[RUGBYLIST] Johnny Wilkinson

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Johnny Wilkinson ha superato i 1000 punti nella sua carriera 
internazionale ma i record non interessano a questo grandissimo atleta 
che è anche e soprattutto un grande uomo. Un esempio per tutti. 




Milestones are minor for Wilko

England fly-half Jonny Wilkinson has insisted personal milestones are 
"just not important" in the context of his country's stuttering World 
Cup campaign.

The 28-year-old passed 1,000 points in international rugby - including 
those scored for the British Lions - during his team's crucial 44-22 
Pool A win over Samoa in Nantes at the weekend.

Wilkinson's 24-point haul also saw him move on to 206 World Cup points 
overall, second only to Scotland legend Gavin Hastings in the history 
of the tournament.

But the Newcastle number 10, who joins Neil Jenkins and Diego 
Dominguez in the elite four-figure club, claims he was unaware of his 
feat at the time - and apathetic when he found out afterwards.

"It was only after the game on Saturday that I was informed I had just 
passed 1,000 points in international rugby," Wilkinson said in his 
column in The Times.

"That was something of which I was utterly unaware and when I was 
asked how I felt about it, my only answer was that I didn't feel 
anything at all. It's just not important.

"I've always said that the points tally against your name fails to 
tell what is important - whether you worked hard, whether you were a 
good team man, whether you were fit, whether you were brave.

"What it does tell you is how good the rest of the team around you 
were and, as usual, I compliment the guys around me.

"They created the positions for me to deliver the points. And that is 
points for us, not points for me."