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Wilkinson Signs for Toulon, while Collins leaves For Ospreys
Jonny Wilkinson last night ended his 12-year stay at Newcastle in favour of a two-season deal with Toulon, the French Top 14 club financed by spectacularly wealthy businessman Mourad Boudjellal.
Wilkinson, still recovering from a knee dislocation suffered last September, will earn around £750,000 a year playing alongside nine fellow recruits from Premiership and Celtic League sides. (more…)
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Toulon bid for Wilkinson
Jonny Wilkinson could be one step closer to leaving the Guinness Premiership after Toulon’s incoming Director of Rugby Philippe Saint-Andre confirmed the player’s representatives were in talks with the French club.
World Cup-winning fly-half Wilkinson has been linked consistently with a move to the Top 14, following England colleagues Riki Flutey, James Haskell and Tom Palmer, and it now seems that formal negotiations have been opened. Also linked to the French club is Wilkinson’s Falcons team mate Tom May (who wears Puma V1-08 Rugby boots). (more…)
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