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Article: Gopperth keen to govern at No 10; Falcons' new signing has Wilkinson's boots to fill: Plenty of Englishmen have tried and failed, but New Zealander Jimmy Gopperth is relishing the chance to fill Johnny Wilkinson's boots. Chief Sports Writer Luke Edwards reports.
- Article from:
- The Journal (Newcastle, England)
- Article date:
- July 17, 2009
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Byline: Luke Edwards
WHEN you consider the size of the task that awaits him at Kingston Park next season, it was probably inevitable the Newcastle Falcons would look to foreign shores for their new fly-half.
Johnny Wilkinson has finally departed for a lucrative new chapter with Toulouse in France, but the shadow of a player who has extinguished the challenge of every single one of his domestic contemporaries in the number 10 shirt still looms large.
From the silky ball-playing skills of Sale's Charlie Hodgson to the precocious talent of Wasps boy ...