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'{{Use British English|date=August 2011}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Jonny Wilkinson | image = [[File:Jonny Wilkinson Twickenham cropped.jpg|200px]] | caption = | birth_name = Jonathan Peter Wilkinson | nickname = Wilko | birth_date = {{birth date and age |1979|5|25|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Frimley]], [[Surrey]], [[England]] | height = {{height|m=1.78}} <ref name="Rugby Football Union">{{cite web | url=http://www.rfu.com/SquadsAndPlayers/EnglandElite/JonnyWilkinson.aspx| title = RFU England Player Profile, Jonny Wilkinson | accessdate = 23 /August 2011 | publisher = Rugby Football Union}}</ref> | weight = {{convert|89|kg|stlb|abbr=on}} <ref name="Rugby Football Union"/> | ru_position = [[Fly-half (rugby union)|Fly-half]], [[Centre (rugby union)|Inside Centre]] | ru_amateuryears = | ru_amateurclubs = Farnham | ru_amclubcaps = | ru_amclubpoints = | ru_amupdate = | ru_nationalteam = {{ru|ENG}}<br/>[[British and Irish Lions]] | ru_nationalyears = 1998– <br/>2001–2005 | ru_nationalcaps = 83 <ref>[http://www.scrum.com/england/rugby/player/12757.html ESPN scrum.com player stats]</ref> <br/>6 | ru_nationalpoints = (1,141)6t<br/>(67) | ru_ntupdate = 6 August 2011 | ru_clubyears = 1997–2009 <br/> 2009– | ru_proclubs = [[Newcastle Falcons|Newcastle]] <br/> [[RC Toulonnais|Toulon]] | ru_clubcaps = 158<br/>18 | ru_clubpoints = (1,938)<br/>(212) | ru_clubupdate = 26 June 2010 (UTC) | occupation = Professional rugby union player | family = | spouse = | children = | relatives = | school = [[Lord Wandsworth College]] | university = }} '''Jonathan Peter "Jonny" Wilkinson''' [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]]<ref name="Jonny Wilkinson OBE England Profile">{{cite web | work=www.england-rugby.com | title=Jonny Wilkinson OBE | url=http://www.england-rugby.com/englandrugby/index.cfm?fuseaction=News.News_Detail&storyid=4198 | accessdate=28 February 2008}}</ref> (born 25 May 1979 in [[Frimley]], [[Surrey]]) is an English [[rugby union]] player and member of the [[England national rugby union team|England national team]]. Wilkinson rose to acclaim from 2001 to 2003, before and during the [[2003 Rugby World Cup]] and was acknowledged as one of the world’s best rugby players.<ref name="One of best rugby players">{{cite news | work= BBC News| title=Jonny Wilkinson MBE | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/special_events/new_year_honours/2615045.stm | accessdate=20 May 2007 | date=31 December 2002 | location=London}}</ref> He was an integral member of the 2003 Rugby World Cup-winning England squad, scoring the winning [[drop kick|drop goal]] in the last minute of extra time against Australia in the final. He plays his club rugby for [[RC Toulonnais|Toulon]] following twelve seasons in the [[English Premiership (rugby union)|English Premiership]] for [[Newcastle Falcons]]. Wilkinson has also toured twice with the [[British and Irish Lions]], in 2001 and 2005, scoring 67 Test points in the 6&nbsp;Lions test matches he has started. On 3 April 2009 at [[Guildford Cathedral]], he was awarded an [[honorary doctorate]] by the [[University of Surrey]] for services to the sports industry.<ref name="Honorary Doctorate for Wilkinson">{{cite web | work=surrey.ac.uk | url=http://www2.surrey.ac.uk/mediacentre/press/2009/3840_university_of_surrey_awards_honorary_doctorate_to_jonny_wilkinson.htm|title=University of Surrey awards honorary doctorate to Jonny Wilkinson|accessdate=4 June 2009}}</ref> ==Early life== At the age of twelve, while at [[Pierrepont School, Frensham]], Wilkinson told his rugby master "I want to play for England, that's all I want". He went on to excel not only at rugby, but also at [[tennis]], [[cricket]], and [[basketball]]. From Pierrepont, he moved to [[Lord Wandsworth College]], [[Hampshire]], where he took [[GCE Advanced Level|A-levels]] in [[French language|French]], [[Biology]] and [[Chemistry]] and gained a place at the [[University of Durham]]. However, in 1997 he gave up the student life to become a professional rugby player with the [[Newcastle Falcons]].<ref>[http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/comments/159893/Jonnys-gift-for-kicking.html Jonny's gift for kicking] at thesun.co.uk, accessed 5 July 2011</ref> ==Playing Style== Jonny Wilkinson can play fly-half and centre. He is often considered the best placekicker ever, a title shared with New Zealand fly-half [[Dan Carter]]. Wilkinson has one of the biggest kicks in the game either out of hand or off the tee. He is sometimes criticised as using this skill too often, instead of passing to his outside backs while at fly-half. Jonny Wilkinson is also world-famous for his tackling ability despite being relatively small. He has made many famous tackles, notably on [[Emile Ntamack]] in 2000, and on [[Andrea Masi]] in 2011. ==Career== ===1998–2000=== [[File:The gods were not shining on Jonny today Galerie de fat dad.jpg|thumb|left|Wilkinson playing for Newcastle]]Wilkinson started his career at Newcastle School of Rugby as an [[Centre (rugby union)|inside centre]], competing for a place with international veterans such as [[Inga Tuigamala]], and British Lion [[Alan Tait]]. He became a fixture in a side that went on to win the 1997/8 Premiership title. By March 1998 he was in the full England Test squad. Wilkinson began his international career as an unused replacement against [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland]], before coming off the bench, replacing Mike Catt, to play on the wing against [[Ireland national rugby union team|Ireland]] at [[Twickenham Stadium|Twickenham]] on 4 April 1998; he was only 18.<ref name="adidas">{{cite web | work=adidas.com | title=Jonny Wilkinson | url=http://www.adidas.com/athlete/jonny_wilkinson.asp | accessdate=17 May 2006}}</ref><ref name="facons">{{cite web | work=newcastle-falcons.co.uk | title=Jonny Wilkinson | url=http://www.newcastle-falcons.co.uk/198_278.php| accessdate=17 May 2006 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20060928203241/http://www.newcastle-falcons.co.uk/198_278.php <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 28 September 2006}}</ref> He then participated in England’s ‘Tour of Hell’ in June 1998 that saw them suffer heavy defeats to both New Zealand and Australia (who defeated them 76–0). Wilkinson returned to domestic duties by taking over from [[Rob Andrew]], who was made Falcons head coach (later Director of Rugby), as both their [[Fly-half (rugby union)|fly-half]] and goal kicker. Wilkinson became a fixture in the England team, and started in all their matches in the 1999 [[Six Nations Championship|Five Nations]]. He also played for the Falcons in their 1999 [[Powergen Cup|Tetley’s Bitter Cup]] final defeat to the [[London Wasps]]. Wilkinson played for England in matches against Australia, the [[United States national rugby union team|United States]] and [[Canada national rugby union team|Canada]] as the [[1999 Rugby World Cup|1999 World Cup]] approached. He made his [[Rugby World Cup|World Cup]] debut against [[Italy national rugby union team|Italy]], scoring one [[try]], converting another six and landing five penalty goals to rack up 32&nbsp;individual&nbsp;points in the 67–7 win. After playing another pool game against the All Blacks, which England lost 30–16, he was rested against [[Tonga national rugby union team|Tonga]], a match won by England 101–10. Following the quarter-final playoff win against [[Fiji national rugby union team|Fiji]], Wilkinson was relegated to the bench by head coach for the quarter-final against [[South Africa national rugby union team|South Africa]]. England lost the match by 44–21 and exited the tournament. Woodward refused to expand on his selection choice at the time,<ref name="Woodward selection">{{cite news | work=The Guardian | title=Grayson thrust into crunch position | url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/rugbycup/Story/0,,202412,00.html | accessdate=20 May 2007 | location=London}}</ref> and following the match some commentators blamed the head coach's lack of consistency in team selection as harming England's World Cup bid.