Jonny Wilkinson will launch England's World Cup campaign against Georgia next Sunday boosted by a good luck message from David Beckham.

Newcastle Falcons fly-half Wilkinson and England England football captain Beckham recently worked together on a television advert for sportswear giant adidas.

Their mutual respect is clear, and Wilkinson last night revealed the Real Madrid midfielder had been in touch as England's World Cup mission prepares for lift-off.

''He has been very supportive, and passed on his best, which has been fantastic,'' said Wilkinson, who will line up in a full-strength England side for their Pool C opener at Subiaco Oval.

''It was great working with him doing the adidas advert, and he's obviously a huge international figure.

''He's captain of his country and he knows what World Cups are about. It is a nice gesture, and I wish him the best also.

''He just got in contact and passed on his best through adidas and through a quick phone message. He said 'good luck'.''

Beckham and English rugby fans everywhere will expect Wilkinson and company to steam-roller the Georgians in what is effectively a warm-up for a crucial appointment with South Africa six days later.

And there seems little chance of Georgia avoiding a landslide defeat, with England boss Clive Woodward fielding 14 of the side which defeated world champions Australia in Melbourne three months ago.

The exception is at scrum-half, where Matt Dawson returns as number nine above Kyran Bracken, who finds himself on replacement duty.

For Wilkinson, it will be only his second England start since facing the Wallabies Down Under, while the likes of prop Phil Vickery and number eight Lawrence Dallaglio missed all three World Cup warm-up Tests in August and September.

''I am desperately keen to get going, and get some game time under my belt at the start of the competition,'' conceded Wilkinson.

''There is no worse feeling than hanging around with that nervous anxiety.

''This team is built on a squad system. We've got 30 very good and exciting players, and everyone is keen to do their bit.

''I am motivated by my own expectations and trying to satisfy those expectations of coaches and family. I have my own list of things that I want to achieve.

''I like to feed off nerves. I feel very strongly about this tournament - it is very important to us - and therefore, it is going to cause some anxiety.

''But that's a good thing, because it helps you keep aware and get out and give 100 per cent to everything.

''I play with a fear of letting people down. That's what motivates me and how I analyse my own performance.''

Wilkinson was part of the England World Cup squad that made a quarter-final exit against South Africa four years ago, and it was an experience he easily recollects.

''I learnt some valuable lessons from the last World Cup. One of them was about the enjoying the opportunity, and I think that opportunity passed me by,'' he added.

''I threw everything I had at the occasion, but I think the enjoyment of the whole thing kind of went by me, and I am keen to change that this time around.

''I don't know if it came too soon, but I realised then that I had a long, long way to go to match a lot of the guys out there.

''I still feel that I have a long way to go, but hopefully less than I did back then.

''The end result is to try and go out and win every game you are involved in. I've lost some very important games in my time, and they've all hurt in different ways equally as much.

''I remember the 1999 World Cup exit, and the feeling then. You wait four years for these occasions, and you don't face this kind of situation very often. The World Cup is a fantastic competition.

''It's up to me to go out there and do it. To waste the opportunity would be pretty horrendous. It's there, and I have got my ambition that I want to fulfil.''

Woodward has no qualms about parading his strongest side for the first World Cup fixture, and neither is he taking Georgia lightly.

''This team needs a game now, so we wanted to get out possibly our strongest 22,'' Woodward said.

''Dawson is picked this weekend, Bracken is on the bench and Andy Gomarsall is close behind - we've got three world class scrum-halves.

''It is a strong side, it is the side that did well in the summer and in the Six Nations last season."