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WATCH: Bulldozing Jonah Lomu try against England tops fan poll as best-ever in RWC

Incredible score judged THE fan favourite while Jonny's drop-goal and Mandela-Pienaar moment complete top three World Cup moments

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New Zealand's Jonah Lomu tramples through the English defence to score what has been voted the greatest Rugby World Cup try ever. Photo: Empics
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The English backs brushed away like breadcrumbs may still find it hard to watch but Jonah Lomu’s bulldozing try for New Zealand in 1995 has been voted the best in World Cup history.

Little more than a month before the start of the 2015 tournament predominantly in England, fans across 13 leading rugby-playing nations have voted on some of their favourite memories from previous editions.

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Needless to say, the All Blacks feature strongly across the categories, with Lomu’s try in the semi-final 20 years ago garnering 27 per cent of the 4,000 votes cast in MasterCard’s Priceless Moments poll.

Lomu, who scored four tries in his side’s 45-29 victory, picked up a loose pass out on the left, strolled past Will Carling, avoided the desperate attempted tap-tackle of Tony Underwood and, saving the best part to last, went straight through Mike Catt as if he were a cardboard cut-out.

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