Jonny Wilkinson admitted it would be ‘fabulous’ to make the Lions squad in Australia after another match-winning display.
But after kicking Toulon to victory over Saracens at Twickenham, he once more played down his chances of going on a third tour.
Wilkinson said: ‘It’s fabulous. It’s the most amazing experience you can possibly get in rugby, but I watch fellas like Owen Farrell, Johnny Sexton, Dan Biggar and others and perhaps they are the guys who should be driving the tour forward.’
Head to head: Jonny Wilkinson (right) and Owen Farrell met at Twickenham
Wilkinson’s afternoon included a drop goal six minutes from time which he landed despite a desperate tackle from Farrell.
Wilkinson was flattened but still consoled his opposite number by patting him on his back as the two got up.
Wilkinson added: ‘I said, “Listen mate, that’s a bit lucky. I apologise for that one”. He smashed me as well.’
Kicking king: Wilkinson was in fine form as Toulon beat Saracens
Toulon coach Bernard Laporte said: ‘Jonny is a great player. We have seen before that he is a great player and we saw it again here.’
Laporte may rest Wilkinson in the lead-up to the Dublin final on May 18.
‘He is 34 next month and he needs more time to recover,’ he added.
Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall said: ‘We had a couple of decent opportunities but we could not take them. For 65 minutes there was nothing between the teams but it got away from us in the end.’