Wilkinson: Grand total means nothing to me

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The 28-year-old passed 1,000 points in international rugby - including those scored for the British Lions - during Saturday's crucial 44-22 Pool A win over Samoa in Nantes.

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Jonny Wilkinson of England kicks a drop goal during the Rugby World Cup 2007 Pool A match between England and Samoa at the Stade de la Beaujoire on Saturday

Wilkinson's 24-point haul also saw him move on to 206 World Cup points overall, second only to Scotland legend Gavin Hastings in the history of the tournament.

But the Newcastle number 10, who joins Neil Jenkins and Diego Dominguez in the elite four-figure club, claims he was unaware of his feat at the time - and apathetic when he found out afterwards.

"It was only after the game on Saturday that I was informed I had just passed 1,000 points in international rugby," Wilkinson said in his column in The Times.

"That was something of which I was utterly unaware and when I was asked how I felt about it, my only answer was that I didn't feel anything at all. It's just not important.

"I've always said that the points tally against your name fails to tell what is important - whether you worked hard, whether you were a good team man, whether you were fit, whether you were brave.

"What it does tell you is how good the rest of the team around you were and, as usual, I compliment the guys around me.

"They created the positions for me to deliver the points. And that is points for us, not points for me."