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  Jonny Wilkinson - Early life
Wilkinson was educated at Pierrepont in Frensham and Lord Wandsworth College, playing rugby as a junior, he was talent-scouted by his school rugby coach.
Jonny Wilkinson grew up in Hampshire and developed a love of rugby early in life, participating in the sport from the age of just four years old, playing for Farnham RFC.
Wilkinson scored all 15 points as England beat New Zealand 15-13 in Wellington 2003 and was a major factor in their 25-14 win over Australia a week later.
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 Jonny Wilkinson Pictures, Biography, Filmography, Awards, Wallpapers
Jonny Peter Wilkinson was born on 25/5/79 in Surrey, and was inspired to play rugby by his father Phil, who himself played rugby from the age of 18 to 40.
Jonny was always sporty, he played both tennis and cricket for the Hampshire schools he attended before being chosen by the England rugby selectors for the English 18s Schools rugby tour of Australia in 1997.
Jonny Wilkinson, a fly-half for England Rugby Union and one of the most famous players in international professional rugby, was catapulted to stardom when his drop goal during extra time won England the World Cup in 2003.
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  Jonny Wilkinson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wilkinson was educated at Pierrepont in Frensham and Lord Wandsworth College, playing rugby as a junior, he was talent-scouted by his school rugby coach.
Wilkinson was the first choice fly-half and goal kicker for the 2001 British Lions tour to Australia in July.
Jonny started as Captain in the Falcons last Premiership game of the season on Saturday, May 6, 2006, converting six of his team's 8 tries in their 54-19 demolition of Leeds Tykes.
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 ITN - Jonny Wilkinson
Jonny Wilkinson is not expecting France to crack in the heat of a World Cup semi-final when they go head-to-head with England in Paris.
Jonny Wilkinson is urging England's rugby stars to eradicate the errors that have been punishing them ahead of their World Cup defence.
Jonny Wilkinson believes England must forget about their post-2003 World Cup woes if they are to have any hope of defending their title.
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 Biography of Jonny Wilkinson
Jonny Wilkinson was born on 25 May 1979 in Frimley, Surrey.
Jonny Wilkinson made his test debut against Ireland at Twickenham in April 1988, and since then the Newcastle Falcons fly-half became the only player in test rugby to average over 15 points a game.
Successive injury problems kept Wilkinson out of international rugby after the World Cup, however he was selected by Clive Woodward to be a centre in the first test of the Lions against New Zealand in the 2005 tour.
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 Hunky Male Celebs: Jonny Wilkinson
Jonathan Peter "Jonny" Wilkinson OBE (born 25 May 1979 in Frimley, Surrey) is an English rugby union player and member of the England rugby union team.
Jonny currently lives in rural Northumberland with his brother Mark (known as "Sparks") who is 18 months older than he is. The first house that Jonny and Mark bought in Northumberland is now inhabited by their parents, Phil and Phillipa.
Jonny cites Richard Hill and Mike Catt to be his closest friends in the England rugby set-up.
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 Jonny Wilkinson: News & Videos about Jonny Wilkinson - CNN.com
Jonny Wilkinson passed 1000 points for England but there was little else for the team's supporters to enthuse over in a 23-19 Six Nations Championship victory in Rome.
Jonny Wilkinson's participation in the rugby World Cup is hanging in the balance after it was revealed that England fly half sprained ankle ligaments in a training accident.
Jonny Wilkinson, whose England career has been blighted by injury since he scored the winning points in the 2003 World Cup final against Australia, could be out of action for several weeks after damaging his knee.
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 PLAYER PROFILE : Jonny Wilkinson
Jonny was called up again to the England team for the Five Nations match against Scotland on the 20th February 1999.
After the Five Nations Jonny was called up to the England squad to tour Australia where he played in both the warm up against Queensland and the Centenary test at no.10.
Jonny was then deservedly chosen by Clive Woodward to start every match in England's championship winning team in the inaugural 2000 Six Nations Campaign.
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 BBC SPORT | Rugby Union | It feels like a dream - Wilkinson
Jonny Wilkinson admitted finding it hard to take in after his long-awaited return to the international scene.
Wilkinson, who was playing his first game for England since 2003, was man of the match in Saturday's 42-20 win over Scotland in the Six Nations.
Wilkinson marked his return to England colours with a Calcutta Cup record of 27 points, with five penalties, two conversions, a drop-goal and a try.
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 Jonny Wilkinson Pictures, News, Injuries, Photos, Bio, Wallpapers, Fan Sites
Born May 25, 1979 in Surrey, England, Jonny Wilkinson is an English Rugby Union player who made worldwide headlines in 2003 when he kicked the winning drop goal in the last minute of the Rugby World Cup against Australia.
Wilkinson began his career with the England Rugby Union at age 18 and by the end of 2003 had scored 817 points in a total of 52 matches, enhancing his reputation for expert kicking and also as one of the most feared tacklers in the game.
Ironically, Wilkinson was suddenly dropped from the England team before the Six Nations final against Ireland, replaced by 20-year-old fly-half Danny Cipriani.
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 Jonny Wilkinson
Jonny was rugby's first genuine superstar with pin-up looks matched by his sporting talent.
Jonny Peter Wilkinson was born in Surrey, England on May 25th 1979.
Jonny is 5ft 10in tall, he weighs 13st 7lbs and takes a size nine shoe.
