Wilkinson retains No 10 spot

Jonny Wilkinson has avoided the axe for England’s RBS 6 Nations Championship clash against Italy in Rome on Sunday.

Wed, 06 Feb, 2008 - 09:51

Jonny Wilkinson has avoided the axe for England’s RBS 6 Nations Championship clash against Italy in Rome on Sunday.

The Newcastle fly-half retains his place, despite producing a poor performance when England slumped 26-19 at home to Wales in their tournament opener.

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Courts Rugby Six Nations Place: Rome Place: Wales Place: England Place: Bath Place: Twickenham Place: London Place: Australia Place: Auckland Place: Brisbane Place: Melbourne Place: Paris Place: Stadio Flaminio Person: Wilkinson Person: Jonny Wilkinson Person: Andrew Sheridan Person: Sheridan Person: Tim Payne Person: Martin Castrogiovanni Person: Mike Tindall Person: David Strettle Person: Lewis Moody Person: Moody Person: Tom Rees Person: Brian Ashton Person: Jamie Noon Person: Toby Flood Person: Noon Person: Lesley Vainikolo Person: Michael Lipman Person: Nick Easter Person: Lipman Person: Easter Person: Ashton Person: Danny Cipriani Person: Charlie Hodgson Person: Shane Geraghty Person: Luke Narraway Person: James Haskell Person: Narraway Person: Flood Person: Vainikolo Person: Agatha Christie Event: RBS 6 Nations Championship Event: World Cup Event: Six Nations Event: Heineken Cup Organisation: England Organisation: Italy Organisation: Newcastle Organisation: Wasps Organisation: Leicester Organisation: Wales Organisation: Falcons Organisation: Strettle Organisation: Harlequins Organisation: Gloucester Organisation: Bath Organisation: Wallabies Organisation: Harlequins’Organisation: Samoa Organisation: Tonga Organisation: Australia Organisation: France Organisation: South Africa

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