As our countdown reaches its finale, it's time to say what has made the cut and been named the 10 best Rugby World Cup moments!
With nine tournaments to choose from, the competition was tough but there are some historic moments including New Zealand going back-to-back, Wilkinson winning it for England, the Brighton miracle for Japan and Nelson Mandela handing over the Webb Ellis Cup to Francois Pienaar after
South Africa's first win!
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With nine tournaments to choose from, the competition was tough but there are some historic moments including New Zealand going back-to-back, Wilkinson winning it for England, the Brighton miracle for Japan and Nelson Mandela handing over the Webb Ellis Cup to Francois Pienaar after
South Africa's first win!
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00:00 Across the park they come, and losing it,
00:06 Ams there, pops it up for the throw, here comes Chosin Kylbie!
00:10 Kylbie, bounces towards the fence,
00:12 both men still going, Chosin Kylbie!
00:15 South Africa for World Cup Easters!
00:26 Seika Lacy and South Africa are Rugby World Cup Kings in Japan!
00:35 Quickly taken up the line-up then, and tidy ball force and some over, they do well for it.
00:38 Pat Lam again, leading the charge from number 8, gets out the pass beautifully to Vajenga!
00:43 Martin Morris almost tackling him, but Vajenga going through!
00:46 Jones and Lewis going back, who gets the touch?
00:49 The try is awarded!
00:51 The first try of the game and dramatically, in the opening seconds of the second half,
00:55 the scorer is Vajenga, the centre.
00:58 So what drama then here, To'o Vajenga,
01:03 in his 10th appearance then for Western Samoa,
01:06 to the delight of the Western Samoans in the crowd.
01:09 And it's Timo Takaloa, he'll take on the Welshman.
01:13 The crossfield for the moment, then strengthens up.
01:16 Tomalatai, Vajenga, surely a try here for Vajvale!
01:21 Going over at the corner, the second try then of this second half for Western Samoa,
01:26 and Wales are in desperate trouble.
01:30 Finally the Western Samoan scrum goes down.
01:33 Emmet Lewis controlling the ball at number 8 there for Rob Jones,
01:36 not a good pass though, to ring.
01:38 Danger here for Wales!
01:40 And that's it, the final whistle!
01:42 What a dramatic victory then!
01:45 And the shock of the competition so far, the first major shock,
01:49 what a day for Peter Fatihanova, the Western Samoan skipper.
01:53 The Western Samoans, winners by 16 points to 13 over Wales.
01:57 Heels off the top.
01:59 Larkham.
02:01 Herbert smashes through the middle.
02:03 Kriegen.
02:06 Drop-goal from Larkham!
02:08 Up it goes!
02:12 Could you believe it?
02:14 Larkham has De Beere De Beere.
02:16 He certainly has, I can't believe it, he can hardly stand on that foot.
02:21 He looked up and he just whacked it.
02:25 Oh, it's a magnificent kick.
02:27 WHISTLE BLOWS
02:54 Crouch, touch, pause, engage.
02:57 Leave in nine, don't touch each other, stay down, ball gone.
03:03 WHISTLE BLOWS
03:05 To do something now that nobody else has done,
03:30 to hold on to a second World Cup,
03:33 a third Cup for his nation,
03:36 a first on overseas soil.
03:38 Ladies and gentlemen, your winners
03:53 of Rugby World Cup 2015, New Zealand!
03:58 CHEERING
04:00 Quickly away, Keleher, Mertens, Gibson.
04:12 Mertens getting it round, Umangas dropped it.
04:15 Hacked away by Manya.
04:17 He and Bernard Sal are after it.
04:20 Manya chases on, Wilson's got a hell of a lot to do.
04:24 He hasn't done it, Bernard Sal!
04:27 The try is given.
04:31 Bernard Sal has surely won this game for France.
04:34 Claude Dord comes back to milk the applause.
04:39 Maxwell, oh, he loses the ball forward.
04:46 He knows he's got to get the passes away, the French.
04:51 Desperate to get on it. The game is over!
04:54 France have beaten the All Blacks,
04:59 the biggest upset in the whole of Rugby World Cup history.
05:04 And if France can reproduce this sort of form in the final,
05:09 next week, who's to say that we won't see
05:12 the first Northern Hemisphere name on the William Webb Ellis Trophy?
05:18 Once again, Bashop has it for the fourth time.
05:21 Pass out to Lomu.
05:23 Underwood can't take. This is the big man, Lomu.
05:26 He's still on his feet. Lomu could score!
05:29 That's a great try for New Zealand.
05:31 And one fancies, Chick, that England's fears about the big man
05:40 are certainly very worrying at this stage.
05:44 He literally just ran straight over Tony Underwood.
05:48 Still the ball. The game carries on. Zinzan Broek.
05:52 Huge pass on the outside to Osborne.
05:55 This is Lomu again. Lomu is through!
05:58 Well, Rob Andrew was brushed aside by the big man.
06:02 Pick-up at the back by Richards, and then Morris going on the inside.
06:08 But the ball's been taken away now.
06:10 He has another chance for Lomu. Can Lomu get past Michael Catt?
06:14 The statistics say he's going to score his fourth try
06:18 in almost the easiest of fashion.
06:22 Last three shots.
06:24 Last six. Stay. Stay there.
06:30 Stay on the feet.
06:32 Last three.
06:38 Back up.
06:40 Back up.
06:44 Back up.
06:47 [crowd cheering]
06:50 [whistle]
06:54 [whistle]
07:13 [crowd cheering]
07:16 Three minutes of injury time.
07:35 A try will give the Japanese this monumental upset.
07:41 [crowd cheering]
07:44 Nakabi.
07:47 It's tough going for Japan.
07:50 Kawasa goes in.
07:56 Here goes Leitch. He's strong.
07:59 Great tackle by Strauss.
08:02 Save the try.
08:04 Takakawa.
08:06 Maki.
08:08 Here we go!
08:10 Hirsute.
08:12 Come on, Hirsute.
08:17 [crowd cheering]
08:42 He scores!
08:44 Japan, the unspoken glory.
08:47 Come on, Japan!
08:49 It's impossible to get a word in now amongst the roar of the crowd.
08:52 It is just incredible heartbreak for South Africa.
08:56 It's not been a good afternoon for them.
08:58 But for Japan, well to the bits they go, the spoils and clarity deserved.
09:03 They have deemed enormous this afternoon.
09:06 [crowd cheering]
09:09 The president to the captain.
09:17 There it is.
09:28 Francois Pienaar.
09:31 And Nelson Mandela is cheering along with the whole of the stadium.
09:36 A sea of flags.
09:39 A wonderful moment for the whole of South Africa.
09:42 We hardly believed it could happen for them.
09:47 But it has.
09:48 And now the celebrations I'm sure will go on for at least a week.
09:53 [crowd cheering]
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10:00 [BLANK_AUDIO]