Wilkinson lines up a kick during his side's pre-season victory over the Brumbies in Toulon © Getty Images

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Fly-half Jonny Wilkinson believes Toulon should set their sights on the Top 14 crown this season.

The French club's high-profile recruit made his latest appearance in Toulon colours as they notched their third successive pre-season success with victory against the touring Brumbies on Thursday night.

The England No.10 scored 12 points from four penalties in his 62 minutes of action at the Stade Mayol in only his second competitive outing since fracturing his kneecap while on Guinness Premiership duty for his former club Newcastle in October last year.

The big-spending Toulon struggled to avoid relegation last season but have recruited heavily for the forthcoming campaign, Wilkinson being their marquee signing. And Wilkinson, the leading all-time scorer in Test rugby, believes his side should not settle for second best this term.

"The season is very much a positive outlook," he told the club's website. "We go into every game trying to win.

"It's difficult when people ask about the season without saying we want to finish first. There is no point saying I hope we finish third or fourth as it means we are actually choosing to lose games. We are not choosing to lose games.

"We will deal with whatever happens. We will learn from whatever happens but we will give everything we have got every game. It's do or die for that 80 minutes and then we go into the next one. Hopefully that attitude will allow us to get in the play-offs and win the title."

The 30-year-old, who was partnered by scrum-half Pierre Mignoni for the first time, kicked two penalties in each half last night. He did not feature in last week's friendly win against Racing Metro but did play 40 minutes against Brive in Toulon's first pre-season outing a fortnight ago, kicking six points in a 9-3 victory.

Wilkinson will now link up with the England squad for a training camp next week as part of the preparation for November Test matches against Australia, Argentina and New Zealand.

He hopes to play for Toulon in their opening Top 14 fixture, a home match against Stade Francais a week today.