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Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. Sport-On this day: Born May 25, 1979: Jonny Wilkinson, English rugby player. In the most bald terms, Wilkinson, who turns 41 on Monday, was right with his instant reaction in Sydney 17 years ago. 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In 2013 he was voted European player of the season as Toulon won the Heineken Cup. FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - Rugby World Cup - Final - England Captain's Run - Fuchu Asahi Football Park, Fuchu, Tokyo - November 1, 2019 Former England player Jonny Wilkinson during the … Wingers JJ Williams and Elgan Rees, centre David Richards and flanker Paul Ringer all crossed the line. It might be nice now not to wake up on Saturday morning with that horrible feeling in my stomach and have to worry about the what-ifs. Only once he moved to the south of France with Toulon did Wilkinson appear to become more comfortable with himself and learn to keep something of a lid on his inner demons. By Mitch Phillips. The list of glittering stars from the golden generation included Gareth Edwards, JPR Williams, Gerald Davies, Barry John and Mervyn Davies. You can unsubscribe at any time. Only Wilkinson could, when asked in a news conference during that tournament if he was “turning into a basket case”, ponder, then give a long and reasoned answer suggesting that, all things considered, he probably was. A year later, within eight glorious days, he captained them to a second European Cup win and then to victory in the final of the French Top 14. They were on for a double slam after doing a clean sweep in 1978, but in the third round of games France edged them out 14-13 in Paris. He did appear in two further World Cups, reaching the final again in 2007 and quarter-final four years later (he also played in the 1999 tournament) but his career was also a story of relentless pain and damage - both physical and mental. Those repeated setbacks sent him into a spiral of agonising frustration and depression, which, combined with his ceaseless self-flagellation in the pursuit of perfection, threatened to see him walk away from the game when he still had much to offer. As he contemplated a retirement that has seen him develop into an astute pundit, he said: "I've lived 17 years where every weekend your life hangs in the balance. His superb drop-goal, off his wrong foot having previously missed three other attempts in the match, was, and remains, the pinnacle not just of his career, but of the entire history of English rugby. All quotes delayed a minimum of 15 minutes. explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. They bounced back to take the Grand Slam in 1980, but it was not until the 1990s when they started to became a world-beating side, although they failed to win the World Cup on home soil in 1991. The final score 27-3 reflected the dominance of the team in red. Few sportsmen could surely ever have worked more obsessively to be the best he possibly could, but having achieved greatness, few could have struggled so much to deal with the expectation, much of it internal, that came with it. The 1979 championship was another chance for the Welsh to show their dominance and flair securing victories over Ireland and Scotland in the opening games. It is only from the mid 2000s that the swagger returned to the side that has now won three grand slams in just seven years. ", REUTERS: Only Jonny Wilkinson, as a 24-year-old who had just landed the last-gasp drop goal that spectacularly won the 2003 Rugby World Cup for England, could immediately think: "Oh well, can't top that, my career's going to be all downhill from here.". Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. They had to wait until 1988 before they secured a shared championship and further decline set in as the top players left for professional careers in rugby league. Those repeated setbacks sent him into a spiral of agonising frustration and depression, which, combined with his ceaseless self-flagellation in the pursuit of perfection, threatened to see him walk away from the game when he still had much to offer. Few sportsmen could surely ever have worked more obsessively to be the best he possibly could, but having achieved greatness, few could have struggled so much to deal with the expectation, much of it internal, that came with it. It might be nice now not to wake up on Saturday morning with that horrible feeling in my stomach and have to worry about the what-ifs.”, Reporting by Mitch Phillips, editing by Toby Davis. In the six games of the knockout stages of those two European campaigns Wilkinson had 30 attempts at goal and missed one. When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. For Wales the turn of the decade marked a change in fortunes and the 1980s proved a barren spell, apart from a run to the semi-finals in the inaugural Rugby World Cup in 1987. In 2013 he was voted European player of the season as Toulon won the Heineken Cup.

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