<ref name="selection inconsistency">{{cite news | work=The Guardian | title=Damning evidence may spell the end of England coach's reign | url=http://sport.guardian.co.uk/rugbyworldcup2003/story/0,,1048772,00.html | accessdate=20 May 2007 | location=London | first=Robert | last=Kitson | date=25 October 1999}}</ref> The following year Wilkinson played in all five of England's [[Six Nations Championship|Six Nations]] matches. England won the championship, however they missed a [[Grand Slam (rugby union)#Six Nations Championship|grand slam]] after losing their final match against [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland]]. Wilkinson then toured South Africa with England in June 2000, kicking all of the points in their 27–22 win in Bloemfontein. He was then capped another three times for England during the end of year internationals. ===2001–2002=== [[File:Jonny Wilkinson David Coldrey Quins 15 Newcastle 9 Guinness Premiership 2932008.jpg|thumb|right|Wilkinson kicking for Newcastle]]In 2001, England again won the Six Nations title. After the opening win over Wales, Wilkinson set an individual Six Nations points scoring record with 35&nbsp;points against Italy at Twickenham on 17 February, to overtake the record of his [[Newcastle Falcons]] mentor, [[Rob Andrew]]. England won all their subsequent matches during the tournament, with the exception of the Irish match, which was postponed until October. More success followed for Wilkinson after the Six Nations, as the Falcons won the [[Powergen Cup]]: a late Newcastle try saw them defeat [[Harlequin F.C.]] by three points, by 30–27. As a result of [[Neil Jenkins]] suffering a number of injuries and a dip in form, Wilkinson was picked as the first choice fly-half and goal kicker for the [[2001 British Lions tour to Australia]] in July. The Lions won the first test over Australia by 29–13 in [[Brisbane]], in which Wilkinson scored nine points through his kicking. The second test, on 7 July, saw the Lions lose 35–14 at the [[Docklands Stadium]]. Wilkinson was blamed by many for throwing a long pass inside his 22 that was intercepted by [[Joe Roff]]: this was seen as the turning point in the match, and probably the test series. During the match, Wilkinson injured his leg and was stretchered off the pitch. The injury was thought to be particularly serious, but he made a full recovery before the Third and final test on 14 July. Wilkinson’s try at the start of the second half ensured that, along with his kicking scores, he equalled the Lions' best individual scoring total in a Test, with 18&nbsp;points. The incomplete 2001 Six Nations Championship was concluded in October, with England playing Ireland. England lost 20–14 at [[Landsdowne Road]]. Both Ireland and England had won four out of the five Six Nations fixtures, but England’s superior points difference ensured they clinched the title although, for the second year running, not the Grand Slam. In a match against Australia for the [[Cook Cup]] in November, Wilkinson scored all of England's points in their 21–15 victory at Twickenham. After being rested as an unused bench replacement in the subsequent match against Romania, he then played a large role in a win over the Springboks, in which he kicked seven penalty goals in the 29–9 victory. Going for a third Six Nations title in a row, England got off to a good start to their [[2002 Six Nations Championship]] with wins over Scotland and Ireland, before losing to France in Saint-Denis. England won their remaining fixtures against Wales and Italy but France went on to complete a grand slam. The Falcons were in Pool&nbsp;6 in the [[2001-02 Heineken Cup]], and won one match, finishing fourth in the pool. In the November 2002 end-of-year tests England faced Australia, New Zealand and South Africa in subsequent weekends. Wilkinson played a large role in England's match against the All Blacks. He scored a [[Try]] (although he commented later that the chip he kicked over the New Zealand defence was in fact meant for [[Jason Robinson]] to receive),<ref>{{cite news | work=BBC News | title=Wilkinson revels in good fortune| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/international/2446245.stm | accessdate=20 May 2007 | date=12 November 2002 | location=London}}</ref> kicked two successful conversions and three penalty goals, as well as a [[Drop goal]]. England then faced the then [[Tri Nations Series]] champions Australia, who came to [[Twickenham Stadium|Twickenham]] on the back of a loss to Ireland. Two tries by winger [[Ben Cohen (rugby player)|Ben Cohen]] and Wilkinson's kicking accuracy saw England come back from a 19–31 deficit to defeat Australia by a single point in a 32–31 victory. England went into the last test against South Africa with the possibility of beating the Big Three rugby nations of the Southern Hemisphere on subsequent weekends, and defeated the Springboks by 53–3. Springbok Jannes Labuschagne was red-carded after 23 minutes for a late tackle on Wilkinson, although the tackle went in only a split second after Wilkinson kicked the ball away – Wilkinson was still in the air in the course of his follow-though.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6J6gVu4l1k</ref> The very physical match later saw Wilkinson leave the pitch with a dislocated left shoulder. The England camp believed that Wilkinson was targeted by South Africa during the game.<ref>{{cite news | work=BBC News | title=Woodward irate about 'brutal' Boks | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/international/2506587.stm | accessdate=5 September 2006 | date=23 November 2002 | location=London}}</ref> [[Matt Dawson]] later wrote in his autobiography, “Nine Lives”, that he felt South Africa came to Twickenham with the aim of injuring the half-backs (Wilkinson and Dawson) and [[Jason Robinson]].<ref>Dawson, Matt. ''Nine Lives: The Autobiography'', CollinsWillow (2004). Page 214</ref> ===2003 Six Nations and World Cup=== The opening match of the [[2003 Six Nations Championship]] saw France, the reigning champions and grand slam winners, play England. Both teams were high in confidence, following successes in their end of year tests against nations from the Southern hemisphere. Many saw this game as the tournament decider and England won the match 25–17. Now considered favourites to win the tournament, as well as possibly a Grand Slam, England defeated Wales, Italy and Scotland. For the game against Italy, Wilkinson was chosen as the captain of the squad for the first time in his England career, as [[Martin Johnson (rugby union)|Martin Johnson]] was unavailable due to the birth of his first child. The final match was against Ireland at [[Lansdowne Road]] and would determine the tournament, and Grand Slam winner of 2003. By putting more than 40 points on their opponents, winning 42–6, England became the 2003&nbsp;champions and serious contenders for the upcoming [[Rugby World Cup]] in Australia. Wilkinson was named Man of the Match, displaying his trademark accurate kicking and strong defensive skills. After the Six Nations, England commenced a tour to the Southern Hemisphere, to play New Zealand and Australia in June. On 14 June and in difficult weather conditions, Wilkinson scored all 15&nbsp;points as England beat New Zealand 15–13 in Wellington. He was also a major force in their 25–14 win over Australia a week later. With England's 45–14 win over France in September, in which Wilkinson scored 18&nbsp;points, England were now considered one of the favourites at the World Cup, set to start in October. Wilkinson was the youngest member of England's World Cup squad.