Where has Jonny been?

The Guardian (1st Feb) answers the question...

On Saturday the man dubbed Goldenboots by Sir Elton John will finally get to kick a rugby ball for England again. It's been 1,167 days and 44 England matches on the sidelines for Jonny Wilkinson since his last-ditch drop goal won the 2003 rugby World Cup. Ten serious injuries have kept him almost completely off the field. Never mind the MBE, BBC sports personality gong and reported £5m annual earnings; Wilkinson's absence must have come as a peculiar torture for such a famously obsessive competitor, a man who says the first things he wrote in joined-up handwriting as a six-year-old were "I love rugby" and "I would like to play for England". So what has he been doing all this time? Read more

Ultimate guide to the Six Nations

Rugby World (March) features the ultimate guide to the 2007 Six Nations. Read the verdicts from the men in charge of the six countries. Who do you think is going to walk away with the metal?

World Cup Star's Wag De-Keks For Arena Magazine

Strewth, hot on the heels of Nuts magazine's 100 Sexiest Footballers' Wives extravaganza (see our hilariously titled 'Wagging For It' headline yesterday), Arena Magazine has nailed a scoop of their own. And it goes someway to explaining why Theo Walcott was in such a hurry to get subbed off last night. He had to leg it sharpish down to his local newsagents to get himself a copy of the mag' which features raunchy pictures of his girlfriend Melanie Slade. The 2006 winner of the BBC Sports Personality Award for 'Not Playing Any Games For His Club And Then Getting On A Plane And Sitting In A Hotel Room' has been dating yound Ms Slade ever since he picked her up from her place, took her out for dinner, got on one knee, suddenly remembered how old he was, coughed politely and promptly did his shoe lace up. Rumours that Walcott has expressed feelings of being 'gutted' at this turn of events are as yet unsubstantiated but The Piper is reliably informed he has received a full season's quota of 'stick' from his team mates already, some of whom have spent vast amounts of their win bonus for beating Spurs last night on decorating the team coach with said pics. Walcott is, by all accounts, a nice lad. Even Slade thinks so. "He's a very nice lad" she was once overheard saying. Anyway this is going nowhere so why don't you check it out for yourself at www.arenamagazine.co.uk Buy a subscription while you're there, it's a corking mag.