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