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/team_guides/6924361.stm |title=England RWC team guide |publisher=[[BBC]] |date=3 September 2007 |accessdate=5 February 2011}}</ref> England's first match at the 2003 World Cup was at [[Subiaco Oval]] in [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]], where they defeated Georgia 84–6, with Wilkinson scoring 16&nbsp;points from his goal kicking. He played a major role in the pool match against the Springboks, in which he scored 20 of England’s 25 points, in the victory which held their opponents to just six. The subsequent match against Samoa in Melbourne was surprisingly close for the number one ranked rugby nation against a supposed “minnow” of international competition, but England pulled off a 35–22 win. Wilkinson was rested for England's final win against Uruguay. England finished at the top of pool D, four points ahead of South Africa. England moved into the quarter finals, where they met Wales at [[Suncorp Stadium]] in [[Brisbane]]. Wilkinson scored 23&nbsp;points in the match, which England won 28–17 to proceed to the semi-finals. England met France, whom they had beaten earlier that year on two occasions. England won 24–7, with Wilkinson scoring all of England’s points through his kicking. In the final versus Australia, with the scores level at 17–17, Wilkinson kicked a drop goal in extra time with just 26&nbsp;seconds remaining. England won 20–17. The last time [[Australia national rugby union team|Australia]] had lost a World Cup match was eight years earlier in the [[1995 Rugby World Cup|1995 quarter-finals]], when Wilkinson's mentor [[Rob Andrew]] scored a [[drop goal]] at the stroke of full time to win the game for [[England national rugby union team|England]]. After the match, Wilkinson expressed his relief at converting the winning drop goal, as it was his first success in four attempts during the match. The win gave England its first ever Rugby Union World Cup, and broke the southern hemisphere's dominance of the tournament in the process. Wilkinson also became the tournament's leading points scorer with 113 points. However, the Australian media did not take the loss well with one newspaper bluntly stating "Good to see the back of you, Jonny" as the caption of a photo of Wilkinson leaving the pitch. Other publications in the southern hemisphere, such as those in New Zealand and South Africa, expressed similar discontent, particularly at England's pack-oriented, “winning ugly” style of play. This was contrary to the general public's opinion, which was that, although disappointed, they begrudgingly felt England had been the better team. Wilkinson was voted the [[BBC Sports Personality of the Year]] and also named the 2003 [[IRB International Player of the Year]]. In the same year he became the youngest ever rugby union player to receive a New Year's Honour with an [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] (he was listed prior to England's World Cup victory), and an [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] which he was awarded in 2004. ===2004–2005=== [[File:Jonny Wilkinson conversion.jpg|thumb|right|Wilkinson training before a Six Nations match]] Within a couple of weeks of winning the World Cup Wilkinson was found to have had a broken facet in his [[shoulder]] and missed the 2004 Six Nations and the disastrous tour of New Zealand and Australia. He was named Captain of the England team on 4 October 2004, replacing [[Lawrence Dallaglio]] who had resigned five weeks earlier. However, he was kept out of the 2004 autumn internationals by a [[haematoma]] in his upper right arm, the captaincy being taken over by [[Jason Robinson]] and then [[Martin Corry (rugby union)|Martin Corry]]. In January 2005 he injured his medial knee ligament in a match against [[USA Perpignan|Perpignan]]. He missed the opening matches of the [[2005 Six Nations Championship]] and on his return to Newcastle on 13 March 2005 he injured the same knee again. In almost 18&nbsp;months, he had played a total of only 937.5&nbsp;minutes of competitive rugby union, but was nonetheless given a chance to prove his fitness for the 2005 Lions tour of New Zealand. Initially Wilkinson was left out of the 44-strong squad which was announced by [[Clive Woodward]] on 11 April 2005. However, on 8 May Woodward announced he had added the fly-half to the squad after Wilkinson had proved he was injury-free and fit. Wilkinson made his first international appearance since the 2003 World Cup final on 23 May at [[Millennium Stadium]] in [[Cardiff]] as the Lions played [[Argentina national rugby union team|Argentina]]. Wilkinson, along with the rest of the team, played poorly, but kicked a conversion and six penalties; he salvaged a 25–25 draw with the last kick of the game. Wilkinson's next international appearance was in the Lions' first Test against [[All Blacks|New Zealand]], starting at [[Centre (rugby union)|inside centre]] instead of his normal [[Fly-half (rugby union)|fly-half]] position. Wilkinson scored the Lions' only points in their comprehensive 21–3 defeat. In the second Test, another heavy loss, he started in his normal role of number 10, but suffered a [[Stinger (medicine)|stinger injury]], which ruled him out of the Third Test. Wilkinson was replaced by [[Stephen Jones (rugby player)|Stephen Jones]] in the final test. Wilkinson had to forgo participation in the Falcons' August pre-season games in Japan due to [[appendicitis]]. Then, after having appeared in five successive matches for Newcastle, the injury litany continued in late November with surgery for a sportsman's [[hernia]], which he himself associated with the strain of his heavy training sessions, often involving two (or more) hour kicking-sessions. ===2006–2007=== [[image:St Jonny signing autographs.jpg|thumb|Wilkinson signing autographs, 2007]] After settling back into the Falcons side, Wilkinson achieved a rare spell of fitness through the winter and into the spring, where he played in all 5 of England's six nations games. However, concerns about his form arose, and it was questioned in several media sources whether his best days were behind him. {{fact|date=September 2011}} [[Rob Andrew]], then Director of Rugby at Falcons (Andrew has since been appointed Director of Elite Rugby for the English [[Rugby Football Union]]), said subsequently that there was no chance of Wilkinson going on [[2006 mid-year rugby test series|England's summer tour]] and that he would be taking the summer off. Despite missing two conversions, he demonstrated his playmaker skills in the game against Worcester on 30 April, in which he played the whole second half. Afterwards, Andrew reiterated that Wilkinson should not tour during the summer in order to prolong his recovery period. Wilkinson started as captain in the Falcons last Premiership game of the season on Saturday, 6 May 2006, converting six of his team's eight tries in their 54–19 victory over [[Leeds Carnegie|Leeds Tykes]]. [[Rob Andrew]] stated in July, pre-season to the [[2006-07 Guinness Premiership]], that Wilkinson would be ready to challenge for an England position come the [[2006 end-of-year rugby test series|November internationals]]. Captaincy of the Falcons was also given to former Wallabies fullback [[Matthew Burke]], a move that Andrew believed would allow Wilkinson to concentrate more on his game and a full return to rugby.<ref name="engnfcap">{{cite web | work=planet-rugby.com | title=A new day dawns for Wilkinson | url=http://planet-rugby.com/News/story_52271.shtml | accessdate=5 July 2006 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20060707112245/http://www.planet-rugby.com/News/story_52271.shtml <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 7 July 2006}}</ref> In early August head coach of England, [[Andy Robinson]] announced the Elite Player Squad for the 2006/07 season, in which Wilkinson was included.