Wilkinson: I'll do it my way

Jonny Wilkinson, who seems to have been groomed as England’s rugby captain ever since he was a 10-year-old schoolboy, knows he has been handed the job for one match only because of injury to regular skipper Martin Johnson.

Jonny Wilkinson, who seems to have been groomed as England’s rugby captain ever since he was a 10-year-old schoolboy, knows he has been handed the job for one match only because of injury to regular skipper Martin Johnson.

But he intends to do the job his own way when he fulfils his boyhood dream by leading Clive Woodward’s side out against Italy in the RBS 6 Nations Championship at Twickenham on Sunday.

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