The Sunday Telegraph London, January 2nd, 2005
DRESS IT up, play it down - in fact do whatever you want to it - but there is no denying there is a rather appetising duel at Kingston Park today. Its significance will have evaded very few, but just for those whose festive excursions might have taken them to some far- flung, rugby-free planet, here's what it's all about: Newcastle's Jonny Wilkinson (yes, that one), after three weeks on the bench, is starting his first match since Oct 17, and with delicious irony is in direct opposition to Sale's Charlie Hodgson, wearer of the England No10 shirt in their past six games.
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