The ad, which was the idea of Tesco's retained agency Lowe, features clippings of the many stories that appeared in Sunday's newspapers about Wilkinson's mother, Philippa, and uses the strapline "she shopped 'till he dropped".
The ads appear today in national newspapers including The Times, The Independent, The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph. Three of the tabloids, The Sun, the Daily Mail and the Daily Express, all wanted specific executions featuring their own press clippings.
Lowe executives had the idea for the ad, after reading reports that Wilkinson's mother was too nervous to watch the game, and instead went shopping in her local Tesco in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Other shoppers kept her informed of the score as she shopped.
Wikinson's mother was not the only family member to escape the tension. It emerged yesterday that Wilkinson's father, Phil, who was at the match in Sydney, also could not bear to watch the final moments of the game, when Wilkinson scored the drop goal that sealed England's 20-17 victory over Australia.
Adidas has also rushed out an ad in the wake of the victory, created by 180 Amsterdam. It showed Wilkinson with a pile of balls on a pitch and read "Monday, back to work" -- a comment on the fly half's now-legendary habit of practising goal kicks for several hours every day.
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