Jonny’s boot causes Red alert

JONNY WILKINSON lost a battle of the drop kicks as Toulon were beaten in Paris last night but Munster were put on warning ahead of their Heineken Cup showdown in the south of France next Sunday.

England fly-half Wilkinson’s threat with his left boot is no secret, of course but with three drop goals and all Toulon’s points coming from it, he underlined why he is so dangerous whenever Toulon get into opposition territory.

Felipe Contepomi was given another weekend off as he recovers from a head injury, making Wilkinson likely to start at Stade Felix-Mayol. And with both he and Munster’s own Ronan O’Gara in such rich kicking form — the Irishman’s six kicks from six the previous night at Musgrave Park helping to defeat Glasgow Warriors 22-20 — next weekend’s winner-takes-all Pool Three clash could well turn into a straight shoot-out between the former Lions team-mates.