b'FOREWORD ~ JONNY WILKINSONJonny Wilkinson strikes his traditional dropkick pose in the pool at Toulon, France, 30th July 2009.As a professional sportsman some days, in fact most days, thethe way he lives and loves his work. Perhaps I would have been last thing that you feel like doing is posing in front of a camera;slightly intimidated by this side of him when I was a lot younger, especially when you naturally feel awkward and embarrassed andI cant remember, Im too used to him and way too fond of him a little bit like you are being set up! now.Marc and I started a working relationship when I began writing forMarc and I went through the World Cup 2003 togetherThe Times fairly early on in my career. We had a great partnershipeverything, including that long build-up and the emotionalme, Marc and our journalist teammate Owen Slotembarkingaftermath. That was quite something. We then endured four of on a roller-coaster journey through many interesting situationsthe most emotionally turbulent years of my life during which I was over several years. During those years, and through so much timeplagued with injury problems. Marc was there again for my big together, I learned to see things more than a little bit differently. move abroad to the South of France and Toulon in 2009. Finally, What you see is what you get with Marc. From the very firstI had a truly life-changing moment at the end of 2011, when I minute you meet him, he lets you know what he is all about bywaved goodbye to international rugbyand he was there for that too and I wouldnt have had it any other way.6'