Writing in the Sunday Times, David Walsh reflects on the injury-ravaged career of England and Newcastle star Jonny Wilkinson.
"It is hard to imagine anyone who has been more admired in the game, but not at all difficult to understand the reasons for the admiration. For here he is, sitting in a hotel room on Thursday afternoon, not long after hearing that he will be out of the game for at least five months, and he is being asked how he feels about a situation that has seen him limp out of the squad and allow Cipriani to stride back in.
"He laughs, self-deprecatingly, as if he only now realises he could have timed this better. But when you suggest the loss of another opportunity must hurt because he's human, he gets serious. "Incredibly human," he says, "but at the same time, things can be hugely frustrating and quite problematic if it's all about you. "
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