The Australian media criticised the competition early in the tournament as the smaller nations were crushed by the rugby superpowers by 60 points or more, in particular a 142–0 victory by the host nation over Namibia, the largest winning margin in Rugby World Cup history. "At that point when you're a couple of minutes away. It was almost reminiscent of England themselves, albeit the 2003 version who stuck 42 points on Ireland in Dublin to clinch a confidence-building pre-World Cup grand slam. Most stadia are like that. In the second half Australia tightened their discipline, and solid play forced mistakes from England. We went to toss the coin and I was unbelievably tense and you were a relatively young captain for Ireland," said Johnson as he spoke to Joe Molloy and Brian O'Driscoll. The 2003 Six Nations Championship was the fourth series of the rugby union Six Nations Championship, and the 109th international championship overall.The annual tournament was won by England, who completed a grand slam, and went on to win the 2003 Rugby World Cup later the same year. The story former England captain Martin Johnson was referring to at our National Concert Hall Roadshow in association with Heineken Rugby Club dates back to 2003.It was the day Ireland played an England side aiming to win a Grand Slam - as the Irish team were also trying to do that year - and while the English managed to achieve that feat, the immediate pre-match moments proved infamously memorable.
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