LONDON (Reuters) - Jonny Wilkinson spent most of his career being criticised for his limited flyhalf skills even as he was turning himself into the most influential player in world rugby and Owen Farrell is already earning comparisons with England's World Cup hero.
The remarkable 21-year-old shares the ice-veined calm of the man who wore the England number 10 shirt during many of their finest hours and Farrell looks to have made that shirt his own in the current set-up after another superb display helped his team to a 38-18 victory over Scotland at Twickenham on Saturday.
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