after watching the Rugby League World Cup final it will surely go down as one of the great sporting upsets in history

here's a list of some other sporting shocks and upsets:

1. 2008 - Super Bowl XLII - The wild card New York Giants shocked the world when they defeated the 18-0 New England Patriots 17-14 with a touchdown pass from Eli Manning to Plaxico Burress with 35 seconds left, denying New England's bid for the NFL's first undefeated season since the 1972 Miami Dolphins. The 2007 Giants were the first NFC wild card team to win a Super Bowl and just the second one to win a conference title, after the 1975 Dallas Cowboys.

2. 1972 Summer Olympics Basketball - The Soviet team, in a highly controversial finish, defeated the USA team 51-50 in the gold medal game after 2 extra seconds were added to the gameclock, giving the Soviet team enough time to score the winning basket. This marked the first time in Olympic Basketball history that the USA team failed to earn the gold medal, and was their first loss in 62 games. The USA team boycotted the medal ceremony and their silver medals remain unclaimed and unwanted to this day, in a vault in Switzerland.

3. 2003 - In the 2003 Cricket World Cup, the minnow team Kenya defeated one of the top teams in the world, Sri Lanka, and, with that victory, advanced to the Semi-Finals of the tournament, becoming the first non-Test-playing nation to advance to a semi-final. Kenya beat Sri Lanka by 53 runs. This was one of the greatest cricketing upsets because of the comprehensive way in which Kenya won, with bowler Collins Obuya taking record figures 5-24 and Kennedy Obuya scoring a patient 80. The victory put Kenya on the cricketing map.

4. 2007 - Cricket World Cup 2007: Ireland beat top seed and world number 4 Pakistan, to advance to the Super 8 stage. This match was considered as one of the greatest sporting upsets ever, and the Pakistani coach Bob Woolmer was found dead after the match.

5. 1983 - Later in the 1983 World Cup, underdogs India shocked favourites and two-time defending champions West Indies in England, winning by 43 runs; the upset was deemed as the greatest upset in cricketing history, and is cited as a reason why so many Indians love cricket.

6. 1950 - In the FIFA World Cup, the United States shocked England in a match considered one of the biggest surprises in World Cup history.

7. 1950 - In the same competition, Uruguay registered an upset of Brazil in the World Cup final, with the latter nation needing only a draw to win the World Cup; this game is known as the Maracanazo (or Maracanaço).

8. 1954 - In the World Cup final, underdogs West Germany came back from two goals down to defeat the heavily favoured Hungary team (who had remained unbeaten in their past 32 games, and had previously defeated the Germans 8-3 in the group stage), 3-2, in a game now known as The Miracle of Bern.

9. 1966 - North Korea upset Italy 1-0 in the 1966 FIFA World Cup.

10. 1982 - In the World Cup, newcomers Algeria registered the second victory in the tournament by an African side, when they defeated two-time world champions West Germany 2-1.

11. 1988 - 1988 FA Cup Final, arguably the greatest upset in the history of the FA cup, with unfancied Wimbledon defeating league champions Liverpool 1-0 thanks to a Lawrie Sanchez header.

12. 1990 - In the World Cup, Cameroon defeated the holding champions Argentina in the opening match 1-0, and became the first African team to reach the quarter-finals. They then lost to England 2-3 due to an extra-time penalty kick.

13. 1992 - In Euro 92, Denmark, a last-minute replacement for the Yugoslavia team banned due to sanctions resulting from the Yugoslav wars, won the title.

14. 2002 - In the World Cup opening match, Senegal defeated defending champions France 1-0. The French subsequently left the competition in the first round, winless and scoreless.

15. 2004 - Greece, a 150-1 long shot according to some bookmakers, won Euro 2004 by defeating hosts Portugal, twice, as well as giants France and the Czech Republic.

16. 1980 - In the Miracle on Ice, the United States beat the Soviet Union in the semi-finals at the 1980 Olympics, considered one of the greatest upsets in American sports history.

17. 1990 - Boxing - James "Buster" Douglas knocked out then-undefeated Mike Tyson in 10 rounds.

18. 2000 - Olympic wrestling - American Rulon Gardner defeated Russian Alexander Karelin at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Prior to the match, Karelin was undefeated in 13 years without having given up a single point in six years, and had previously defeated Gardner in 1997.

19. 1978 - Rugby union — Munster beat the All Blacks 12-0. Munster are the only Irish side ever to have beaten New Zealand, including the Irish national side. More than 100,000 people claim to have been there on the day it happened, despite Limerick's ground holding only around 12,000 at that time. The game is immortalized by the stage play Alone it Stands, and the book Stand Up.

20. 2008 - In the 2008 Summer Olympics, Japan defeated the United States in the final of women's softball, who were seemed unbeatable. It was their first loss since 2000.

21. In 2001, Goran Ivanišević won the men's singles title at Wimbledon as a wildcard. He is the first and only person having done so.

22. Iraq (2007 Asian Cup champions) – Iraq's unexpected run to the crown was widely viewed as either a respite or a beacon of hope for a country torn by war and divided by bitter ethnic and religious feuds.

i don't mind union and i enjoyed that result

that list isn't in any particular order its just the ones i remembered

lol how could i forget that

oh and the one dayer between Australia and Sth Africa where Australia scored 430 odd runs in 50 overs which was a world record until Sth Africa somehow came out of no-where to win it

not really an upset

definitely one for the "great sporting comebacks" tho

1980 olympic ice hockey. the miracle on ice. usa v the soviets. that was an upset

What about the first time the Soviets beat the USA in baskedtball in the olympics. For that matter how about the Dream Team loosing the in the 2004 Olympic Final.

nz lost last year 52-0 at home then lost three straight to the poms, lost to australia 30-6 a month ago then
won 34-20 last nite thats a pretty good turn around alongside the warriors beating storm week 1 of the finals two of the biggest
upsets in league