But concerns
persist over centre Mike Tindall, who suffered a dead leg in Saturday's victory
over Scotland and sat out training.
Wilkinson
damaged his elbow against Scotland last weekend and Johnson admitted on Sunday
he was worried the injury would keep his first-choice No 10 out of England's
last eight showdown
At that
stage, Johnson had deeper concerns over Wilkinson than Tindall.
But the
Toulon fly-half, a World Cup winner in 2003, took part in the session at
Takapuna Rugby Club without any obvious strapping on his arm.
"Jonny
Wilkinson took part in this afternoon's light training session as he recovers
from an elbow injury sustained against Scotland," a team spokesman said.
Johnson will
name his side to face France in the early hours of Thursday morning.
Should
Wilkinson suffer any reaction then Toby Flood would come into the team at
fly-half following his match-winning contribution off the bench against
Scotland.
If Tindall
is ruled out, Johnson must decide whether to start with Shontayne Hape at
inside centre, press the versatile Matt Banahan into midfield action or pair
Wilkinson up with Flood.
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