Aussies hail new world champions

If yesterday was filled with the sound of Australians munching on humble pie, today the newspapers Down Under buried over a century of fierce sporting rivalry to herald England as deserving world champions.

The Pommie-bashing of the last six weeks was finally forgotten as Australia basked in the knowledge that their proud Wallabies had contributed to the greatest final ever, only to be eventually beaten by a “man with wizardry in his feet”.