Wilkinson Out For England
5th September, 2007
England fly-half Jonny Wilkinson has twisted his ankle in training on Tuesday, ruling him out of England's opening Rugby World Cup game with the United States.
England head coasch Brian Ashton admitted concern over the injury, which may also leave him on the sidelines for England's Group A crunch match against South Africa five days later.
England: 15 Mark Cueto, 14 Josh Lewsey, 13 Jamie Noon, 12 Mike Catt, 11 Jason Robinson, 10 Olly Barkley, 9 Shaun Perry, 8 Lawrence Dallaglio, 7 Tom Rees, 6 Joe Worsley, 5 Ben Kay, 4 Simon Shaw, 3 Phil Vickery (c), 2 Mark Regan, 1 Andrew Sheridan.
Replacements: 16 George Chuter, 17 Matt Stevens, 18 Martin Corry, 19 Lewis Moody, 20 Peter Richards, 21 TBC, 22 Mathew Tait.
Date: Saturday, 8 September
Venue: Stade Felix Bollaert, Lens
Kick-off: 18.00 (16.00 GMT)
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)
Touch judges: Lyndon Bray (New Zealand), Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)
Television match official: Paul Honiss (New Zealand)
Assessor: Michel Lamoulie (France)