<ref name="elite">{{cite web | work=planet-rugby.com | title=Wilko and Farrell back in the mix | url=http://planet-rugby.com/News/story_52787.shtml | accessdate=1 August 2006}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> During the second game of the [[2006-07 Guinness Premiership]] season against [[Worcester Warriors]] on Friday, 8 September, Wilkinson was helped from the pitch after 47&nbsp;minutes with a knee injury incurred when one of his team members fell on him after he was tackled. A scan confirmed that he had torn the medial ligament of his right knee. He returned to play a full 80&nbsp;minutes in the 26–21 win against premiership leaders [[Bristol Rugby|Bristol]] on Friday, 3 November, kicking a conversion, a drop-goal and two penalties. It was reported on 9 November that Wilkinson suffered a lacerated kidney during the match.<ref name=KidneyInjury>{{Cite web| url=http://www.planet-rugby.com/News/story_55033.shtml |title=Wilko takes stock of 'lacerated' kidney |publisher=planet-rugby.com |accessdate=10 November 2006 |date=9 November 2006}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> He returned from this injury in the Premiership game against [[Leicester Tigers]] on 27 January 2007, coming off the bench after 37 minutes. [[File:England v Italy 20070210.jpg|thumb|left|Wilkinson performing his familiar pre kick ritual]]On 29 January 2007, Wilkinson was selected at [[Fly-half (rugby union)|Fly-half]] in the starting line up for England in their [[2007 Six Nations Championship|2007 Six Nations]] opener against Scotland. England comprehensively beat Scotland 42–20 to regain the [[Calcutta Cup]], Wilkinson making an impressive return,<ref name=impressiveReturn>{{cite news| url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2007/02/04/srieua04.xml |title= Perfect script unfolds for comeback king |publisher= |accessdate=3 February 2007 |date=3 February 2007 | location=London | first=Ieuan | last=Evans | work=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref><ref name=impressiveReturn2>{{cite news| url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2007/02/04/srfron04.xml |title= Wilkinson makes dream return |publisher= |accessdate=4 February 2007 |date=4 February 2007 | location=London | first=Simon | last=Hart | work=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref> scoring 27&nbsp;points with five penalties, two conversions, a [[drop kick|drop goal]], and a try.<ref name=Scotlandtry>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/6328343.stm |title=Hadden fumes over 'farcical' try |publisher= |accessdate=3 February 2007 |date=3 February 2007 | location=London | work=BBC News}}</ref> This broke the previous Calcutta Cup individual record of 24, set by [[Rob Andrew]]. Wilkinson was awarded the [[Royal Bank of Scotland|RBS]] Man of the Match as adjudicated by [[BBC]] commentator, [[Brian Moore (rugby union)|Brian Moore]]. In the following match against Italy at Twickenham, Wilkinson scored 15&nbsp;points to become the highest individual point scorer in the history of the [[Six Nations Championship|Five or Six Nations]] with 421&nbsp;points.<ref name="6NationsRecord">{{cite news | work= The Daily Telegraph| title= Record-breaking Jonny kicks in for England | url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml;jsessionid=RSVZ3SL2WL3SXQFIQMFCFFOAVCBQYIV0?xml=/sport/2007/02/11/srfron11.xml |accessdate=10 February 2007 |date=10 February 2007 | location=London | first=Ryan | last=Johnson}}</ref> Despite another injury scare just before the match against [[Ireland national rugby union team|Ireland]] on 26 February at [[Croke Park]], Wilkinson started, scoring 8&nbsp;points in the game which England lost 43–13. Wilkinson did not play in the two remaining Six Nations games against [[France national rugby union team|France]] and [[Wales national rugby union team|Wales]] due to the effects of a cramp that forced him off in the Premiership 38–12 defeat to [[London Irish]] on 3 March.<ref name="6N2007VsFrance">{{cite news | work= The Daily Telegraph| title= Catt to captain England as trio are ruled out | url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml;jsessionid=HZ3FUQ2ASWSNBQFIQMFCFFWAVCBQYIV0?xml=/sport/2007/03/06/ureng06.xml |accessdate=6 March 2007 |date=3 March 2007 | location=London | first=Vicki | last=Hodges}}</ref><ref name="LondonIrishInjury">{{cite news | work= BBC News| title= London Irish 38–12 Newcastle | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/english/6398825.stm |accessdate=3 March 2007 |date=3 March 2007 | location=London}}</ref> On 13 April, he suffered a rib injury that forced him off during his fourth consecutive appearance for Newcastle in their 19–12 win over [[Gloucester Rugby]].<ref name="Gloucester2007Injury">{{cite news | work= BBC News| title= Tindall ruled out with broken leg | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/english/6555151.stm |accessdate=14 April 2007 |date=14 April 2007 | location=London}}</ref> Despite missing the season's last Premiership game against [[Bath Rugby]], Wilkinson made the England squad for the summer tour and scored 5 points in the first test's record 58–10 loss to [[South Africa national rugby union team|South Africa]].<ref name="SA2007squad">{{cite news | work= BBC News| title= Robinson to captain England squad | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/6609135.stm |accessdate=1 May 2007 |date=1 May 2007 | location=London}}</ref><ref name="SA2007test1">{{cite news | work= BBC News| title= South Africa 58–10 England | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/english/6690715.stm |accessdate=26 May 2007 |date=26 May 2007 | location=London}}</ref> He scored 17&nbsp;points in the second test, which England lost 55–22.<ref name="SA2007test2">{{cite news | work=The Daily Telegraph| title= Plucky England cling to positives amid debris | url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2007/06/04/srsa04.xml |accessdate=4 June 2007 |date=4 June 2007 | location=London | first=Mick | last=Cleary}}</ref> In the first of three warm up tests before the [[2007 Rugby World Cup]] in France, Wilkinson had an impressive game, scoring 17&nbsp;points (seven conversions and a penalty) in the 62–5 demolition of [[Wales national rugby union team|Wales]].<ref name="RWC2007Warmup1">{{cite news | work= BBC News| title= England 62–5 Wales | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/6931512.stm |accessdate=4 August 2007 |date=4 August 2007 | location=London}}</ref> ===2007 World Cup=== Due to a non-contact ankle injury sustained in training,<ref name="RWC2007Injury1">{{cite news | work= BBC News| title= Wilkinson hopeful of quick return | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/english/6979533.stm |accessdate=6 September 2007 |date=6 September 2007 | location=London}}</ref> Wilkinson was not included in the teams for the opening games of the [[2007 Rugby World Cup|World Cup]] against [[United States national rugby union team|United States]] and then [[South Africa national rugby union team|South Africa]].<ref name="RWC2007Injury2">{{cite news | work= BBC News| title= England face crisis at fly-half | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/english/6988595.stm |accessdate=11 September 2007 |date=11 September 2007 | location=London}}</ref> He returned to score 24&nbsp;points in the 44–22 win over [[Samoa national rugby union team|Samoa]].