Johnno deserved better, but are we surprised?

LAST Wednesday’s announcement that Martin Johnson had stepped down as England head coach/manager was not surprising and closed a horrible few months for English rugby after the fallout from their World Cup campaign.

Johnno deserved better, but are we surprised?

His final press conference at Twickenham was sad to watch and England’s only rugby World Cup-winning captain looked a broken man.

Nobody ever managed to achieve that on the field of play.

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