Those 35 points comprised of one try, nine conversions and four penalties. Wilkinson has scored the ‘Most points by an individual in a Five/Six Nations match’ with 35 points for England against Italy at Twickenham on 17 February 2001. Not only has Jonny achieved greatness in individual Five/Six Nations tournaments, he has also displayed record-breaking skill in individual matches.
And until last year, Jonny’s 18 penalties in the 2000 tournament were the most in one season, until Leigh Halfpenny (Wales) kicked 19 during the 2013 competition. In 2003, he warmed-up for his World Cup winning drop goal with five drop goals in the 2003 Six Nations, equalling the record first achieved by Guy Camberabero (France) for France in 1967, and matched since by three other players. Those 89 points came from scoring one try, 12 penalties and 24 conversions, the latter of which gave Jonny the record for ‘Most conversions in a Five/Six Nations tournament’. He scored an incredible 89 points during the 2001 tournament, the most in any single season of the competition. The England legend also holds several records for the best performances in a single Five/Six Nations tournament. O’Gara has scored 557 point to Wilkinson’s 546, and the Irishman’s 109 penalties in the competition are four more than Jonny’s 105. He trails only Ronan O’Gara (Ireland) for the most points and the most penalties in the tournament. Over his career playing in the annual Five/Six Nations tournament, Wilkinson would become one of the competitions all-time greats, scoring the most conversions (89) and drop goals (11) in the tournaments history. Jonny made his England debut aged just 18 when he replaced Mike Catt in a Five Nations match against Ireland at Twickenham on 4 April 1998.
As Jonny is set to kick his playing career into touch, we take a look at the amazing Guinness World Records titles he has set in his 18-year career. Wilkinson leaves the game as one of its all-time greats, winning one Premiership title and two Powergen Cups with Newcastle Falcons, two Heineken Cups with Toulon and four Six Nations titles and a World Cup with England.īut alongside those titles came countless world records. A week after delivering back-to-back Heineken Cup titles for Toulon in his last game on British soil, rugby union legend Jonny Wilkinson will officially retire from the sport after his sides Top 14 Final clash against Castres on Saturday.
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