Wilkinson reveals ankle woe

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The fly-half turned his ankle in training ahead of the tournament and he missed the opening pool matches against USA and South Africa - to whom they lost the final 15-6. But, writing in his column for The Times, Wilkinson admitted he made his comeback far earlier than he would have liked.

"The fact is that my right ankle -- the one I turned in our first training session in Versailles all those weeks ago -- has been giving me trouble throughout the tournament," he said. "I have been having treatment on it pretty much every day and, for the first time, I had to have treatment on it at half-time on Saturday."

He added: "Phil Pask, one of our physios, said that the rehab on the ankle here was three or four weeks shorter than he would have liked.

"Normally we would not have pushed the comeback so quickly, but I was up and running on it after only 10 days and was patched up sufficiently to play in the Samoa game.

"The medics did a wonderful job."

Wilkinson believes his performances were hampered as a result.

"Overall, it is fair to say that it has limited my options here," he added.