Catt: "I still remember Stephen Larkham and Elton Flatley lining me up and then getting absolutely munched.

"I sort of woke up on the floor and still had the ball in my hands."

Wilkinson: "Catty knew he was a bit of a sacrificial lamb and took a fairly heavy hit. His job was to get us on the gain line and get that ball back, which he did perfectly.

"At that point I thought we were looking at a 40-yard snapshot at goal at best, because of the way Australia were going to throw everything into defence."