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<blockquote data-quote="psychic duck" data-source="post: 562943" data-attributes="member: 48703">Absolute rubbish. Several of those kicks he got in the match were hard, not &quot;any 10&quot; could get them, add to that his defensive efforts as well. I don&#039;t not what your point is about &quot;it&#039;s his job&quot; either.Sivivatu was immense for Clermont, shall we dismiss that he was good because &quot;it&#039;s his job&quot;?Also not any 10 could do what Wilkinson does. Just look at Priestland, Hook, Stephen Jones and even Halfpenny all choking in the RWC missing late drop goals and penalties which meant that Wales cost themselves wins over South Africa and France that they should have won. There are countless other examples of players not delivering under pressure as well, Brock James vs Leinster in 2010 comes to mind.Nobody has mentioned 2003 apart from you on this thread. Most are talking about his performance today, also nobody apart from you has mentioned &quot;waltzing&quot; onto a Lions tour or are pretending that he has ever reached his levels of England&#039;s golden era. Also Wilkinson doesn&#039;t write his own press, and has even said he didn&#039;t enjoy the press attention that much either, so that is no reason to &quot;despise&quot; him either because of that.I probably wouldn&#039;t have Wilkinson in the Lions tour, and certainly not starting, but I wouldn&#039;t complain if Gatland did pick him as well.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="psychic duck, post: 562943, member: 48703"] Absolute rubbish. Several of those kicks he got in the match were hard, not "any 10" could get them, add to that his defensive efforts as well. I don't not what your point is about "it's his job" either. Sivivatu was immense for Clermont, shall we dismiss that he was good because "it's his job"? Also not any 10 could do what Wilkinson does. Just look at Priestland, Hook, Stephen Jones and even Halfpenny all choking in the RWC missing late drop goals and penalties which meant that Wales cost themselves wins over South Africa and France that they should have won. There are countless other examples of players not delivering under pressure as well, Brock James vs Leinster in 2010 comes to mind. Nobody has mentioned 2003 apart from you on this thread. Most are talking about his performance [U]today[/U], also nobody apart from you has mentioned "waltzing" onto a Lions tour or are pretending that he has ever reached his levels of England's golden era. Also Wilkinson doesn't write his own press, and has even said he didn't enjoy the press attention that much either, so that is no reason to "despise" him either because of that. I probably wouldn't have Wilkinson in the Lions tour, and certainly not starting, but I wouldn't complain if Gatland did pick him as well. [/QUOTE]

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