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Article: Wilkinson: I will tackle any challenge.(Sport)
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- Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
- Article date:
- November 13, 2009
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Byline: ALEX LOWE
JONNY WILKINSON vowed to continue to put his injury-prone body on the line for England after making a remarkable 20 tackles in last weekend's defeat to Australia.
At times it seemed as if Wilkinson was trying to plug the dam all on his own as the Wallabies launched wave after wave of attacks in the second half.
The 30-year-old has spent most of the last six years on the treatment table and his defensive performance against Australia raised immediate concerns about how long his fragile frame can take such punishment.
But England's defence coach Mike Ford has abandoned plans to try and protect Wilkinson from himself by ...