<ref name="RWC2007Samoa">{{cite news | work= BBC News| title= Rugby World Cup | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/7008462.stm |accessdate=22 September 2007 |date=22 September 2007 | location=London | first=Rob | last=Hodgetts}}</ref> He helped England to their victory against [[Tonga]] which put them through to the quarter-finals. During England's 12–10 quarter final win against Australia,<ref name="RWC2007QtrFinal">{{cite news | work= BBC News| title= England v Australia as it happened | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/7030305.stm |accessdate=6 October 2007 |date=15 October 2007 | location=London | first=Phil | last=Harlow}}</ref> in which he scored all of England's points, Wilkinson became the Rugby World Cup's leading point scorer with 231&nbsp;points, surpassing [[Gavin Hastings]] of Scotland. He continued to play a major role in England's defence of the World Cup by kicking 9&nbsp;points, including a last gasp 40-metre drop goal, in their 14–9 semi-final victory over France.<ref name="RWC2007SemiFinal1">{{cite news | work= BBC News| title= England defy odds for World Cup final fling | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/english/7041317.stm |accessdate=13 October 2007 |date=13 October 2007 | location=London | first=James | last=Standley}}</ref><ref name="RWC2007SemiFinal2">{{cite news | work=www.telegraph.co.uk | title= England v France | url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2007/10/15/srmick115.xml |accessdate=15 October 2007 |date=15 October 2007 | location=London | first=Mick | last=Cleary}}</ref> In the World Cup final, on 20 October at the [[Stade de France]], South Africa won the [[Webb Ellis Cup]] in a game where Wilkinson slotted home 2 penalties, but missed 2 drop kick attempts. He was one of only four players to have started both the 2003 and 2007 RWC Finals, the other three being [[Phil Vickery (rugby union)|Phil Vickery]], [[Jason Robinson]] and [[Ben Kay]]. ===2008–2009 International Season=== [[File:Jonny Wilkinson 2009 08 england training 2.jpg|thumb|right|Wilkinson passing to his backline in training]]Going into the [[2008 Six Nations Championship]], Wilkinson was the obvious choice as England's number 10 and started the first 4 matches. Against Wales on 2 February 2008, Wilkinson scored 14 points, but England put in a poor display to fall 19–26 after squandering a 10-point lead at half-time. Wilkinson then amassed 27 points in England's next two wins against Italy and France. A disappointing loss against Scotland on 8 March, in which a number of the England squad put in poor performances, raised questions about Wilkinson's inclusion in the starting line-up given the emerging English talents at the number 10 position. 20-year-old [[Danny Cipriani]] was the main back up stand-off throughout the tournament (along with [[Charlie Hodgson]]), and replaced Wilkinson in the starting line-up for the last match of the tournament against Ireland. This was only the second time in his England career that Wilkinson was dropped to the bench (the first time being for the [[1999 Rugby World Cup]] quarter final match with South Africa for which [[Paul Grayson (rugby player)|Paul Grayson]] was preferred). However, close to the start of the second half during the Ireland match on 15 March, Wilkinson was brought off the bench to replace [[Toby Flood]], thus playing alongside Cipriani at [[inside centre]].<ref>{{cite news | work= The Daily Telegraph| title= Jonny Wilkinson: Danny Cipriani a joy to watch | url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2008/03/17/urwilk117.xml |accessdate=17 March 2008 |date=17 March 2008 | location=London | first=Charlie | last=Caroe}}</ref> This suggests a possible synthesis to the balance of nurturing up-and-coming fly-halves while incorporating the leading player in the position in recent years into the squad. Following the Ireland match and speculation about Wilkinson’s future as the England number 10, [[Lawrence Dallaglio]] expressed his opinion that Wilkinson is unlikely to let the position be handed to Cipriani from now on: the element of competition which exists for the place is likely to inspire Wilkinson, rather than discourage him.<ref name="2008CiprianiCompetition">{{cite news | work= BBC News| title= Cipriani 'can improve Wilkinson' | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/7299361.stm|accessdate=16 March 2008 |date=16 March 2008 | location=London}}</ref> Despite competition over his position, Wilkinson ended the 2008 Six Nations as the tournament’s top points scorer, compiling 50 points. Wilkinson was not considered for [[Martin Johnson (rugby union)|Martin Johnson's]] first [[England national rugby union team|England]] squad (the 2008 summer tour of [[All Blacks|New Zealand]]) due to a shoulder injury. He was joined by [[Danny Cipriani]] on the sidelines after the Wasps player also missed out due to injury. On 1 July 2008 Wilkinson was named in [[Martin Johnson (rugby union)|Martin Johnson]]'s Elite Player Squad and is the only specialist Fly-half in the squad. . ===2008/2009 Guinness Premiership season=== Wilkinson made his recovery from shoulder surgery to score 22 points on his return game against [[Northampton Saints|Northampton]] on 14 September 2008, including a 45 metre last minute drop goal. Further sparkling performances and robust play indicated Wilkinson was playing injury free and back to his best. Unfortunately, the injury jinx struck again in the [[Guinness Premiership]] fixture against [[Gloucester Rugby|Gloucester]] on 30 September 2008. Wilkinson was forced off the field with a dislocated knee,<ref name="2008DislocatedKnee"/> which left him unavailable for England's autumn internationals and for the rest of the 2008/2009 season.<ref name="2008DislocatedKneeLayoff">{{cite news | work= BBC News| title= Wilkinson set to the miss Six Nations | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/english/7659262.stm|accessdate=10 October 2008 |date=10 October 2008 | location=London}}</ref> Wilkinson's injury facilitated a recall to the [[England national rugby union team|England]] squad for the Autumn Internationals for [[Danny Cipriani]], who had returned from a serious ankle injury on 1 October 2008. In May 2009, it was confirmed that Wilkinson has ended his 12 years with the [[Newcastle Falcons|Falcons]] to join the French team [[RC Toulonnais|Toulon]] for the 2009/2010 season.<ref name="2009JoinToulonConfirmed">{{cite news | work= BBC News| title= Falcons boss backs Wilkinson move | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/my_club/newcastle/8059484.stm |accessdate=20 May 2009 |date=20 May 2009 | location=London}}</ref> ===2009 Autumn Internationals=== Wilkinson made a successful injury free comeback to international test rugby on 7 November against Australia after an 18 month absence. He then went on to play consecutive games against Argentina on 14 November and New Zealand on 21 November. Wilkinson along with Lewis Moody were England's most consistent performers as they lost to Australia and New Zealand and narrowly beat Argentina. During the first two games he was partnered with Shane Geraghty at inside centre for the third game he was partnered with Ayoola Erinle at inside centre. [[File:Chandelle de Jonny Wilkinson de m smorto.jpg|thumb|right|Wilkinson playing for Toulon]] === Recent career === Because of a succession of injuries — affecting his [[knee]] [[ligaments]], [[arm]], [[shoulder]] and [[kidney]] — Wilkinson's international career was severely disrupted. He did not appear again for England until 1,169 days after the 2003 World-Cup triumph, for the opening game of the [[2007 Six Nations Championship]] against Scotland on 3 February 2007.<ref name="injuryhist">{{cite news | work= BBC News| title=Wilkinson: The Comeback Kid | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/6313753.stm | accessdate=31 January 2007 | date=4 February 2007 | location=London}}</ref> In his comeback international match, Wilkinson scored 27&nbsp;points (a record in the [[Calcutta Cup]]) in a full house (scoring points by all four possible methods), and was proclaimed Man of the Match.