Wilkinson says he has recovered from the ankle injury he sustained in training before the World Cup.

BBC: Flood replaces Noon at World Cup

Now Wilkinson says he has grown tired of constant speculation surrounding his selection.

BBC: Focused Wilkinson ignores critics

But a warming Pacific has much broader effects as well, Wilkinson says.

NPR: Pacific Island Cultures Brace for Climate Change

"If you serve them well, they will pay, " says Lawrence Wilkinson, Oxygen's vice chairman and strategic noodler.

FORBES: The convergence gamble

Team doctor Simon Kemp says fly-halves Jonny Wilkinson (ankle) and Olly Barkley (hip) should be fit for the match with Samoa, who will go into the game on the back of a shock defeat by Tonga.

BBC: Noon out but hope over Robinson