Absent: Jonny Wilkinson will be replaced by 18-year-old Rory Clegg
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Newcastle hoped Wilkinson would be fit for the first game of the campaign, at
home to Sale on Sunday, but have had to call upon 18-year-old...
They must have some kind of magic wand because they don't appear to have huge resources but year after year they win the trophies. If they do it again this season, every other club in the world should find out what it is they do...
Toulon bound? Jonny Wilkinson is apparently on the french club's hit list
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The south-west club have already caused waves with their controversial capture
of rugby league star Sonny 'Bill' Williams and president...
Pienaar, who came on at flyhalf in place of Butch James and scored a try during the final quarter of South Africa's record-breaking 53-8 victory over Australia last Saturday, was at the top of Toulon's wish list.
Toulon has also confirmed that it...
In the frame: Jonny Wilkinson could lead England this year
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Wilkinson, who is nearly fit after surgery this summer on an injured right
shoulder, has welcomed the appointment of Johnson and believes that the
squad have a...
Wilkinson was ruled out of the ill-fated summer tour to New Zealand because of a shoulder problem and underwent successful surgery in May.
The 29-year-old has targeted the Guinness Premiership opener against Sale on September 7 for his...
Background
Jonathan Peter "Jonny" Wilkinson OBE (born 25 May 1979 in Frimley, Surrey) is an English rugby union player, who was selected as captain of the England rugby union team but he never played due to a series of injuries. He plays his club rugby in the Guinness Premiership for Newcastle Falcons. He has a reputation for an obsessive approach to training; in particular spending hours a day on goal-kicking practice even while at school. This has paid dividends; in 2003 he kicked the winning drop goal in the last minute of extra time of the final of the Rugby World Cup against Australia. He also has a reputation for being injury prone.
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