British Lions & England international rugby union player
Rugby player
Jonny Wilkinson CBE
Wilkinson in September 2015
Birth name
Jonathan Peter Wilkinson
Date of birth
(1979-05-25) 25 May 1979 (age 44)
Place of birth
Frimley, England
Height
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Weight
14 st 0 lb (89 kg)[1]
School
Lord Wandsworth College
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Fly-half
Amateur team(s)
Years
Team
Apps
(Points)
Farnham
()
Senior career
Years
Team
Apps
(Points)
1997–2009
Newcastle Falcons
182
(2,049)
2009–2014
Toulon
141
(1,884)
1997–2014
Total
323
(3,933)
International career
Years
Team
Apps
(Points)
1998–2011
England
91[2]
(1,179)
2001, 2005
British & Irish Lions
6
(67)
Official website
http://www.jonnywilkinson.com
Jonathan Peter Wilkinson, CBE (born 25 May 1979) is an English former rugby union player. A fly-half, he played for Newcastle Falcons and French side Toulon and represented England and the British & Irish Lions. He is particularly known for scoring the winning drop goal in the 2003 Rugby World Cup Final and is widely acknowledged as one of the best rugby union players of all time.[3]
He played club rugby for twelve seasons in the English Premiership with Newcastle Falcons. In 2009, he moved to Toulon, where he won two Heineken Cups and one Top 14 championship in five seasons. He holds the record of top point-scorer at both clubs.
Wilkinson won 91 caps for England. He was an integral member of the England squad which won the 2003 World Cup, scoring the winning drop goal in the last minute of extra time against Australia in the final. He came back from several injuries and was part of the England team which reached the final of the 2007 World Cup. He toured twice with the British & Irish Lions, in 2001 to Australia and 2005 to New Zealand, winning 6 caps.
He retired from rugby at the end of the 2013–14 season.[4] In 2016, he was inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame. Wilkinson is currently a studio pundit for ITV Sport, working on their coverage of the Six Nations Championship, Rugby World Cup and other rugby events.
^ ab"RFU England Player Profile, Jonny Wilkinson". Rugby Football Union. Archived from the original on 26 August 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
^"Jonny Wilkinson". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
^"Jonny Wilkinson MBE". BBC News. UK. 31 December 2002. Retrieved 20 May 2007.
^"England World Cup winner to retire". BBC Sport. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
media related to JonnyWilkinson. Wikiquote has quotations related to JonnyWilkinson. JonnyWilkinson's Official Website JonnyWilkinson's column for The...
Newcastle was the only English club of JonnyWilkinson, where he played from 1997 to 2009, and as well as Wilkinson in 2003 Newcastle saw three players in...
Janet Keogh and Gaz Wilkinson; he was born in series 5, nine months after Janet slept with Gaz. The baby's middle name reflects Jonny Keogh's love of biscuits...
scored by JonnyWilkinson at 11 minutes; Wilkinson scored a second penalty nine minutes later to put his side ahead of Australia. A third Wilkinson penalty...
singer-songwriter and guitarist Jonny Lee Miller (born 1972), British-American actor Jonny Lindfors (born 1975), Swedish Army officer JonnyWilkinson (born 1979), English...
to play England in the final. Along with a try to Jason Robinson, JonnyWilkinson kicked four penalties and then a drop-goal in extra time to win the...
Nina in the Menier Chocolate Factory's production of Breakfast with JonnyWilkinson. In 2013, it was made into an independent feature film and she reprised...
and one by centre François Steyn – and England two, both by fly-half JonnyWilkinson. Each team had one major try scoring opportunity; South Africa's came...
with just seconds to spare, a match-winning drop goal by fly-half JonnyWilkinson brought the final score to 20–17, making England rugby world champions...
as a major force in domestic and European rugby in the 2010s when JonnyWilkinson, Mathieu Bastareaud, Bakkies Botha, Matt Giteau and other rugby stars...
Scott Van Pelt. Stewart is a former girlfriend of England rugby player JonnyWilkinson. She married European Tour golfer, Nick Dougherty on New Year's Eve...
the tackle, fitter and faster than before'. Following an injury to JonnyWilkinson, Cipriani regained the England number 10 shirt for the 2008 Autumn...
In addition to his own works he was ghostwriter for Jonny, the autobiography of JonnyWilkinson. The Finishing Line (2004) Hodder & Stoughton, ISBN 0340824638...
points scorer in the history of the England national team, with only JonnyWilkinson having scored more. In the summer of 2016, England embarked on a three-match...
revived when he stepped into midfield. Acting as an inside centre, with JonnyWilkinson his kicking and distribution was responsible for the high try counts...
university was completed on a part-time basis due to his rugby commitments. JonnyWilkinson trained the Kings School first team while Flood was a student there...
England in a thrilling final and were finally beaten after England's JonnyWilkinson kicked a drop goal in extra time. In 2005 to celebrate the ten-year...
been cited as a source of inspiration by several sportsmen including JonnyWilkinson (UK), Agustín Pichot (Argentina), Al Charron (Canada), and Dan Lyle...
Video on 14 August 2020. Spring 2021, two-part ITV series featuring JonnyWilkinson and Nicola Adams, respectively. Premiered in July 2022, it is a spin-off...
Global Information