Jonny gets the drop on Joel for his courage and composure

Brendan Gallagher continues his enthralling series by looking at the most important dropped goals

TOP 20 …DROP GOALS NEXT WEEK Rugby-playing doctors
1. Jonny Wilkinson (Australia v England, 2003 World Cup Final)
There are all sorts of reasons for eulogising this dropped goal, ranging from England’s clinically worked zigzag play after Lewis Moody’s lineout win to Martin Johnson instinctively deciding England needed to make another couple of yards when Matt Dawson first started looking for Jonny Wilkinson. With barley 90 seconds of extra time left on the clock...

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