Owen Farrell joins Jonny Wilkinson to refine kicking at England training base

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Ahead of his Saracens departure, the fly-half, who surpassed Wilkinson as his country’s leading international points scorer during last year’s World Cup, is looking to dial in his kicking game. “Part of the answer is trying not to work every single kick out and bounce around from one thing to another,” Farrell said of working with Wilkinson while enduring something of a slump from the tee during last year’s Six Nations. But I’ve been in this situation before and I’m sure I will again at some point, so it’s making sure I get back to enjoying my kicks.” Farrell’s move to Racing at the end of the season is reminiscent of Wilkinson’s switch to Toulon in 2009. open image in gallery Ex England player Jonny Wilkinson looks on as Owen Farrell practises drop goals in Tokyo in 2019 The England great’s arrival heralded an era of success for the Top 14 club, Wilkinson guiding Les Rouge et Noir to back-to-back Champions Cup crowns before retiring from rugby in 2014. In The Boys of Winter, a book by Lawrence Dallaglio and Owen Slot chronicling England’s World Cup win in 2003 published last year, Wilkinson explained that he still kicked every day as a form of “spiritual practice”.