Almost 19 years on from agonisingly losing in the Rugby World Cup final, Australian player Justin Harrison has again been reduced to tears.
However, this time, the former second row was crying with happiness and not despair, after being presented with a medal he thought he'd lost forever. And the 34-cap Wallaby was finally able to share the memory with his children.
Harrison, 48, started the final against England in Sydney, and played the full 80 minutes as Elton Flatley's late penalty made it 14-14 to force extra time. During that period, a Jonny Wilkinson penalty put Clive Woodward's men back ahead at 17-14, only for Flatley to again level matters late in the second period.
And them came a moment that has gone down in rugby folklore. From the game's penultimate play, a last-ditch England attack culminated in a Wilkinson drop goal that ultimately sealed World Cup glory.
At the final whistle, an inconsolable Harrison was seen on the ground with his head in his hands. Following the game, Harrison headed with his teammates to the famous Cargo bar in Darling Harbour, where he duly threw his medal into the water, an action he later publicly admitted to regretting.
But Australian television station Channel 9 and now joined forced with the RFU to address Harrison's heartbreak. They tricked the ACT Brumbies forwards coach into believing he was a special guest on a programme to discuss the long-standing rivalry between England and Australia, at the very spot he hauled away his medal.
During the filming, Harrison admitted: "I didn't put it [the medal] around my neck after the presentation. And then got down there [pointing at the Harbour] and had my Mohammed Ali moment and threw it into the water." When asked if he had regret, he responded: "I do now."
At that point, RFU President Jeff Blackett turned turned up, saying: "Justin, you told me once you threw your medal into Darling Harbour. And how sad you were that you couldn't show [it to] your children and your boys."
Blackett then revealed he had got in touch with World Rugby, the ARU, and RFU, before presenting him with an identical replacement silver medal. The moment instantly drew tears from an emotional Harrison.
"It's definitely for my two boys," he said. "I tried to tell them the story and they said so where's the medal? And I couldn't show them. But now I can."
Unknown to him, a scheduled video call had already been arranged, and Harrison was able to show them at long last. "What was I thinking? That's such a beautiful medal," he said afterwards.
Harrison, who famously made his debut in the third and final Test as his country beat the British Lions in 2001, had two stints as a player with the Brumbies before becoming a coach. He also had stints with the New South Wales Waratahs, Ulster, Bath, and Narbonne.
