England’s all-time best rugby union wins: where does Melbourne rank? | Eddie Butler

The series-clinching victory over Australia will go down as one of England’s best – up there with a previous win in Melbourne, a bad-tempered triumph in Paris, a rare surprise success in New Zealand and, of course, the 2003 tour de forceIt has to be the top, even if the winning England team were a little past their peak. Martin Johnson carried his side to the final and Jonny Wilkinson, who had been one of the surprising burdens the captain had had to shoulder (at least until the semi‑final against France), won it with his right‑footed drop goal in extra-time. Freefall lay on the other sid…