Jonny Wilkinson Bio

His first honour as a player came the following year in 2000 when England won the Six Nations and Wilkinson set what was an individual points scoring record for the championship at the time, getting 35 points against Italy at Twickenham. He would go on to win the Six Nations another three times in 2001, 2003 – where he first captained the side - and 2011 respectively, including the Grand Slam achieved by the team in 2003.

This year would also prove to be one of Jonny Wilkinson’s best, as it was when England famously won the World Cup, thanks to a drop goal he scored in the final in the last 20 seconds of extra time. Wilkinson also earned a Man-of-the-Match award for this game and finished as the tournament’s highest points scorer.

While this level of success was never replicated again, he was part of the team that made it to the 2007 World Cup final against South Africa and despite an injury ruling him out of the first few games, he still played a pivotal role in the side’s progression.

In total he was capped 91 times for his country and made over 350 appearances at club level. In addition, Wilkinson holds the current England record tally for points scored in World Cups. He also toured twice with the British & Irish Lions winning a total of six caps. His first experience was the 2001 tour to Australia where he ended up as the top test scorer and he was selected again in 2005 in the tour to New Zealand.