World Cup winning Wallaby Owen Finegan thinks Australia and New Zealand will meet in the best World Cup final of all time on Sunday morning, as both sides look to claim the William Webb Ellis trophy for the third time.

Finegan scored the final try in the Wallabies 35-12 victory over France in the 1999 World Cup decider, and told Rugby News he remembered the match like it was yesterday

“I was pretty ecstatic. When I came onto the field it was 9-6 to Australia. We’d been exchanging penalty goals, but then we went one ahead and then scored so we were feeling a little comfortable.

“Then for me to score a try at the end, that was the icing on the cake. That was the moment we realised it was in the bag so it was great. I still remember the songs as we walked around on the victory lap and the change rooms after were great.

“It’s a 12-18 month campaign, so to get a result at the end of it is really special.”

Despite the All Blacks dominance of the Bledisloe Cup in recent years, Australia and New Zealand have split the honours so far in 2015, with Finegan expecting a few key moments to decide Sunday morning’s decider.

“It’s the game everyone wanted, Australia and New Zealand have been in almost every World Cup final, but never together so it could easily be the best World Cup final of all time.

“It’s going to tight and it might take a Stephen Larkham field goal or a Stirling Mortlock intercept to get the win. One or two key moments will determine the match and in games like that, it can go either way.”

“At the other end, you’ve got to be stingy, you can’t leak points. Look at the Scotland game, even though Australia scored five good tries, Scotland were in the game because they capitalised on the Wallabies mistakes.”

After beating England, Wales, Scotland and Argentina in recent weeks, Australia’s road to the final has been far tougher than New Zealand’s, however as underdogs, Finegan said he thought the Wallabies have a slight advantage going into the match.

“Pressure does amazing things and it has in the past to the All Blacks. They are always expected to perform and win so the pressure is on them.”

“The Wallabies look like a really fit team and when I spoke to Stephen Moore before he left, he told me how much conditioning they had been doing and you have seen that through the tournament.

“At this stage, you aren’t doing much during the week so I don’t think they’ll have a problem getting up for one more match.”

Wallabies assistant coaches Stephen Larkham and Nathan Grey played alongside Finegan at the 1999 World Cup and have been the unsung heroes Australia’s campaign to date.

“When we won the World Cup in 1991 it was a similar situation. We had Rod McQueen who was the coach, then Tim Lane and Geoff Miller, two ex Wallabies, behind him,” the backrower said.

“Geoff won a World Cup in 91 and Tim had played a lot at that level, so that really helped.”

So does that mean the Wallabies are on track to ‘bring back Bill’ for a third time?

“It’ll be close,” he said,

“Momentum is really important in matches, particularly against the All Blacks. We need to kick our goals and take our chances, but if we can do that then we are in with a shot.”