Taking British and Irish Lions points into account, Wilkinson remains ahead of Farrell on the all-time international points list for now, but the gap is closing. He retained his role as skipper under Jones' successor Steve Borthwick but had to miss England's opening two games of this World Cup after being suspended for a dangerous tackle during the warm-up win over Wales in August.įarrell returned to the side in the win over Chile, stepping in at fly-half before moving to inside centre for the game with Samoa. The 32-year-old Saracens back succeeded Dylan Hartley as England captain under Eddie Jones in 2019. Rugby World Cup fixtures, pools & BBC coverageĮngland's all-time leading points scorers.Wales number eight Faletau ruled out of the World Cup.England sneak narrow win over superb Samoa.Wilkinson won 91 caps for England from 1998 to 2011, while Farrell was playing in his 109th Test after making his debut in 2012.
He also became the first man in World Cup history to be timed out as he took longer than the allotted 60 seconds on the 'shot clock' to kick a third penalty. The England captain could have claimed the record earlier in the game but missed a conversion attempt following Ollie Chessum's opening try in Lille.įarrell booted a second penalty and a conversion to take his tally to 1,186.
