JONNY WILKINSON MAY be retiring at the end of this season but Bath’s 21-year-old out-half George Ford is set for his coronation as the goal-kicking darling of English rugby.
The former Leicester Tigers 10, who played Rugby League for two years as a teenager, scored all 19 points for his side in a 19-19 draw with Northampton Saints. The highlight of Ford’s performance was an opportunistic snipe from outside the Northampton 22. He side-stepped two Saints and accelerated past another before outpacing Ben Foden to dive over for a fine try.
Ford’s try and conversion came after 44 minutes but Saints battled back. The Bath out-half thought he had secured a home win when he landed a 77th minute penalty but Northampton’s Stephen Meyler responded in kind with seconds left on the clock.
