There are those, and I would be one, who still consider RWC2003 the best run and most enjoyable tournament to date although 2007 ran it close.
It might not have had the novelty, political significance and grandeur of some but the Aussies do big sport brilliantly, the Australian sporting community and media were switched on from day one and there were rugby stories aplenty to feast on.
The 2003 World Cup had originally been awarded to Australia and New Zealand who tendered a joint bid but a growing indication of the strict commercial rules that now applied to Rugby World Cup came in 2002 whe...