Jonny Wilkinson says England have momentum heading into World Cup
England are currently peaking according to Jonny Wilkinson.
Eddie Jones’ facet are confident of success after beating Ireland at a record win at Twickenham in their last game, live on Sky Sports, and face Italy in their game on Friday.
England conquer at Six Nations champions Wales a month before losing the osmosis at Cardiff and Wilkinson was impressed for the World Cup, which starts at Tokyo on September 20.
“They’ve used the pre-season brilliantly, the warm-up games,” said Wilkinson. “They are almost peaking and have obtained momentum heading on, which is very good.
“Every game seems to have a real intention and objective about why they’re playing it, which team they are picking and why they’re picking it.
“It isn’t just a case of’Let’s see if we can win a couple of games’, it’s more’Let us go and see what we’re really capable of, and put some things into practice which we’ve been working on in camp’.
“The men look excited, fresh and physically ready. I believe this is going to be crucial going in today, that they don’t do too much but do to maintain a certain state of mind come the first match.”
England remain the northern hemisphere country to have won the World Cup, using Wilkinson famously kicking at his side to victory over hosts Australia in 2003.
Australia could be faced by england again at the quarter-finals of this year’s championship and Wilkinson has supported the current generation to really move all the way if they reach the final four.
“The barrier for me was constantly quarter-finals,” he said. “The tournament was always split into two phases – the Pool stage and the latter phases but now I feel that the quarter-final holds an intriguing position.
“Two of those World Cups I had been involved we exited at the quarter-final and the others went directly to the final. That is the turning point, for me.
“When you hit that semi-final stage there’s a specific amount of allowing things to go the way they are. We felt strong where it finishes almost like that isn’t.
“However, the quarter-final is that point where you come from the group phases and people believe’this is not enough, it is never enough’, semi-final is where you think if you get there you’re moving.
“I’d love to see that a few northern hemisphere names in that semi-final attraction and surely to see among them in the final would be nice. If it had been England I’d be happier.”
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