Wilkinson and Lady Luck confirm end of relationship

England and Newcastle fly-half Jonny Wilkinson has confirmed media rumours of his break up with Lady Luck. At a packed press conference at Twickenham, Wilkinson confirmed the relationship gossip as he announced he would not be fit for England’s autumn internationals after having his troubled appendix removed.

It is the latest incident in a long line of injury and illness that have plagued the World Cup winner - who has not pulled on an English shirt since he kicked the winning points in the 2003 World Cup final.

Since that famous night in Australia, and before his latest appendix problem, Wilkinson has suffered two knee injuries, fractured a bone in his shoulder, had an operation on his neck and shoulder, suffered an injury to his right arm and been involved in two earthquakes.

‘I just want to be straight with everyone,’ said the twenty-six year old. ‘I think anyone who has followed my career since my start in professional rugby with Newcastle in 1997 will have noticed that I have struggled lately. I owe it to the fans, coaches and my fellow players to come clean: Lady Luck and me are not together at this moment in time. We’ve been on and off for two years now and we are officially having some time apart right now. But maybe in the future we’ll be back together.’

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