Marcus Smith is enjoying an extraordinary upturn in fortunes from the kicking tee after turning to breathing ... Halfpenny and long-time mentor Jonny Wilkinson as major influences.

He has rediscovered his form off the kicking tee for Harlequins this season ... Quins team-mate Leigh Halfpenny and World Cup winner Jonny Wilkinson to fine-tune his technique.

England dominated the first half, with Jonny Wilkinson's boot and a Toby Flood try giving ... but a suicidal attempt by Shane Williams to break from his own line ended with Wilkinson kicking another ...

Jonny Wilkinson has admitted he was wracked with nerves as he led ... talk about the ball this week but if I have been practising with the match balls and I am kicking a penalty in a World Cup ...

While most were mesmerized by Jonny Wilkinson's Herculean drop goal in the World Cup final, one pair of eyes probably showed more interest in the England fly-half's handling of routine place kicks.

Wilkinson, who lives near England’s Bagshot base, was utilised as an ad hoc kicking consultant during ... enduring something of a slump from the tee during last year’s Six Nations.