England's collective and individual caution have made Jonny Wilkinson an increasingly ineffective presence according to Kevin Mitchell in The Guardian.
"Wilkinson now stands alone in every way, separated from the action by too many yards and from the confidence of those who were once his allies by too many misgivings. The No10 who holds scoring records that will remain unbroken for years to come and who tackles with the demonic strength of 10 men, struggles with increased regularity to convince those to whom he has delivered countless thrills and victories that he is still capable of doing so.
"Yet he has been doing it most of the winter at Toulon, where the pack have been getting enough traction at the breakdown to give him space in attack. And that is the nub of his dilemma with England, whose forwards sometimes move with the urgency of cattle being herded towards an abattoir."
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