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Jonny Wilkinson delivering a bilingual equivalent of the Inches speech is worth your time

Let the Toulon-Wilkinson love-in continue!

THE LAST FEW days has seen the adoration between Toulon and the man they call Sir Jonny blossom even further, which nobody thought was possible.

First, there was this Guinness ad where the people of Toulon celebrate Wilko’s achievements like he is some deity, although in the rugby-mad south of France he basically is.

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Then this clip was released from an upcoming Toulon dvd. Whatever you think about that first video, seeing Wilkinson weave between French and English while giving a rousing call-to-arms is pretty damn impressive.

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Wilkinson is like a French Al Pacino there. On a side note, given the massive trophy haul Wilkinson finished his career with, who would most people consider to have been the better player: Jonny Wilkinson or Brian O’Driscoll?

There can only be one.

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    Dec 16th 2019, 2:02 PM

    So we have 3 Pro14 games first, then the 2 Champions Cup game in January. Even if Sexton and Kelleher come good Farrel will more than likely have them for the Six Nations. And 10 or more others. Nice to have the Q final boxed off in the cup already and an 8point buffer in the league. Not too shabby so far. COYBIB.

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    Dec 16th 2019, 4:55 PM

    @David: shame on me, turned out to be 17 others for the initial Farrel picks.

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    Dec 16th 2019, 2:01 PM

    Real blow for Ronan with his rich form this short to 6 nations. But hopefully gets back up to these levels of consistency quickly. Hopefully a bit of game time for Ciara’s and Harry with Ross over the Christmas period will help them on.

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    Dec 16th 2019, 1:25 PM

    I wouldn’t be surprised if his specialist was based on Lyon.

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    Dec 16th 2019, 1:32 PM

    @Ken: already confirmed that he’s turned down the offer

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