<ref name="Englandreturn">{{cite news | work= BBC News| title=Wilkinson relief after comeback | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/6328327.stm | accessdate=3 February 2007 | date=3 February 2007 | location=London}}</ref> The following week against [[Italy national rugby union team|Italy]], he became the highest point-scorer in the history of the [[Six Nations Championship|Five/Six Nations Championship]] (he has since been overtaken by [[Ronan O'Gara]] of Ireland).<ref name="O'Gara Claims record">{{cite news | work= BBC News| title=O'Gara claims record | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/7941772.stm | accessdate=15 March 2009 | date=14 March 2009 | location=London | first=Rob | last=Hodgetts}}</ref> On 6 October 2007, he also became the highest point-scorer in the history of the World Cup, kicking four penalties to overtake Scotland's [[Gavin Hastings]] in a quarter-final against Australia. In a 2008 Six-Nations match against Italy, he became the first English player (and second overall) to score 1000 Test points. He is also the world record [[drop goal]] scorer in international rugby with a total of 29.<ref name="DropGoalRecord">{{cite web | work=www.england-rugby.com | title=Jonny Drops His Way to World Record | url=http://www.england-rugby.com/englandrugby/index.cfm?fuseaction=News.News_Detail&storyid=19123 | accessdate=25 February 2008}}</ref> In March 2008, he became the highest international point-scorer, overtaking [[Neil Jenkins]] of Wales.<ref name="InternationalPointsRecord">{{cite news | work=www.telegraph.co.uk | title= Jonny Wilkinson claims Test points record | url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2008/03/08/urwilk108.xml | accessdate=8 March 2008 | location=London | first1=Charlie | last1=Caroe | date=8 March 2008}}</ref> In September 2008 he was injured again, ending his Premiership season.<ref name="2008DislocatedKnee">{{cite news | work= The Daily Telegraph| title= Jonny Wilkinson faces another lay-of | url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/international/england/3118175/Jonny-Wilkinson-faces-another-lay-off-Rugby-Union.html|accessdate=2 October 2008 |date=2 October 2008 | location=London | first=Mick | last=Cleary}}</ref> In May 2009 he agreed to join French club [[RC Toulonnais|Toulon]] on a two-year contract, leaving Newcastle after 12 years.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/8056210.stm|title=Wilkinson agrees to join [[RC Toulonnais]] |date=18 May 2009|work=[[BBC Sport]]|accessdate=18 May 2009 | location=London}}</ref> In July 2009 he was recalled into the England Elite Squad for the first time since the 2008 Six Nations<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scrum.com/england/rugby/story/99683.html|title=Cipriani demoted from elite squad |date=7 July 2009|work=Scrum.com|accessdate=8 July 2009}}</ref> and was confirmed in the squad for the 2009 Autumn internationals after a successful run of games with [[RC Toulonnais|Toulon]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/international/england/6462661/Jonny-Wilkinson-back-in-a-good-place-with-England.html|title=Jonny Wilkinson back in a good place with England |date=30 September 2009|work=The Daily Telegraph|accessdate=30 September 2009 | location=London | first=Mick |last=Cleary}}</ref> Wilkinson was then selected to tour Australia with the elite squad but was not selected as first choice fly half, nevertheless Wilkinson landed the winning points in the second test between England and Australia.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}} Injury forced him to miss out on the [[2010 end of year rugby tests|2010 autumn internationals]], in the process losing his position as the all-time leading points scorer in test rugby to [[Dan Carter]]. However, Wilkinson reclaimed the record during the [[2011 Six Nations]], a tournament during which he came off the bench in each of England's five games. He again lost the record to Carter in July 2011. ==International records== Wilkinson scored a record 29th Test [[drop goal]] against [[France national rugby union team|France]] in the [[2008 Six Nations Championship]]. His first converted penalty against [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland]] on 8 March 2008, took him 3 points past [[Wales national rugby union team|Wales]]'s [[Neil Jenkins]] tally of 1090 Test rugby points. This achievement came due to the [[International Rugby Board|IRB]] retrospectively granting full Test status to the 2005 [[British and Irish Lions]] warm-up test against [[Argentina national rugby union team|Argentina]], in which he scored 20 points, without which he would have remained behind Jenkins on that day. Two more penalties in the second half took his tally to 1099 points. However, the IRB also awarded Jenkins his own retrospective tally of 41 points from Lions Tours, but Jenkins' combined total of 1090 is still behind that of Wilkinson. Even if Wilkinson's points from Lions Tours were excluded, he has still scored over 70 more Test points for England than Jenkins did for Wales. On 26 February 2011, Wilkinson regained the record for the highest tally of International points, overtaking [[Dan Carter]] of [[New Zealand national rugby union team|New Zealand]] by scoring a penalty against [[France national rugby union team|France]] in a [[2011 Six Nations Championship|Six Nations]] match at [[Twickenham stadium|Twickenham]]. Carter then reclaimed the record on 30 July 2011<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/14329923.stm</ref> in the second 2011 Tri-Nations series match against South Africa. Wilkinson passed Ronan O'Gara (522), to regain the overall points record total of 526 in the Six Nations, on 13 March 2010. Wilkinson holds the [[Rugby World Cup]] points record with 249 and is the only player to score points in two [[Rugby World Cup Final|World Cup Finals]]. ==Honours== ===Newcastle Falcons=== *[[Guinness Premiership|Premiership – 1997/1998]] *[[Anglo-Welsh Cup|Powergen Cup]] 2001 2004 ===International=== *[[Rugby World Cup]] Winner [[2003 Rugby World Cup|2003]] *[[Rugby World Cup]] runner up [[2007 Rugby World Cup|2007]] *[[Six Nations Championship|Six Nations]] 2000, 2001 and 2011 *[[Six Nations Championship]] [[Grand Slam (Rugby Union)|Grand Slam]] 2003 ==Career highlights== {| class="wikitable" border="1" |- ! Date ! Tournament ! Venue ! Opposition ! Scoring summary ! Total points ! Comments |- style="text-align:center;" | 4 April 1998 | 5 Nations | [[Twickenham Stadium|Twickenham]] | Ireland (won 35–17) | | '''0''' | Wilkinson makes his debut as a replacement for Mike Catt, becoming England's youngest ever player. |- style="text-align:center;" | 6 June 1998 | Cook Cup | [[Suncorp Stadium|Brisbane]] | Australia (lost 0–76) | | '''0''' | Wilkinson's first start is in England's biggest ever defeat. |- style="text-align:center;" | 20 June 1998 | Friendly | [[Carisbrook|Dunedin]] | New Zealand (lost 22–64) | | '''0''' | |- style="text-align:center;" | 20 February 1999 | 5 Nations | Twickenham | Scotland (won 24–21) | 3 c, 1 p | '''9''' | Wilkinson's defensive play is acclaimed in a match that would ultimately deny Scotland a Grand Slam |- style="text-align:center;" | 6 March 1999 | 5 Nations | [[Lansdowne Road|Dublin]] | Ireland (won 27–15) | 1 c, 4 p | '''14''' | |- style="text-align:center;" | 20 March 1999 | 5 Nations | Twickenham | France (won 21–10) | 7 p | '''21''' | |- style="text-align:center;" | 11 April 1999 | 5 Nations | [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley]] | Wales (lost 31–32) | 2 c, 4 p | '''16''' | Wales deny England a Grand Slam at Wembley |- style="text-align:center;" | 26 June 1999 | Cook Cup | [[Telstra Stadium|Sydney]] | Australia (lost 15–22) | 1 c, 1 p | '''5''' | |- style="text-align:center;" | 21 August 1999 | Friendly | Twickenham | United States (won 106–8) | 13 c | '''26''' | |- style="text-align:center;" | 28 August 1999 | Friendly | Twickenham | Canada (won 36–11) | 4 c, 1 p | '''11''' | Wilkinson passes 100 test points |- style="text-align:center;" | 2 October 1999 | World Cup | Twickenham | Italy (won 67–7) | 1 t, 