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  Rugby: Australia win first toss
Updated 18 November 2003, 15.53
The England team in training in Sydney
Australia have got one over England by winning a toss of the coin to decide who uses the home team changing room at the final on Saturday.

They get to hold on to their own dressing room while England will prepare for the big match in the visitors' quarters.

The Wallabies have also opted to train at the Olympic stadium on the Friday.

And they've chosen God Save the Queen to be played before Advance Australia Fair, the Oz anthem.

But it's still possible for England to equalize

Jonny Wilkinson
Jonny Wilkinson
The toss to decide which team kicks off and which direction the teams run in will be held shortly before the match begins on Saturday.

Meanwhile the England squad have been unwinding on a Sydney beach in the count-down to the big day.

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