Robinson won’t rule out Wilkinson

ANDY ROBINSON last night refused to rule new England captain Jonny Wilkinson out of next month’s Twickenham Tests - despite England’s World Cup hero suffering fresh injury misery.

Robinson won’t rule out Wilkinson

Wilkinson’s club Newcastle say their star fly-half could be sidelined “for several weeks,” with estimates that he is unlikely to play before England conclude their autumn programme against Australia on November 27.

Potentially, it leaves England’s recently-appointed head coach Robinson having to find a new skipper and fly-half for appointments with the Wallabies, Tri-Nations champions South Africa and Canada’s semi-professionals.

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