6 c, 5 p | '''32''' | |- style="text-align:center;" | 9 October 1999 | World Cup | Twickenham | New Zealand (lost 16–30) | 1 c, 3 p | '''11''' | |- style="text-align:center;" | 9 November 2002 | Friendly | Twickenham | New Zealand (won 31–28) | 1 t, 2 c, 3 p, 1 d | '''21''' | A full house for Wilkinson as England win a classic |- style="text-align:center;" | 16 November 2002 | Cook Cup | Twickenham | Australia (won 32–31) | 2 c, 6 p | '''22''' | |- style="text-align:center;" | 15 February 2003 | 6 Nations | Twickenham | France (won 25–17) | 1 c, 5 p, 1 d | '''20''' | |- style="text-align:center;" | 22 February 2003 | 6 Nations | [[Millennium Stadium|Cardiff]] | Wales (won 26–9) | 2 c, 2 p, 2 d | '''16''' | |- style="text-align:center;" | 9 March 2003 | 6 Nations | Twickenham | Italy (won 40–5) | 4 c | '''8''' | |- style="text-align:center;" | 22 March 2003 | 6 Nations | Twickenham | Scotland (won 40–9) | 3 c, 4 p | '''18''' | |- style="text-align:center;" | 30 March 2003 | 6 Nations | Dublin | Ireland (won 42–6) | 3 c, 1 p, 2 d | '''15''' | England win the 2003 Six Nations Grand Slam |- style="text-align:center;" | 14 June 2003 | Friendly | [[Westpac Stadium|Wellington]] | New Zealand (won 15–13) | 4 p, 1 d | '''15''' | England record back-to-back wins against New Zealand for the first time |- style="text-align:center;" | 21 June 2003 | Cook Cup | [[Telstra Dome|Melbourne]] | Australia (won 25–14) | 2 c, 2 p | '''10''' | England's first-ever win on Australian soil |- style="text-align:center;" | 9 November 2003 | World Cup | Brisbane | Wales (won 28–17) | 1 c, 6 p, 1 d | '''23''' | |- style="text-align:center;" | 16 November 2003 | World Cup | [[Telstra Stadium|Sydney]] | France (won 24–7) | 5 p, 3 d | '''24''' | |- style="text-align:center;" | 22 November 2003 | World Cup | Sydney | Australia (won 20–17) | 4 p, 1 d | '''15''' | Wilkinson's drop goal wins the World Cup in the last minute of extra time |- style="text-align:center;" | 22 September 2007 | World Cup | [[Stade de la Beaujoire|Nantes]] | Samoa (won 44–22) | 3 c, 4 p, 2 d | '''24''' | |- style="text-align:center;" | 6 October 2007 | World Cup | [[Saint-Denis]] | Australia (won 12–10) | 4 p | '''12''' | |- style="text-align:center;" | 13 October 2007 | World Cup | Saint-Denis | France (won 14–9) | 2 p, 1 d | '''9''' | Wilkinson again kicks France out of the World Cup in the Semi-Final. |- style="text-align:center;" | 20 October 2007 | World Cup | Saint-Denis | South Africa (lost 6–15) | 2 p | '''6''' | |- style="text-align:center;" | 2 February 2008 | 6 Nations | Twickenham | Wales (lost 19–26) | 1 c, 3 p, 1 d | '''14''' | |- style="text-align:center;" | 10 February 2008 | 6 Nations | Rome | Italy (won 23–19) | 2 c, 3 p | '''13''' | Wilkinson goes past 1000 test points for England |- style="text-align:center;" | 24 February 2008 | 6 Nations | Saint-Denis | France (won 24–13) | 1 c, 3 p, 1 d | '''14''' | Wilkinson scores a world record 29th international drop goal |- style="text-align:center;" | 8 March 2008 | 6 Nations | [[Murrayfield Stadium|Murrayfield]] | Scotland (lost 9–15) | 3 p | '''9''' | Wilkinson overtakes [[Neil Jenkins]]' world test record of 1090 points |- style="text-align:center;" | 14 February 2010 | 6 Nations | [[Stadio Flaminio]] | Italy [won 12–17) | 3 p, 1 d | '''12''' | Wilkinson surpasses 500 points in the 6 Nations (506), second only to [[Ronan O'Gara]] (520) |} ==Statistics== === International Tries === *Try number 3 was scored while playing for The [[British and Irish Lions]] {|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%" align="center" width:"100%" !colspan=7|Jonny Wilkinson's International Tries<ref>[http://www.scrum.com/statsguru/rugby/player/12757.html?class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=date;template=results;triesmin1=1;triesval1=tries;type=player;view=match Player Analysis: Jonny Wilkinson], ''Scrum'', 14 March 2010.</ref> |- ! width="60"|Try !! width="175"|Opposing Team !! width="200"|City/Country !! width="175"|Venue !! width="175"|Competition !! width="50"|Year |- | '''[1]''' || {{ru|ITA}} || [[London]], [[England]] || [[Twickenham Stadium|Twickenham]] || [[1999 Rugby World Cup|Rugby World Cup]] || 1999 |- | '''[2]''' || {{ru|ITA}} || [[London]], [[England]] || Twickenham || [[2001 Six Nations Championship|Six Nations]] || 2001 |- | '''[3]''' || {{ru|AUS}} || [[Sydney]], [[Australia]] || [[Stadium Australia]] || [[2001 British Lions tour to Australia|Test Match]] || 2001 |- | '''[4]''' || {{ru|IRE}} || [[London]], [[England]] || Twickenham || [[2002 Six Nations Championship|Six Nations]] || 2002 |- | '''[5]''' || {{ru|WAL}} || [[London]], [[England]] || Twickenham || [[2002 Six Nations Championship|Six Nations]] || 2002 |- | '''[6]''' || {{ru|NZ}} || [[London]], [[England]] || Twickenham || Test Match || 2002 |- | '''[7]''' || {{ru|SCO}} || [[London]], [[England]] || Twickenham || [[2007 Six Nations Championship|Six Nations]] || 2007 |- |} ===International Analysis by Opposition=== {| class="sortable wikitable" |- |- ! Against ! Played ! Won ! Lost ! Drawn ! Tries ! Points ! % Won |- bgcolor="#d0ffd0" align="center" |- | align="left" | {{ru|ARG}} || <center>3 || <center>2 || <center>0 || <center>1 || <center>0 || <center>45 || <center>{{#expr:2/3*100 round 2}} |- | align="left" | {{ru|AUS}} || <center>12 || <center>7 || <center>5 || <center>0 || <center>0 || <center>147 || <center>{{#expr:7/12*100 round 2}} |- | align="left" | {{ru|CAN}} || <center>1 || <center>1 || <center>0 || <center>0 || <center>0 || <center>11 || <center>{{#expr:1/1*100 round 2}} |- | align="left" | {{ru|FIJ}} || <center>1 || <center>1 || <center>0 || <center>0 || <center>0 || <center>23 || <center>{{#expr:1/1*100 round 2}} |- | align="left" | {{ru|FRA}} || <center>11 || <center>8 || <center>3 || <center>0 || <center>0 || <center>153 || <center>{{#expr:8/11*100 round 2}} |- | align="left" | {{ru|GEO}} || <center>1 || <center>1 || <center>0 || <center>0 || <center>0 || <center>16 || <center>{{#expr:1/1*100 round 2}} |- | align="left" | {{ru|IRE}} || <center>9 || <center>6 || <center>3 || <center>0 || <center>0 || <center>97 || <center>{{#expr:6/9*100 round 2}} |- | align="left" | {{ru|ITA}} || <center>8 || <center>8 || <center>0 || <center>0 || <center>0 || <center>142 || <center>{{#expr:8/8*100 round 2}} |- | align="left" | {{ru|NZ}} || <center>7 || <center>2 || <center>5 || <center>0 || <center>0 || <center>64 || <center>{{#expr:2/7*100 round 2}} |- | align="left" | {{ru|SAM}} || <center>2 || <center>2 || <center>0 || <center>0 || <center>0 || <center>39 || <center>{{#expr:2/2*100 round 2}} |- | align="left" | {{ru|SCO}} || <center>8 || <center>5 || <center>2 || <center>1 || <center>1 || <center>100 || <center>{{#expr:5/8*100 round 2}} |- | align="left" | {{ru|RSA}} || <center>9 || <center>5 || <center>4 || <center>0 || <center>0 || <center>127 || <center>{{#expr:5/9*100 round 2}} |- | align="left" | {{ru|TON}} || <center>1 || <center>1 || <center>0 || <center>0 || <center>0 || <center>16 || <center>{{#expr:1/1*100 round 2}} |- | align="left" | {{ru|USA}} || <center>1 || <center>1 || <center>0 || <center>0 || <center>0 || <center>26 || <center>{{#expr:1/1*100 round 2}} |- | align="left" | {{ru|WAL}} || <center>9 || <center>7 || <center>2 || <center>0 || <center>1 || <center>166 || <center>{{#expr:7/9*100 round 2}} |- class="sortbottom" ! Total || 83 || 57 || 24 || 2 || 2 || 1172 || {{#expr:44/63*100 round 2}} |}Correct as of 14 March 2010<ref>[http://www.scrum.com/statsguru/rugby/player/12757.html?class=1;template=results;type=player Player Analysis: Jonny Wilkinson], ''Scrum'', 14 March 2010.