Wilkinson injury fears allayed

ROB ANDREW last night allayed the latest injury fears surrounding England captain Jonny Wilkinson, by declaring: “Physically, he’s fine.”

Fri, 15 Oct, 2004 - 01:00
Andrew Baldock

Wilkinson suffered a heavy blow to his right upper arm during Newcastle’s Zurich Premiership defeat against Wasps last weekend.

The World Cup winner then took only a limited part in England’s two-day training camp at Loughborough University this week, and he also sat out contact work with Newcastle.

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