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RUGBY UNIONMORE WILKO WOE
Jonny Wilkinson: Injured again Thursday October 2,2008 By Steve BaleJONNY WILKINSON has virtually no chance of returning for England in the November Tests after the injury he suffered for Newcastle at Gloucester was yesterday diagnosed as a dislocated left knee. And his misfortune will leave the necessary vacancy for his 20-year-old successor Danny Cipriani to rejoin the England squad, having returned at least six weeks early for Wasps against Bath last night after a terrible ankle injury and kicked three penalties and a conversion in a 27-23 defeat. Wilkinson will see a specialist in a few days to determine whether an operation is necessary. If not, he would still not be expected to play until December, putting him out of England’s first series of games under Martin Johnson. Fly-half Wilkinson was only four games into his latest comeback after shoulder surgery and club coach Steve Bates said: “It is obviously disappointing for Jonny to receive an injury just when he was back playing fantastic rugby.
“But he has enormous strength of character and I’m sure he’ll come back stronger.” This is Wilkinson’s third serious knee injury in five years, with his neck, kidney, biceps, ankle, appendix and groin also afflicted. Only 18 of his 70 caps have come in those five years. This comes at a time when Wilkinson, 29, was in exceptional form, as a fly-half as much as a kicking metronome. In his 25 minutes at Kingsholm he not only landed his 14th goal from 14 this season from five metres inside the Newcastle half but also fizzed out an array of defence-splitting passes which were at times too clever for team-mates, let alone Gloucester. Then he was hurt after tackling Olly Morgan.
But Cipriani has established himself as a new No10 of stature and replaced Wilkinson in the Six Nations last season before his own injury. Under the club-country agreement he will soon be permitted to do so again. 
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