Contepomi briefs Wilkinson on ‘enormous talent’ Sexton

JONNY WILKINSON is a self-confessed obsessive, so it should come as no surprise that his preparations for facing Jonathan Sexton in Saturday’s clash with Ireland at Twickenham began well before the Six Nations even started.

Yet what may be more of a surprise is that the man who has been marking Wilkinson’s card is Argentine legend Felipe Contepomi, Sexton’s former mentor.

Sexton was only yesterday handed the No.10 shirt by Declan Kidney for this weekend’s game with England, yet Wilkinson is not a man who likes to leave anything to chance. So it was that he spoke to Contepomi, the Argentine fly-half who spent three years grooming Sexton for stardom at Leinster before moving to join Wilkinson at French side Toulon, allowing the youngster his head.