Wilkinson odds on to play Lions Test
Not convinced by all the 'Jonny Wilkinson won't go on the Lions tour' talk? Not fooled by the selection of only two fly halves in the party?
Neither are the bookmakers.
One leading bookmaker has Wilkinson at odds of 10/11 to be in the match day 23 for any of the Lions Tests. More than that, England's 2003 World Cup winner is 9/4 to score a drop goal in a Lions Test.
For a player who was unavailable for selection, probably needs surgery during the summer and says his body requires "day-to-day management", these odds suggest that that bookmaker knows something that many suspect.
Right now Australians are sniggering into their schooners of fizzy beer as Owen Farrell's game has disintegrated before he was even measured up for his tour kit.
But Aussies fear winners. They will stop laughing if Jonny turns up with his boots in late June, as seems increasingly likely.
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Richard Seeckts' rugby career consisted of one school match where he froze on the wing and despite no substitutes being available he was withdrawn from the game at half-time for mocking the opposition's line-out calls. Thereafter Richard and the sport agreed active participation was not the way ahead, but that has not prevented him from avidly writing about and watching the game. He now contributes his random observations to the Crooked Feed blog on ESPNscrum.com
