When Jonny Wilkinson ripped apart the All blacks to score AWESOME try - Ruck

When Jonny Wilkinson ripped apart the All blacks to score AWESOME try

We re-live when England’s greatest 10 led them to a victory over New Zealand

After a glorious break from James Simpson-Daniel the ball comes back to Jonny Wilkinson who takes it on his own with a plumb chip over the New Zealand defence to then sprint through and bring it down beneath the posts.

England won the game 31-28 and then went on to beat New Zealand in Wellington in June 2003 by 15 points to 13.

5 Players Who Have Been Dubbed the Next Jonny Wilkinson

Too often in rugby, phrases are thrown around that are ludicrous.

“That player is the next Jonny Wilkinson,” is such a phrase.

New players coming into the game have to develop their own identity and comparing one footballer to another is rarely an accurate task.

Today we’ll take a look at some players who have been branded with the impossible—becoming the next Jonny Wilkinson.

Hope you enjoy

1. Toby Flood

To make matters worse, Flood was coached by the England star as a schoolboy. He then emerged as a hot prospect at Newcastle Falcons, taking the number 10 shirt during one of Wilkinson’s long injury lay-offs before also breaking into the England set-up. This was always going to lead to lazy comparisons. Moving to Leicester in 2008 helped him forge his own identity, however, he never really escaped Wilkinson’s sizable shadow.

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