![](\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/static-assets\/images\/newsletter\/sport\/sport-135x135.png\")
<\/p>\nThe 2003 Rugby World Cup final was decided in extra time <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The Rugby World Cup has arrived at the knockout stages as the tournament moves towards the final in Paris on Saturday 28 October.<\/p>\n
With the pool stages over, the side that advances from each game will be decided on the day of the game, with extra time a possibility if the scores are level after 80 minutes.<\/p>\n
Extra time has been used before at the World Cup, most notably in the final in 2003. <\/p>\n
Then, hosts Australia and England were locked together with 14 points each after a late penalty from Elton Flatley, neccessitating additional action.<\/p>\n
The encounter progressed to a period of extra time, with Jonny Wilkinson knocking over a last minute victory to secure England\u2019s first, and only, men\u2019s World Cup crown.<\/p>\n
At this tournament, if the teams are tied after 80 minutes, they will first play a 20-minute period of normal extra time.<\/p>\n
This will be split into two halves of 10 minutes.<\/p>\n
If the teams can still not be separated, an additional period of sudden death, golden score extra time will be played.<\/p>\n
If that period passes without a point, the two teams will then engage in a kicking contest, with a coin toss determing who strikes first. <\/p>\n
Five players from each side will take part, kicking from three different positions on the 22-metre line. If both teams convert the same number of kicks, there will be a sudden death shootout until the two sides are separated.<\/p>\n
The World Cup is yet to have a kicking contest, though it has been sighted in club rugby as recently as last year.<\/p>\n
Toulouse and Munster\u2019s Champions Cup quarter-final in Dublin in May 2022 was settled in a shootout with a slightly different format to the World Cup regulations.<\/p>\n
A decisive kick-off also took place after the semi-final between Cardiff Blues and Leicester Tigers in 2009.<\/p>\n