seriously?!

The England team / class of 2003 were an absolute beast. England will never produce a team as good as this one.

Martin Johnson: the kind of leader you'd follow in to hell. Few inspire men like that! Damn, I miss that 2002-2003 vintage England team!

England were incredibly disciplined back then which goes a long way in a rugby match.

Totally unbiased and objective NZ commentary as usual 🤣

turgid match, great viewing, nice to see the sportsmanship of the NZ crowd during the English kicks !!!

Pound for pound JW must be one of the most effective tacklers ever. 18 stone props literally stopped in their tracks at full speed.

Always love watching the handshakes at the end for some reason. Good to see the respect between players even if they've just spent 80 minutes trying to knock each other out.

thanks for the video, such a great match in terms of a field full of (soon to be) greats on both sides. its a shame that the highlights cut the 13 man period down. richard hill played 'the entire back row' for england and was incredible. would love to have seen it.

I always thought of Kiwi's as Aussies unlovable cousins. These commentators compound that.

I'd forgotten just how appallingly myopic and biased the commentary was...condoning stamping on a players head (twice) what a complete joke they were......

My goodness, this was the only team we as Springboks feared. The All Blacks always ran us ragged, but this English team battered us. They physically dominated us constantly for like years...and became the team after the All Blacks to have a positive record against the Bokke. Glad we changed things around though. Never again should we be dominated physically. 😅

this was such a great era of rugby, the early 2000's. The big 3 southern teams plus England, so many great players

Cyclops commentators and it also reminded me why I used to wonder how Stuart Dickinson EVER made an international panel referee.

This England team dominated this period in rugby, beat everyone home and away and were ranked #1 in the world.

How did Nz loose with so much help from ref! 2 yellows and god knows how many penalties!! Worse ref I have Beverly seen he just loved the sound of his own whistle and voice!! What defence by England though!!!!

What the fuck is this commentator on about having Wilkinson penalised for hands in the ruck? No fucking ruck was formed when he got his hands on The ball - he had every right to keep contesting for it.

Best pack of the last twenty years.

Great game despite the refereeing. The kicking by Wilkinson in that strong swirling wind was ridiculously good.

Richie and Nonu there!! Respect for the legacy!! 2015 was magnificent. 2007 was a watershed RWC moment of growth for the ABs.

Carlos Spencer had a great game for England that day.

Who is the one eyed NZ commentator at 39mins 35 secs saying the pen should have gone NZ's way? Wilkinson got his hands on the ball and was on his feet before the ruck was formed, so Umaga was clearly holding on before any All Black forwards got to him to form the ruck. Granted that Greenwood should have released Umaga and rolled away.

That england forward pack was one of the best ever anywhere.

So why did the coverage cut out the bit where the english scrum survived despite being 2 men short? Plus the ridiculously biased kiwi co-commentator could do with growing up a bit. Nevertheless, good game despite the selective nature of the highlights :)

I love the “England bad, All Blacks good “ commentary

Great win, especially when the 13 men had play 15 Kiwis and 1 Aussie at one stage!

All Blacks try - he was miles ahead of the kicker.

These old ones really make ya remember how good Johny Wilkinson was

Martin Johnson pissing himself laughing at 28:15 is priceless.

Terrible ref, I can't believe the home town commentators were justifying the deliberate stamping on Wilkinson's hand and on the players on the ground, on the basis they were committing fouls. A little difference between not releasing the ball or handling on the ground and stamping on people's heads.

This was a phenomenal win, a testament to Woodward's England side.

I remember watching this game with my family, brings back some good memories. The 2003 England Rugby team were phenomenal, as shown in this game. The rock solid English defence put the All Blacks under constant pressure. The English forward pack was hard and uncompromising. Jonny Wilkinson displayed his amazing goal kicking skills in very difficult conditions. The England team went on to Australia and beat the Wallabies in a test match before the world cup. Then beat the Wallabies again in the greatest rugby world cup final ever played.

The refereeing in this game was atrocious. Luckily Carlos couldn't kick goals to save his life and Wilko kicked everything.