• Former fly-half seen running kicking drills with team
• Wilkinson kicked winning drop-goal in 2003 final
Jonny Wilkinson joined the England camp to deliver a drop-goal clinic on the eve of their World Cup final against South Africa. Wilkinson’s unforgettable drop-goal in the 2003 final against Eddie Jones’s Australia sealed England’s only World Cup title and the former fly-half dropped in to give some tips to Owen Farrell and co on Friday.
Wilkinson was seen running kicking drills with members of the squad after their captain’s run, while Eddie Jones conducted a training session for local school children in Tokyo. Wilkinson often joins England for sessions when they are based in Bagshot and, while in Japan primarily working as a pundit, he reprised his ad hoc role while Jones’s men were finalising preparations for their first World Cup final in 12 years.
Written by Gerard Meagher in Tokyo
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