Jonny Wilkinson

" The hero of that World Cup final victory over Australia in Sydney, Jonny Wilkinson, once again finds himself as the player carrying a nation's hopes as he makes his return to the international stage for the first time in 18 months.

In this article: Australia, England, Robbie Deans, Steve Borthwick, World Cup, God Save the Queen, and South Africa

...of the impact he had both in Sydney and four years later in Marseille. 'Jonny's kicking game steers England around really well,' said the 27-year-old. 'He's got a lot of experience and has proved time and time again that he's a...

In this article: Robbie Deans, World Cup, England, Martin Johnson, Australia, Marseille, Down Under, and Tyrone Smith

...comeback. "I think probably the most critical element is the introduction of Jonny, because that has brought a lot more certainty around the English," said Deans, whose own side who have won only one of their last six matches. "I don't...

In this article: Robbie Deans, Australia, England, World Cup, Sydney, and France

...for? Lawes, 20, has come to this juncture through a more direct route, one triggered by the sight of his newly-acquired team-mate, Jonny Wilkinson, dropping the goal between the Sydney posts to win the World Cup in 2003. Lawes was 14...

In this article: Courtney Lawes, Martin Johnson, England, Ayoola Erinle, Wasps, World Cup, Leicester, and King's College, London

...before games, just to chill out." Plenty has been made of the return this autumn of two of England's 2003 World Cup winners, Jonny Wilkinson and Steve Thompson, but it was Moody who provided one of the key links between the pair on that...

In this article: England, World Cup, All Blacks, Martin Johnson, Richard Hill, and Simon Shaw

...member of a novice England team thrashed 76-0 in Brisbane. But Wilkinson survived and two years later was the starting stand-off for the British and Irish Lions against Australia. And then, in a performance that guaranteed him sporting...

In this article: England, World Cup, Australia, Robbie Deans, British and Irish Lions, Brisbane, and Sydney

...they will find a red button to press. It releases the caged voice of Ian Robertson fulminating over the drop-kick executed by Jonny Wilkinson that secured the Webb Ellis Trophy for England in Sydney 2003. At that moment two millennia of...

In this article: England, Toulon, Martin Johnson, World Cup, Sydney, Buddhism, Quantum mechanics, and Mourad Boudjellal