</ref> ==Media== Wilkinson occasionally writes a column for ''[[The Times]]'', often during periods of high media focus on rugby, such as [[Six Nations Championship|Six Nations]] tournaments and Rugby World Cups. He has also written four books, with the help of [[ghostwriter]] Neil Squires, which have been published by Headline. The first, "Lions and Falcons: My Diary of a Remarkable Year", was released in 2001, and followed a turbulent rugby year for him. The diary documented the England rugby player's strike, the [[Newcastle Falcons]] winning the Powergen Cup, the 2001 Six Nations Championship and the [[British and Irish Lions]] tour at the end of the year. His second, "My World", was released after England's Rugby World Cup win, in early 2004, and was largely picture-based, with less writing than in his previous publication. The writing that it did contain was focused on his experience of the World Cup, and how his life had altered following the winning drop goal. In 2005 "How To Play Rugby My Way", which accompanied the BBC series "Jonny's Hotshots", was released. It was largely a coaching/instruction manual, with tips and techniques for rugby playing. It also included small insights to Wilkinson's family life and the relationships which have allowed his rugby playing to flourish. Wilkinson's book 'Tackling Life' was released in 2008. This book focuses on how his aspect on life changed after his injury woes, and how he overcame them. ==Personal life== The Newcastle Falcons' fitness trainer Steve Black has become particularly influential on Wilkinson's rugby career. Wilkinson has previously stated that he respects Black a great deal, and that Black taught him a lot about "values and ethics".<ref>Wilkinson, Jonny. ''How to Play Rugby My Way'', Headline Publishing (2005), p.215.</ref> Wilkinson says [[Richard Hill (flanker)|Richard Hill]] and [[Mike Catt]] are his closest friends in the England rugby set-up. In 2001, he also acknowledged his friendships with former hooker [[Phil Greening]] and winger [[Dan Luger]] to be similarly strong. In his life after rugby, Wilkinson has stated that he wishes to get more involved in coaching, especially children and at "an elite level".<ref>Wilkinson, Jonny. ''How to Play Rugby My Way'', Headline Publishing (2005), p.214.</ref> Wilkinson is widely known as a [[teetotaler]], but broke that habit after England lost to South Africa in the [[2007 Rugby World Cup Final]].<ref name="RWC2007Final1">{{cite news | work=uk.reuters.com | title= Teetotal Wilkinson nursed Cup hangover | url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idUKL2249417020071022 |accessdate=22 October 2007 |date=22 October 2007}}</ref> Wilkinson has been following [[Buddhist]] principles and teachings to help control his perfectionist tendencies according to an interview he gave with [[The Times]] newspaper.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/rugby_union/article4782380.ece |title=Jonny Wilkinson: The quantum leap that saved me from despair |work=The Times|date= 19 September 2008|accessdate=14 August 2009 | location=London | first=Matthew | last=Syed}}</ref> ==Other== * In December 2005, Wilkinson was awarded an honorary doctorate in Civil Law by [[Northumbria University]]. * He was the 2003 BBC Sports Personality of the Year * He was the 2003 International Rugby Board (IRB) International Player of the Year. * One of Wilkinson's heroes growing up was [[Walter Payton]], the American Footballer. * Has the American basketball player [[Michael Jordan]]'s autograph, addressed to 'Johnny' with an 'h'. * Wilkinson studied French, Biology and Chemistry for his A-levels and conducts all his interviews in France in French, without the aid of an interpreter. * Wilkinson has also made two DVDs: "Jonny Wilkinson: The Perfect 10" and "Jonny Wilkinson – The Real Story". They were both released in 2003, and feature footage of interviews with Wilkinson and people close to him, matches, media and clips of personal events. * He has endorsed [[Hackett (clothing store)|Hackett]], [[Travelex]], [[Lucozade]], the chemist Boots and [[adidas]]. * Although he is a generally left-footed kicker, he kicked the [[Rugby World Cup|World Cup]] winning drop goal in 2003 with his right foot. * Jonny Wilkinson appeared with [[David Beckham]] in the famous Kicking It ads for [[Adidas]] prior to the [[Rugby World Cup]] in 2003 ==See also== * [[List of top English points scorers and try scorers]] * [[List of leading Rugby union Test point scorers]] ==References== {{Reflist|colwidth=30em}} ==Further reading== * Wilkinson, Jonny, (2001, 2002). ''Lions and Falcons: My Diary of a Remarkable Year'', Headline Book Publishing, (ISBN 0-7472-4243-7) * Wilkinson, Jonny, (2004). ''My World'', Headline Book Publishing, (ISBN 0-7472-4276-3) * Wilkinson, Jonny, (2005). ''How to Play Rugby My Way'', Headline Book Publishing, (ISBN 0-7553-1337-2) h ==Toulon== *Wilkinson joined Toulon RFC in 2009 ==External links== {{commons category|Jonny Wilkinson}} {{wikiquote}} * [http://www.jonnywilkinson.com Jonny Wilkinson's Official Website] * [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/sport/columnists/jonny_wilkinson Jonny Wilkinson's column for ''The Times''] * [http://www.rctoulon.com/en/rct/joueur/wilkinson/ RC Toulon profile] * [http://www.adidas.com/athlete/jonny_wilkinson.asp Adidas.com profile] * [http://www.rfu.com/SquadsAndPlayers/EnglandElite/JonnyWilkinson.aspx England Rugby profile] * [http://www.itsrugby.co.uk/joueur_911.html itsrugby.co.uk profile] {{s-start}} {{s-ach}} {{s-bef|before={{flagicon|FRA}} [[Fabien Galthié]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[IRB International Player of the Year]]|years=2003}} {{s-aft|after={{flagicon|RSA}} [[Schalk Burger]]}} {{s-bef|before=[[Paula Radcliffe]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[BBC Sports Personality of the Year]]|years=2003}} {{s-aft|after=[[Kelly Holmes]]}} {{s-sports}} {{s-bef|before=[[Martin Johnson (rugby union)|Martin Johnson]]}} {{s-ttl|title=English National Rugby Union Captain|years=Mar 2003}} {{s-aft|after=[[Martin Johnson (rugby union)|Martin Johnson]]}} {{s-bef|before=[[Jason Robinson]]}} {{s-ttl|title=English National Rugby Union Captain|years=Jun 2007}} {{s-aft|after=[[Phil Vickery (rugby union)|Phil Vickery]]}} {{end}} {{England Squad 2011 World Cup}} {{England Squad 2007 World Cup}} {{British and Irish Lions 2005}} {{England Squad 2003 World Cup}} {{British and Irish Lions 2001}} {{England Squad 1999 World Cup}} {{English national rugby union team captains}} {{RC Toulonnais squad}} {{BBC Sports Personality of the Year winners}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2011}} <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]] --> {{Persondata |NAME= [[OBE]], Jonny Wilkinson |ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Wilkinson, Jonathan Peter |SHORT DESCRIPTION= Professional rugby union footballer |DATE OF BIRTH=25 May 1979 |PLACE OF BIRTH= [[Frimley]], [[Surrey]], England |DATE OF DEATH= |PLACE OF DEATH= }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wilkinson, Jonny}} [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:1979 births]] [[Category:People from Frimley]] [[Category:Newcastle Falcons rugby players]] [[Category:RC Toulonnais players]] [[Category:English rugby union players]] [[Category:British and Irish Lions rugby union players from England]] [[Category:IRB World Player of the Year]] [[Category:Rugby union fly-halves]] [[Category:BBC Sports Personality of the Year winners]] [[Category:English Buddhists]] [[Category:Converts to Buddhism]] [[Category:England international rugby union players]] [[Category:Expatriate rugby union players in France]] [[Category:People educated at Lord Wandsworth College]] [[Category:Old Pierrepontians]] {{Link FA|fr}} {{Link FA|it}} [[cs:Jonny Wilkinson]] [[da:Jonny Wilkinson]] [[de:Jonny Wilkinson]] [[es:Jonny Wilkinson]] [[fr:Jonny Wilkinson]] [[gl:Jonny Wilkinson]] [[it:Jonny Wilkinson]] [[ka:ჯონი უილკინსონი]] [[lv:Džonijs Vilkinsons]] [[ms:Jonny Wilkinson]] [[nl:Jonny Wilkinson]] [[ja:ジョニー・ウィルキンソン]] [[pl:Jonny Wilkinson]] [[pt:Jonny Wilkinson]] [[ru:Уилкинсон, Джонни]] [[simple:Jonny Wilkinson]] [[sv:Jonny Wilkinson]] [[zh:尊尼·韋健遜]]'