Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An kammala gasar zakarun kasashe shida da ba a kammala ba a watan Oktoba, tare da Ingila ta buga Ireland. Ingila ta yi rashin nasara 20 zuwa 14 a Lansdowne Road. Dukkanin Ireland da Ingila sun ci nasara hudu daga cikin wasanni biyar na Six Nations, amma bambancin maki na Ingila ya tabbatar da cewa sun sami taken duk da cewa, a shekara ta biyu a jere, ba Grand Slam ba. A wasan da suka yi da Ostiraliya a gasar cin kofin Cook a watan Nuwamba, Wilkinson ya ci dukkan maki na Ingila a nasarar da suka samu na 21-15 a Twickenham. Bayan ya huta a matsayin mai maye gurbin benci da ba a yi amfani da shi ba a wasan da ya biyo baya da Romania, sai ya taka muhimmiyar rawa a nasarar da suka samu a kan Springboks, inda ya ci kwallo bakwai a bugun fanareti a nasarar 29<unk>9. Da yake zuwa karo na uku a jere a gasar cin kofin kasashe shida, Ingila ta fara da kyau a gasar
2002 Gasar Kasashen shida tare da nasara a kan Scotland da Ireland, kafin su rasa Faransa a Stade de France. Ingila ta lashe sauran wasanninta da Wales da Italiya amma Faransa ta ci gaba da kammala Grand Slam. The Falcons sun kasance a Pool 6 a cikin 2001 <unk> 02 Heineken Cup, kuma sun ci wasa daya, sun gama na huɗu a cikin tafkin.