(Reuters) - Former England flyhalf Jonny Wilkinson says winning the 2003 World Cup created a celebrity burden that changed his rugby career and left him feeling fragile.
Speaking to the Daily Mail newspaper ahead of the 10th anniversary of the 20-17 final triumph over Australia in Sydney, a victory Wilkinson sealed with a drop goal in extra time, he said "life stopped being simple" from that point on.
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