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Jonny Wilkinson is a prime example of a union player who is equally good at kicking off both feet, for example he normally place kicks using his left, but dropped the goal that won the Rugby World Cup in 2003 with his right.
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Jonny Wilkinson ( 1979 – ) England's world-cup-winning kicker and former captain, and England scrum half Peter Richards ( 1978 – ) were not born in Farnham but both played for Farnham Rugby Football Club at mini level.
He was awarded the CBE in the 2004 New Year honours and was second in the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards behind Jonny Wilkinson.
Jonathan Peter " Jonny " Wilkinson OBE ( born 25 May 1979 in Frimley, Surrey ) is an English rugby union player and former member of the England national team.
In particular, during his five year spell at Leicester Tigers between 1998 – 2003, as a goalkicker, he was an integral part of the dominant Leicester side that won the league four times in succession to add to back-to-back Heineken Cup, becoming the Premierships top points scorer in the process ( his points total has now been overtaken by both Jonny Wilkinson and Andy Goode ).
Acting as an inside centre, with Jonny Wilkinson his kicking and distribution was responsible for the high try counts of that year.
England, with regular captain Phil Vickery and fly-half Jonny Wilkinson out to injury, won the match 26 – 18.
The tour had benefits for some players, bringing through future stars of the England side such as Vickery himself, Jonny Wilkinson, Danny Grewcock, Graham Rowntree, Austin Healey, Matt Dawson and Matt Perry, others effectively had their international careers ended.
He was one of only four players to have started both the 2003 and 2007 RWC Finals, the other three being Jonny Wilkinson, Jason Robinson and Ben Kay.
Jenkins also went on the 2001 British and Irish Lions tour to Australia, but was carrying an injury, allowing English fly-half Jonny Wilkinson to become the preferred fly-half and goalkicker.
He is one of only five players ( Dan Carter, ( Jonny Wilkinson ) ( Ronan O ' Gara ), and ( Neil Jenkins ), in history to have scored more than 1, 000 points.
The beginning of the 21st century saw the battalion's contribution to the Northern Ireland peace process being recognised by the award of the Wilkinson Sword of Peace, when under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Jonny Gray.
In the final held at Telstra Stadium in Sydney, England defeats Australia 20-17 after a last-minute field goal from Jonny Wilkinson in extra time.
After retiring from playing football, Johnston found success as a businessman and innovator, designing and creating the prototype for Adidas ' Predator football boot, worn by many of the world's top players of both football and rugby including Zinedine Zidane, David Beckham, Steven Gerrard, Xavi, Jonny Wilkinson and Ronan O ' Gara.
England must however be credited for their resolve in the second test where a Jonny Wilkinson led side actually led the game at half-time.
In Jonny Wilkinson's book How to Play Rugby My Way Armstrong is given a similar nickname –" the scrap-yard dog "– because Wilkinson said that he had never met anyone as " tough as him ".
Balshaw played in the warm-up match against France in Marseille and impressed in England ’ s World Cup game against Samoa when he caught a diagonal kick from Jonny Wilkinson to score a crucial try in the 70th minute.
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* Jeremiah Surd is a quadriplegic hacker and antagonist from the television series The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
In Israel, " Yoni " is a common nickname for Yonatan ( Jonathan ) in the same way Jonny is for Jonathan in English.
He is also a regular on the digital radio sports show, " TalkSPORT " Other notable friends of his are, Mani of The Stone Roses, Richard Ashcroft of The Verve – for whom he dedicated a song, " Cast No Shadow ", the band members of the Chemical Brothers ,-Sex Pistols members John Lydon and Steve Jones the members of the rock band Kasabian, Andy Nicholson, boxer Ricky Hatton, Paul McCartney, Liverpool F. C footballer Jamie Carragher, Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland, Johnny Marr, Paul Weller, Ian Brown, John Squire, Lee Mavers, Jack Dee, Craig Cash, Kelly Jones and Johnny Depp ( who played slide guitar on the Oasis song Fade In-Out ).
Since the early 21st century, the California-born khaen player Jonny Olsen has achieved notoriety in Laos and Thailand by appearing on numerous Thai and Lao TV Shows and performing live concerts in Thailand and the U. S. Olsen is the first foreigner to win a khaen championship in Khon Kaen, Thailand in 2005.
Despite earlier reports that the band would begin recording their next studio album by 2008, Social Distortion took a hiatus from touring and recording, when Ness was on tour with his solo band which is composed of two current members of Social Distortion ; Brent Harding and Jonny Wickersham.
Hackers is a 1995 American thriller film directed by Iain Softley and starring Angelina Jolie, Jonny Lee Miller, Renoly Santiago, Matthew Lillard, Lorraine Bracco and Fisher Stevens.
" A photograph of the film's stars Angelina Jolie and Jonny Lee Miller were doodled upon, and the words " this is going to be an entertaining fun promotional site for a movie ," were replaced with " this is going to be a lame, cheesy promotional site for a movie!
Jonathan Richard Guy " Jonny " Greenwood ( born 5 November 1971 ) is an English musician and composer best known as a member of the rock band Radiohead.
* A detailed gear diagram of Jonny Greenwood's 1997 Radiohead " OK Computer " Tour guitar rig is well-documented.
Jonny Quest is a media franchise that revolves around a boy named Jonny Quest who accompanies his father on extraordinary adventures.
Jonny Quest – often casually referred to as The Adventures of Jonny Quest – is the original American science fiction / adventure animated television series that started the franchise.
Another word used is the word ' buse ', e. g. " Jonny meh just hear Eddna and Ralphy ah cuss cuss cuss like dem Ah go war.
Jonny Lang ( born Jon Gordon Langseth, Jr., January 29, 1981 ) is a Grammy Award-winning American blues, gospel, and rock singer, songwriter, guitarist and recording artist.
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