JONNY WILKINSON
Name: Jonathan Peter Wilkinson
Born: 25 May 1979 Frimley, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Jonathan Peter Wilkinson OBE (born 25 May 1979 in Frimley, Surrey) is an English
rugby union player and member of the England national team. From 2001-2003,
before and during the 2003 Rugby World Cup, Wilkinson rose to fame for being one
of the world’s best rugby players. He was an integral member of the 2003
Rugby World Cup winning England squad, scoring the winning drop goal in the last
minute of extra time against Australia. He plays his club rugby in the Guinness
Premiership for Newcastle Falcons. Wilkinson has also toured twice with the
British and Irish Lions, in 2001 and 2005, scoring 44 Test points in the 5 Lions
test matches he has started.
Due to a litany of injuries — variously, of the knee ligaments, arm, shoulder
and kidney — he did not appear again for England after the World Cup until 1,169
days later in their opening game of the 2007 Six Nations Championship against
Scotland on 3 February 2007. In his comeback England match, Wilkinson scored
27 points in the game (a record in the Calcutta Cup) and was awarded Man of the
Match. The following week against Italy, he became the highest point-scorer
in the history of the Five/Six Nations Championship. 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 the 2008 Six Nations in the 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.
Name: Jonathan Peter Wilkinson
Born: 25 May 1979 Frimley, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Jonathan Peter Wilkinson OBE (born 25 May 1979 in Frimley, Surrey) is an English
rugby union player and member of the England national team. From 2001-2003,
before and during the 2003 Rugby World Cup, Wilkinson rose to fame for being one
of the world’s best rugby players. He was an integral member of the 2003
Rugby World Cup winning England squad, scoring the winning drop goal in the last
minute of extra time against Australia. He plays his club rugby in the Guinness
Premiership for Newcastle Falcons. Wilkinson has also toured twice with the
British and Irish Lions, in 2001 and 2005, scoring 44 Test points in the 5 Lions
test matches he has started.
Due to a litany of injuries — variously, of the knee ligaments, arm, shoulder
and kidney — he did not appear again for England after the World Cup until 1,169
days later in their opening game of the 2007 Six Nations Championship against
Scotland on 3 February 2007. In his comeback England match, Wilkinson scored
27 points in the game (a record in the Calcutta Cup) and was awarded Man of the
Match. The following week against Italy, he became the highest point-scorer
in the history of the Five/Six Nations Championship. 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 the 2008 Six Nations in the 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.