No Six Nations for Jonny
16 Feb 2006
Jonny Wilkinson’s nightmare run with injuries continued when he was ruled out of Newcastle’s Premiership match against Gloucester with a repeat of a thigh muscle problem.
Wilkinson now seems certain to miss the whole of the Six Nations for the third straight year.
The flyhalf tore his adductor muscle in January and only recently returned to full fitness. Although he was among the replacements for Newcastle’s 9-6 victory over London Irish on Saturday, he didn’t get on the field.
Newcastle’s director of rugby Rob Andrew said Wilkinson has an acute injury to his right adductor and pulled out of training for Sunday’s game.
“This is an unfortunate setback, and is in the hands of the medics, who will continually monitor the situation,” Andrew said.
Wilkinson’s career has been stymied since the World Cup because of injuries to his neck, shoulder, biceps and knees. He was also sidelined while his appendix was removed and, in November, needed hernia surgery.
He played on the British & Irish Lions tour of New Zealand in June and July, but was out of form largely because of a lack of practice leading up to the 3-0 series defeat.
17 Comments
16 Feb 2006, 16:25 pm
this oke make our sicknotes look positively healthy.
i means he’s been out ever since the world cup, he’s stuffed.
16 Feb 2006, 16:29 pm
Cheers Jonny! Thanx 4 coming!
16 Feb 2006, 16:36 pm
I feel for this bloke. He’s got a world of talent but his body just can’t take the strain.
He was a bloody good player before all this.
Cheers
17 Feb 2006, 01:07 am
Adoons,
You probably say that alot when Jonny has just kicked England to another win over South Africa, I mean, when did Jonny last lose to a Saffa team?
17 Feb 2006, 06:34 am
Johnny who?
17 Feb 2006, 07:11 am
How do you injure you biceps??
17 Feb 2006, 07:23 am
Hobo by playing with the rugby player next to you in the Batsa LMFAO
17 Feb 2006, 09:18 am
Woodward should be blamed for all that has happenned to Wilko.
Aus took two world cups( 99& 03 final) to finally crock its entire team, not one.
Aus managed to dish some dope rugga in the 2000 tri-nations, if you can still remember the 2 phenomenal games against the AB’s.
Tindall and Dallaglio were semi-crocked for the same overzealousness by Woodward.
So much for player management, the 05 Lions tour for Wilkinson should not have been approved.
Southampton will see the “new” way of managing players.
Fortunately Ronald Macqueen,Jake White, Benard Laporte, Nick Mallet and Graham Henry do not belong to this school of coaches that does not preserve player’s careers.
17 Feb 2006, 09:21 am
Marius Joubert might be the only legit casualty of war and Ashwin Willemse represents Jake’s mistake.
17 Feb 2006, 10:58 am
I remember a line my latin master (Portly Porters) used to tell me (he also coached the first XV:
“vitiant artus aegrae cintagia mentis”
For those with a 2nd rate SA education let me help, this translates to:
” When the mind is ill at ease the body is somewhat affected”
I wonder as to how much of Jonny’s woes are down to the splendid play of Charlie Hodgson?
But I suppose we should take countenance of the another fine Porters remark:
“quid de quoque viro et cui dicas saepe caveto”
Which roughly translates to “Take special care of what you say of any man” It may be too soon to write off this champion yet.
(Am I just too well educated for this site?)
17 Feb 2006, 11:46 am
StM,
All we ask for is knowledgeable input from our foreign contingent, instead we get an anecdote from Portly Porters. Next thing you’ll be wanting to talk soccer and that melodramatic captain you have. You know the funny little chap with the squeaky voice.
I took latin taught by an irish brother from Liverpool (Brother Murphy) and all i know is your grammar is very poor. He used to cain for the police force and would’ve surely given us six of the best for such poor verbage. Sounds like Portly Porters would’ve served his time better as the rugby coach. God knows your rugby knowledge is what concerns us most.
17 Feb 2006, 12:27 pm
Cab
“Olim meminisse juvabit” a direct quote from Virgil or Seneca if I remember correctly through the mists of time.
Since brother Murphy probably wasnt up to the job let me prompt you “It will be pleasant to remember former troubles”
Perhaps in years gone by we will hanker for the days when the boks reached the 1/4 finals of the WC cup and every other year a SA side made a S12/14 semi?
Porters was an astute coach. Whilst we had 2 future British and Irish Lions players in our 1st XV and beat lost only once in 2 years (alas the final of the national schools championships) he preached the importance of rugby in teaching sacrifice, commitment, subrogation to the greater good and respect especially for the opposition. Fine teachings.
17 Feb 2006, 13:24 pm
Brother Murphy, or smurf, as he was affectionately known among the boys, found Virgil a tad trivial.
Indeed to keep us on our toes, Smurf, revelled in delving into Homer’s original greek text.
He felt that since we had become a republic and successfully cast off the shackles of British influence, we should expand our minds beyond the confines of the british education system. He felt it bred servitude and repressive character. Having worked in England for some time, i can only confirm Smurf was a visionary, not unlike Jake White.
17 Feb 2006, 13:33 pm
Cab,
Come come now. The only true visionary to have set foot on South African soil is Sir George Grey (b 1812 I believe?) the Governor of the Cape Colony in the 1850s. He was that peculiarly British compound of the man of action, scholar, visionary and maverick.
Whilst modern reisionists are usually unaware or choose to ignore he instigated in the Cape Colony that under British Rule every man should have the vote regardless of race or colour.
The only qualifications were birth in the colony and financial conditions set so low that many non whites were included. Perhaps he is the only figure in SA history to have won the complete trust of British, Boer, tribesman and native African alike – indeed the Boers of the OFS appealed directly to him for a confederation which would have happened had Palmerston not resisted any further attempts to push back the boundaries of the Empire.
Does not SA rugby in 2006 cry out for a similar figure?
17 Feb 2006, 13:45 pm
my god man you are getting desperate having to resort to race and colour. Its the first time you’ve done it.
I can only take this as a compliment and as a sign that yet again i have bested you in yet another round of pseudo-intellectual sparring.
And to think i was considered the thick one in my year…
17 Feb 2006, 13:46 pm
race and colour – not sure I get you?
17 Feb 2006, 13:54 pm
george grey, thought the point you were trying to convey was that this magnificent demi-god of a pom seemed to embody all that is just. indeed “race or colour” is quoted verbatim in your previous post.
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