Jonny Wilkinson
Jonny Wilkinson was born on 25 May 1979 in Frimley, Surrey.
Jonny Wilkinson made his test debut against Ireland at Twickenham in April 1988, and since then the Newcastle Falcons fly-half became the only player in test rugby to average over 15 points a game.
Jonny Wilkinson was responsible for one of the great sporting moments with England's World Cup victory in 2003. The final against Australia culminated in the last seconds of extra time with a drop goal by Wilkinson to take the score to 20-17 in England's favour.
Wilkinson has a quality all-round game but his kicking has been phenomenal. In 2003 he had an extraordinary 90% success rate with kicks.
Jonny Wilkinson was BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2003.
Successive injury problems kept Wilkinson out of international rugby after the World Cup, however he was selected by Clive Woodward to be a centre in the first test of the Lions against New Zealand in the 2005 tour.
Wilkinson admitted that Gavin Henson, who many believe should have played at centre, was a brilliant player.
Jonny Wilkinson was awarded the MBE in the New Year Honours 2002/2003.
In January 2007, Jonny Wilkinson was named in the England team versus Scotland in the Six Nations. Wilkinson had not played for England since the 2003 World Cup final because of a variety of injuries.
It was a triumphant return by Jonny Wilkinson, who was Man of the Match, scoring 27 points in England's 42 - 20 victory over Scotland.
Wilkinson came back from further injuries to become a crucial factor in England's surprisingly successful 2007 World Cup campaign during which Wilkinson became the highest points scorer in rugby World Cups.
England reached the final, but were beaten by South Africa. Afterwards Jonny Wilkinson revealed that he had played with an injury.
In January 2008, Jonny Wilkinson signed a new two-year deal with Newcastle.
In February 2008, in the Six Nations match against Italy, Jonny Wilkinson became the first player to score more than 1,000 points for England.