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 Jonny Wilkinson dropped: Sport: Rugby: News24
Wilkinson, rugby union's leading international points scorer, moved down to the bench and was replaced at flyhalf by Danny Cipriani with the 20-year-old Wasps rising star now set to make his first Test start.
But Wilkinson, capped 69-times by England and the drop-goal hero of their 2003 World Cup final win, was, remarkably, the only one to lose his place in the starting line-up.
Wilkinson's demotion meant Charlie Hodgson lost his place on the bench as a reserve back while the only other change to the matchday 22 saw James Haskell come in as a replacement forward instead of Luke Narraway.
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 Jonny Wilkinson Bio - Jonny Wilkinson Biography - Jonny Wilkinson Stories
Wilkinson, virtually unknown to anybody outside the North East, made his England debut v's Ireland as a replacement for Mike Catt in the 79th minute of the game, making him the England's youngest player this century although with only one touch of the ball after collecting a high kick.
The school that Jonny attended was the Lord Wandsworth College.
Jonny was awarded an honorary doctorate in Social Sciences in December 2005.
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 Richard Williams: What does the Jonny Wilkinson stance mean? | Sport | The Guardian
Wilkinson finishes a session with a series of six kicks, but they all have to be perfect.
As Wilkinson prepares to kick, he visualises the flight of the ball ending up in Doris's lap, knocking the drink out of her hands.
Another is "hardening" his kicking foot, which Wilkinson does by tapping his left toe on the grass before he kicks, usually in two sets of three taps, thus helping the foot to adopt the shape and the tension he wants when he hits the ball.
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 2003 Rugby World Cup News
It was destiny fulfilled when Jonny Wilkinson's last-gasp drop goal won England the Webb Ellis Cup.
Wilkinson has admitted he was not at his absolute best earlier in the tournament but tried to stick to his now perfectly-honed routine before, during and after every game despite the increasing levels of concern from the media.
Into the final and it was Wilkinson's boot that kept England edging clear as his penalties rewarded their first-half dominance.
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 BBC SPORT | Wilkinson scoops BBC award
Wilkinson began 2003 by scoring a tournament-best 77 points as England scooped the Grand Slam for the first time in eight years.
Wilkinson was again in supreme form on England's tour down under, as they established themselves as World Cup favourites with historic wins over New Zealand and Australia.
Wilkinson also presented the young personality of the year trophy to swimmer Kate Haywood.
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 Jonny Wilkinson's Rugby Column | Sport
Jonny Wilkinson says if it's a crime to have enjoyed victory over Italy then he is guilty
Jonny Wilkinson says his main personal regret about the Six Nations was the result against Italy
Jonny Wilkinson plays at fly-half for Newcastle Falcons and England.
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 Sky Sports | Home | News
Jonny Wilkinson has revealed that his intensity and passion for rugby nearly brought a premature end to his career.
Jonny Wilkinson gave special menion to the people who had helped him through 'the tough times' after he passed 1,000 points for England.
Jonny Wilkinson scored 13 points to guide England to a 23-19 success against Italy, their first win of the RBS Six Nations.
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 Jonny Wilkinson
At 18, Jonny turned down a place at Durham university to play professionally for Newcastle.
Jonny's career was always going to be special: with only 58 minutes of professional rugby under his belt, he was called up to the England First team squad at the age of 18; making him the youngest England player this century.
Typically modest, Jonny refused to be pictured by himself with the trophy, insisting that it was a "team effort."
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 Jonny Wilkinson named to England team for Samoa game - International Herald Tribune
Wilkinson was one of seven changes that coach Brian Ashton made as he revamped his side for the Group A game in Nantes.
Wilkinson said he feared he might not even get on the field at this World Cup after injuring his ankle in England's first training session on French soil.
Wilkinson sprained a ligament in his right ankle in training two weeks ago and has missed England's first two matches of this World Cup, meaning his appearance against Samoa will be his first since his extra-time drop goal sealed the 2003 title against Australia in Sydney.
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 Wilkinson leads England to victory - CNN.com
Wilkinson ended the match with a lip reduced to bloody pulp but for a man who has endured a catalogue of serious damage since his drop goal won the World Cup in 2003, it was barely noticed.
Wilkinson was off-beam for the first time with the conversion but England turned round 17-10 ahead.
Another Ellis kick opened the door for Wilkinson to dive in in the right corner but TV pictures clearly showed his foot in touch and the decision to award the score was accurately described by Scotland coach Frank Hadden as "freakish".
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 Wilkofans.co.uk - The Ultimate Fan Resource For Jonny Wilkinson
Newcastle fly-half Jonny Wilkinson is to undergo shoulder surgery at the end of the season, ruling him out of England's tour of New Zealand in June.
Jonny Wilkinson vowed to return a better player after being dropped to the bench for England's RBS Six Nations fixture against Ireland on Saturday.
Jonny Wilkinson has been dropped from the England team to face Ireland on Saturday and replaced at fly-half by Danny Cipriani.
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 Jonny Wilkinson denies Worcester a win - Rugby Union News - Telegraph
Jonny Wilkinson kicked all Newcastle's points on a day the outside-half will not be listing among his most outstanding in his stay on Tyneside that looks certain to extend well into a second decade.
Wilkinson, who arrived at Kingston Park in 1997, is determined to help bring Newcastle further success though the style of yesterday's win was down to gritty determination rather than the running power of a backline shorn of captain Jamie Noon due to a family illness.
After the excitement of their win at Saracens last Sunday, Wilkinson and his team-mates failed to reproduce the same spark and relied instead on his accurate kicking.
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