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PLAYERS: JONNY WILKINSON

May 20, 2014

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BOOKED IN FIRST THING ON A MONDAY MORNING TO SHOOT IN TOULON AHEAD OF THEIR HEINEKEN CUP FINAL AGAINST SARACENS, WE ARRIVED TO FIND JONNY WILKINSON HAD JUST ANNOUNCED HE’D BE RETIRING AT THE END OF THE SEASON AFTER THE TOP 14 FINAL AND, MERCIFULLY, HAD FIVE MINUTES TO SPARE. FOR ONCE, RIGHT PLACE, RIGHT TIME.

Retirement gets mixed reviews; a living death…

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