"Hysterical predictions of a meltdown with the game being ruined beyond recognition were a massive over-reaction." John Taylor writes

"It would be a mistake to write Wilkinson off - he has made fools of many of us with a series of Lazarus-like returns." Graham Jenkins writes

"He has an infectious confidence and is injecting glamour into rugby the way Kevin Pietersen did with cricket." PA Sport's Alex Lowe writes