England announce lineup - Wilkinson dropped

6 Nations, England

England have announced the team for the game against Ireland on Saturday, and Johnny Wilkinson has been dropped to the bench, with Cipriani starting at fly half.  This is the only change in the starting 15.

I am sure everyone will be writing about how this is the end of an era, and it may well be.  However, I don’t think that Jonny Wilkinson will give up without a fight.  He has come back from really bad injuries, and I am sure he will go away and work on his game even more than he has been, and get his kicking back to the standard it was once at.

js @ March 11, 2008