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Winning isn’t everything…..?

“It has been suggested to me that it would be an awesome achievement if we win,” Jonny Wilkinson wrote in his column on the morning of the world cup final. “But I just can’t allow myself to think that...

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The thrilling game

Some of you may think this blog is just an excuse to get yet another picture of Jonny Wilkinson up. And your problem with that is…? Last night he proved yet again that he is the greatest living...

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Yeah, right….

OK, so who was it? Which one of you is responsible for the following letter? Hi Helena. Love the column. Any chance, I wonder, of a signed photograph of yourself? The one (or similar) accompanying your...

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A moral dilemma

I promised I would never betray Jonny, but that new boy is damn good. And cute. And listen to this; his mother drives a London black cab, she used to work all day, get home and give him his tea, …...

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Pink nail varnish and other routes to happiness

During the rugby world cup last year I had an idea for a book called ‘How to seduce Jonny Wilkinson and other routes to happiness’. It was a book looking at what makes women happy, how we can be...

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Sporting hero

Ever since I heard the message on my answer machine back in 2003 telling me that the baby I was carrying was a boy, I have had day dreams of Leo becoming a sporting hero. At times when I can’t …...

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Thank God for Jonny

I rarely need an excuse to post a pic of my favourite sporting heroes, and a lucky win over Scotland is more than enough reason to….so here he is again, Jonny Wilkinson, the greatest living...

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Unacustomed as I am to public speaking…

Tomorrow I have a terrifying task to perform. At 2pm I am to stand up in front of the WHOLE of Leo’s year at school and give a speech about what it’s like being a journalist. Nothing, not even my …...

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Why we will always love Jonny

As we prepare for the rugby world cup without the world’s greatest living Englishman, I thought I would bring back some fond memories of the 2007 tournament. I covered it for the Sunday Times from deep...

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English roses fall for Saint Jonny

Teenagers, career women, even grandmothers, are going weak-kneed over the ‘come hither’ fly-half. THIS time last week I had a terrible hangover. I woke up at 6am wondering why my head was throbbing....

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