Giteau wary of Wilkinson

AUSTRALIA centre Matt Giteau believes World Cup quarter-final opponents England are a far more dangerous team now Jonny Wilkinson is back in the team.

The Wallabies view the defending champions as a growing force and put much of that down to the return of Wilkinson, their drop-goal nemesis from the 2003 final.

Wilkinson missed England’s first two matches of the tournament with an ankle injury before returning for the wins over Samoa and Tonga.

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