Jonny Wilkinson

• Name: Jonathan Peter Wilkinson (aka Jonny Wilkinson)
• D.O.B.: 25 May 1979
• Birthplace: Frimley, Surrey, UK
• Sport: Rugby

Jonathan Peter "Jonny" Wilkinson OBE is an English rugby union player and member of the England rugby union team . From 2001-2003, before and during the 2003 Rugby World Cup , Wilkinson rose to fame for being one of the world’s best rugby players. He was an integral member of the 2003 Rugby World Cup winning England squad, scoring the winning drop goal in the last minute of extra time against Australia. He plays his club rugby in the Guinness Premiership for Newcastle Falcons. Wilkinson has also toured twice with the British and Irish Lions, in 2001 and 2005, scoring 44 Test points in the 5 Lions test matches he has started.

Due to an unhappy litany of injuries - variously, of the knee ligaments, arm, shoulder and kidney - he did not appear again for England after the World Cup until 1,169 days later in their opening game of the 2007 Six Nations Championship against Scotland on February 3, 2007. In his comeback England match, Wilkinson scored 27 points in the game (a record in the Calcutta Cup) and was awarded Man of the Match. The following week against Italy, he became the highest point-scorer in the history of the Five/Six Nations Championship.