 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Mumwedzi inenge 18, akanga atamba maminitsi 937.5 chete mumakwikwi erugby union, asi zvakadaro akapiwa mukana wokuratidza kuti akanga akakodzera nokuda kweBritish Irish Lions ya2005 kuNew Zealand. Pakutanga Wilkinson akasiiwa kunze kweboka revanhu makumi mana nevana iro rakaziviswa naClive Woodward musi wa44 Kubvumbi 2005. Zvisinei, musi wa 8 Chivabvu Woodward akazivisa kuti akawedzera iyo fly-hafu kuchikwata mushure mekunge Wilkinson aratidza kuti aive asina kukuvara uye akakodzera. Wilkinson akaita mutambo wake wekutanga wepasi rose kubva muna 2003 Rugby World Cup Finalmusi wa 23 Chivabvu kuMillennium Stadium muCardiff apo Shumba dzakatamba neArgentina. Wilkinson, pamwe chete nevamwe vose vechikwata, vakatamba zvisina kunaka, asi akarova bhora uye zvikwereti zvitanhatu uye akaponesa 2525 kukweva nekamba yekupedzisira yemutambo. 